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Ten Years After the Earthquake, Haiti is on the Long Road to Reconstruction
A decade has passed since the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010. This marks an opportunity for Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which has been present on the island since 1976,...
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Protecting Forests in Türkiye: Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Protection
Türkiye and France have teamed up in a large-scale collaborative effort to address the issue of forest adaptation to climate change. The initiative was launched using a public policy loan and a grant...
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Paris Accord: Five years of European partnership in India
Five years after the signing of the Paris Accord, three European ambassadors descended on the Indian city of Kochi, where innovative, low-carbon urban planning serves as a testament to the impact that...
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The Dominican Republic: From Deforestation to Reforestation
Since 2001, the watershed region of the Yaque del Norte, the main river in the Dominican Republic, has with AFD’s support, been experimenting with an unprecedented territorial management program recon...
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Covid-19: €1 Billion More for Small African Businesses
To support African MSMEs – micro, small and medium sized enterprises – affected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, AFD Group is scaling up the presidential Choose Africa initiative by mobil...
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In Ghana, a School That Trains a New Generation of Women
In Akuse, in eastern Ghana, Legacy Girls College provides high-quality education at reduced tuition fees for its 400 students. This represents a rare opportunity in a country where many young girls l...
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Blue Action Fund: A Major Player in the Protection of Marine Biodiversity
Over just five years, the Blue Action Fund, established by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and supported by AFD Group, has helped to create and consolidate more th...
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Lebanon: One Year On, Reconstruction at Work with AFD and its Partners
One year after the double explosion in the port of Beirut, France's support for Lebanon is as strong as ever. Agence française de développement is at the heart of the operation and is working with its...
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Djibouti: transforming the Layabley-Moustiquaire neighborhood
In Balbala, home to more than half of Djibouti’s population, the Layabley-Moustiquaire neighborhood is undergoing a transformation. A new road and bridge are improving access to the area, alongside up...
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AFD Group Publishes its first TCFD Report on Managing Climate-Related Financial Risks
How to cope with the financial risks associated with climate change? AFD’s new TCFD (Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure) report explains how its activities mitigate the risks and try t...
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When Gender and Climate Go Hand in Hand: New Prospects for Development
This month's Generation Equality Forum organized in Paris highlighted the links between gender and climate change. A new study conducted by the French Economic Observatory (OFCE) and Sciences Po descr...
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Assessment of Conservation Trust Funds: For the Benefit of Biodiversity
For the first time, a cross-cutting assessment of eight biodiversity conservation trust funds and their support by Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Fonds Français pour l’Environnement M...
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Clean Oceans: Setting Sail for Waste-Free Waterways
To combat the proliferation of plastic plaguing the world’s oceans, Agence Française de Développement has teamed up with the European Investment Bank and Germany’s development bank, KfW. Together, the...
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Türkiye: a New Public Hospital to meet Growing Demand
Along with Türkiye’s growing population comes a greater demand for health services. With EU financing and implemented by AFD, Türkiye’s Health Ministry has overseen the construction of a new hospital...
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One way to Reduce Gender Inequality? Menstruation Education
Development investment has tended to neglect women’s menstrual health. Now, the first French Development Impact Bond (DIB) seeks to change that, by supporting programs that promote menstrual hygiene....
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Protecting Green Oases for Food Security in Niger
Located in a semi-arid zone in Niger, the oasis basins of Gouré are threatened by dessertification. And yet, these tiny islands of crops are essential to the life of local residents. In response to th...
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Cambodia’s Largest Water Treatment Plant Now 60% complete
Construction works on Cambodia's largest water treatment plant are now 60% completed, announced the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority during a field visit with officials from the ministries of Indust...
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Beyond the Pandemic: the Covid response’s long-term Benefits for Sudan’s Healthcare System
Just as Sudan began to recover from years of political tumult culminating in the overthrow of leader Omar al-Bashir, the Covid pandemic dealt another blow beginning in 2020, on the already strained he...
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AFD Backs a Reinforced Power Grid in Southern Vietnam
Hervé Conan, Director of AFD's office in Vietnam and Nguyen Xuan Nam, Vice-President of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), signed an agreement for an €80 million loan aiming at strengthening the power grid i...
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