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Audrey ROJKOFF
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Head of the Climate and Nature Division
Climate finance, sustainable developpement, climate change adapation, mitigation
Marie-Pierre BOURZAI
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Director, Latin America Department
Latin America, urban development, external action by local authorities
Panorama of worldwide Climate and Nature solutions: supporting low-carbon, resilient and nature-positive transitions
This new edition of the World Tour of Climate Solutions presents a sample of projects, offering concrete and inspiring responses, financed by AFD Group. This collection invites you to discover a sel...
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[Special report] Advancing equality: how AFD supports women’s rights
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2026, this report highlights how Agence Française de Développement (AFD) supports gender equality. How is this support for women’s rights organi...
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Summary - Aligning Climate, nature and Development: a crosscutting ambition for the planet 2025 - 2030
This document presents a summary of the crosscutting “Planet” roadmap for the 2025–2030 period. The new international landscape and the proven links between the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisi...
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Combining Social Cohesion and Resilience: The Experience of African Cities
Although today Africa has a low level of urbanisation, high demographic growth coupled with an ongoing rural exodus is now driving the highest urban growth rate in the world. The number of city dwelle...
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Ten years of ambition and renewal for AFD Group – Promoting a world in common and France’s international actio...
After nearly ten years and three terms at the head of AFD Group, Rémy Rioux will step down as Chief Executive Officer on 3 May. He will take on new responsibilities related to international finance an...
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AFD backs Kenyan feminist organisations’ fight against online gender-based violence
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has launched a new initiative to support Kenyan feminist civil society organisations working to prevent and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based v...
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Working with Brazilian Communities to Protect the region’s Vast & Vulnerable Grasslands
An ambitious agreement has been signed to protect the vast fertile grasslands covering an area of some one million km2 across the Southern Cone of Latin America, known as the Pampas. AFD and its partn...
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5 Ways to Deal with Drought in Africa and Beyond
As climate change exacerbates droughts and makes countries’ water supplies even more unpredictable, development projects in Africa are using a growing number of anti-drought techniques such as wastewa...
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AFD and Mauritius: 40 years of collaboration on water
AFD has been working with Mauritius for more than 40 years. One of the main objectives of their partnership has been to develop widespread access to drinking water and sanitation. Here we focus on the...
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ARGENTINA x FRANCE: THE PROVINCE OF SANTA FE DRIVES ENERGY RENOVATION OF ITS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
The French Development Agency (AFD), through the PEEBCool energy efficiency support program, is offering a sustainable response by modernizing schools, healthcare facilities, and airport infrastructur...
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Sylvain BELLEFONTAINE
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Country Risk Economist
Development economics, country risk analysis, macroeconomics, public policies, financial sector, climate risks
Economist Sylvain Bellefontaine is responsible for monitoring the international economy and serves as the point of contact for climate risks. He focuses in particular on China, Türkiye, Mexico, and Ni...
Leveraging social protection to reduce inequalities in the just transition
Addressing the dual challenge of climate change and inequality require policies delivering on both environmental and social sustainability aspects. In this context, social protection can play a critic...
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AFD Group Campus: Learning together to transform the world
In a complex and uncertain world, new understandings and solutions emerge through the sharing of knowledge and experience. AFD Group Campus develops its training programs with universities, grandes éc...
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Claire ZANUSO
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Economist, Head of AFD's Emerging Tech Lab
Development economics, labor markets, impact evaluation, impact of natural disasters, geospatial impact evaluation
Central and Eastern Asia Regional Office
Central and Eastern Asia encompasses two subregions of the Asian continent: Central Asia, which stretches from the Caspian Sea to Mongolia, and Eastern Asia, which extends eastward to southern China....
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Africa
Demographic and social, ecological, energy, political, technological transitions… African countries face crucial challenges for their future. AFD has risen to these challenges. With a renewed strategy...
Regions and countries
Agroecology public policies and income inequalities in rural regions in Senegal
The goal of agroecological intensification is to increase productivity while avoiding the adverse environmental effects of mechanized conventional agriculture that uses chemical inputs. In order to ca...
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