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Working with Papua New Guineans to protect nature – the SoNG project
Officially launched in December 2025, the SoNG project aims to preserve Papua New Guinea’s rich biodiversity in close collaboration with local communities, who depend on it for their livelihoods and c...
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Research Conversation replay: Green transition in developing countries - challenges and opportunities
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Research Conversations replay: Who controls critical minerals in a fragmented world, and what is left for deve...
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Keeping AFD Group’s promise
The French Programming Act of 2021 on Inclusive Development and Combating Global Inequalities has made AFD Group a unique player in the development finance ecosystem. AFD Group’s three funding arms –...
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Research Conversations replay: Bonds for Sustainable Development?
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Critical Mining Asset Control and Geoeconomic Fragmentation: What Is Left for Developing Countries?
The green economy offers major development potential through climate-focused goods, but access to critical minerals is essential. Developing countries are often limited to supplying raw materials and...
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Research Convesations replay: Comparative Study of Biodiversity Metrics for Public Development Banks: Challeng...
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Bolivia
Since 2015, AFD Group has supported Bolivia’s inclusive and ecological transition through projects focused on the energy transition, access to basic water and sanitation services, environmental protec...
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Crises and conflicts
AFD acts before, during, and after crises to strengthen the resilience and peacebuilding capacities of our partners, including public institutions, international organizations, and local civil society...
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Strengthening biodiversity cooperation between India and Southern Africa
From Assam, India, to the savannas of Southern Africa, national park managers worldwide are collaborating to better protect biodiversity. The Parks & Biodiversity Partnership program, supported by AFD...
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Energy security and integration in Eastern, Southern Africa
AFD is co-financing the installation of a 620 km (400 kV) power transmission line and 4 substations between Tanzania and Zambia to interconnect power grids in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Sub-Saharan Africa faces persistent demographic challenges
The vast majority of African countries are experiencing a population boom, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. While this growth could bring economic benefits, it also poses significant challenges, ac...
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Reduce Food and Nutrition Insecurity in West Africa
Deeply affected by under- and malnutrition, countries of the Economic Community of West African States are also exposed to recurring food crises. AFD favors the strengthening of its prevention and int...
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The first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program: a unique collaboration
From December 10-12, 2024, the Institut Français in Cotonou hosted the first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program. Organized by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Cam...
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Third call for proposals for Academia Partnerships Africa-France projects: “Be creative, be original!”
How can we foster the construction of academia partnerships between Africa and France geared to contributing to countries’ sustainable development? Now that the third edition of the Academia Partnersh...
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Mother tongue education as a lever for learning and equity
Around the world, millions of children begin school in a language they do not understand. In French-speaking Africa, fewer than one in five children receive early instruction in a language they unders...
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Research on West Africa
Currently in its closing phase, this research program aims to enhance and promote knowledge production on the West Africa, in close collaboration with West African researchers and contributors to publ...
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World Bank and AFD: co-financing scales up in Morocco
On 11 February, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the World Bank will meet in Morocco to promote “The Power of Co-financing” – a model set to expand as international aid becomes scarcer and...
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One year after the closing of USAID: “The story isn’t over for international solidarity”
One year on from the US Government’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Thomas Mélonio, Chief Economist at AFD, analyzes the impacts of this significant shi...
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