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Governance – 2022 Activity Report
AFD finances governance projects in some 50 countries, mobilizing grants and loans with commitments totaling more than 6 billion euros. This activity helps to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals (...
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Developing regional networks for integrated health surveillance
Avian flu, Ebola, Chikungunya or Covid-19... These emerging diseases are coming from animals. Agence Française de Développement is promoting a new approach to health policies, to better acknowledge t...
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Infographic - Our climate activity in 2022
Projects to mitigate climate change, adapt to the effects of climate change and help States and territories move towards low-carbon and climate-resilient trajectories: AFD has been working for the cli...
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Low-carbon Transition and Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities: A Multidimensional Approach in Tracing Vulnerabilitie...
The transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy is a process of heavy restructuring of the productive network, during which sunset industries are in decline or even disappear, while sunri...
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Evaluation Highlights: In Tunisia, the emergence of a sustainable microfinance sector
Microcredit is a key tool in Tunisia for promoting the financial and economic inclusion of the most disadvantaged people, in both urban and rural areas. AFD Group has been working since 2011 to suppor...
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Evaluation of French Contribution to aide for Trade 2009-2019
The Direction Générale du Trésor (DG Trésor) of the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery (MEFR), the Direction Générale de la mondialisation, du développement et des partenariats (DGM)...
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Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities - 2022 Activity Report
In 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities. The consequences of this rapid urbanization are social, economic, and environmental. Cities will need to be able to deal with this urban gro...
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WWF and AFD, a technical and strategic partnership
AFD works with a diverse range of actors in the field, including French CSOs of international stature. AFD and WWF France have been partners for a long time, both through the financing of numerous pr...
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AFD and GLOBE to promote cultural and creative industries in Africa
AFD works with a diverse range of actors in the field, including small CSOs. AFD supports them in their financing but also in the development of their structuring. This is the case, for example, of t...
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Annual Review: JEFIC in 2023
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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Position paper: Improving the Integration of Agroecological Transition within Projects Financed by the AFD Gro...
For the past twenty years, the Agence Française de Développement has been committed to supporting the Agroecological Transition (AET) of agricultural systems. As knowledge and understanding of agroec...
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Infographic - Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities in 2022
AFD provides cities with support for taking up the challenges of urban growth, social and territorial inequalities, and vulnerability of urban areas. In 2022, AFD committed 827 million euros to fin...
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Evaluation Summary - Cluster of 5 District Heating Projects in China
A cluster of 5 district heating projects financed by AFD in China was evaluated. They were approuved between 2012 and 2017, some of which were still being implemented at the time of the evaluation. Th...
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AFD Group’s position on carbon finance
Carbon finance is experiencing significant growth in the countries and sectors where the AFD Group operates, serving as a promising lever for additional funding toward mitigation projects and, more br...
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An updated SDG bond issuance framework for AFD
In 2020, to align its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its market presence, AFD Group introduced a bond issuance framework aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
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2023 Sustainable Development Goal bond reporting
In 2020, to increase the consistency of its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its presence on the markets, the AFD Group set up a framework for bond issues aligned with the Su...
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Quantifying Green Job Potential in Colombia: A Task-Based Approach
This paper examines the impact of the green transition on the Colombian labor market. Using a task-based approach and data from the 2022 Colombian Household Survey, we find that approximately 22.6% of...
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Are industries in emerging countries becoming greener?
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry generates a fifth of the world’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also produces indirect emissions due in part to electricity gene...
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Infographic - Our activity in favour of Support Fund for Feminist Organizations 2020-2023
The Support Fund for Feminist Organizations (FSOF) is a flagship initiative for French feminist foreign policy, and was introduced at the G7 Summit in 2019. This fund is managed by Agence Française de...
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Support Fund for Feminist Organizations - Activity Report 2020-2023
The Support Fund for Feminist Organizations (FSOF) is a flagship initiative for French feminist foreign policy, and was introduced at the G7 Summit in 2019. This fund is managed by Agence Française de...
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