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AFD and ERIA Forge Memorandum of Understanding to Foster Sustainable Development in the ASEAN Region
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) have taken a significant stride towards advancing regional progress and sustainable devel...
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Validation of the strategy for the operationalisation of Marwina hospital
On Friday 1 December, a delegation led by the Surinamese Minister of Health, Dr Amar Ramadhin, the French Ambassador in Suriname and Guyana, Nicolas de Lacoste, and the Director of the Suriname-Guyana...
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COP28: AFD joins forces with Rwanda to increase climate finance flows
Dubai, December 3, 2023. During COP28, taking place in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023, Dr. Jeanne d’Arc MUJAWAMARIYA, Minister of Environmentof of Rwanda and Rémy Rioux, CEO of the Agence...
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Team Europe signs a strategic agreement to address climate challenges in Punjab
ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2023: As a part of the Team Europe Initiative 'Building Back Better through Green Jobs Creation,' combining support from the European Union (EU), Germany, France and Italy, the...
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Granting FASEP Funding for the Renovation of the Long Bien Bridge
On 16th November, 2023, France made the decision to grant the People's Committee of Hanoi a donation of over 700,000 EUR to fund a feasibility study for the renovation of the Long Bien Bridge. This ic...
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Liberia: New Signature Between the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and AFD
On November 22 2022, Minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel D.Tweah, AFD Country Director Christophe Cottet, Proparco Country Representative Ange-Pascal Kouassi and Expertise France Regio...
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IDFC members commit to support an ambitious and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework with a poten...
Montreal, December 14th, 2022 - During the COP15 Finance and Biodiversity Day Rémy Rioux, Chair of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) reaffirmed the Club’s commitments to support an amb...
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Cambodia: AFD and Proparco finance Sathapana Bank to empower women and support SMEs
In presence of Mr. Fung Kai Jin, CEO of Sathapana Bank, Djalal Khimdjee, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Proparco and Sandrine Boucher, Director of AFD's Cambodia office, Agence Française de Dévelop...
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France and Kaduna State Partner to Implement Kaduna City’s First Bus Rapid Transit Project Through Financial A...
Kaduna State Government (KDSG) and the French Development Agency (AFD), have joined forces to improve the living conditions of residents of Kaduna Metropolis through the development of sustainable urb...
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Host Country Agreement Signed and €609 million in loans approved by AFD to Government of Bangladesh
In 2022, AFD and the Economic Relations Division of the Government of Bangladesh signed a Host Country Agreement (HCA) for the establishment of AFD activities in Bangladesh, a successful outcome of ye...
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AFD Issues Bond of 500 Million British Pounds Maturing in March 2026
On Tuesday 9 January 2023, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P)/AA (Fitch) launched a new GBP 500 million fixed-rate 3-year bond issue due 16 March 2026.
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Eco Fishing Ports project : 98,7 million euros to improve Indonesian ports towards ecology and efficiency wit...
The Government of Indonesia and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed on December 23, 2022, a Credit Facility Agreement for the financing of the Eco Fishing Ports project, amounting to 98,7...
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Impact 2024 International call for projects : 10 new winning projects in 7 African countries
Paris 2024 and the French Development Agency (AFD) have announced the winning projects of third edition Impact 2024 International call for projects. €320,821 has been granted to these initiatives, foc...
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Pakistan: France Provides €120 Million Soft Loan for Keyal Khwar Hydropower Project; 600,000 lives to Be Impro...
Dr. Kazim Naiz, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD), H.E. Mr Nicolas Galey, Ambassador of France, and Mr. Philippe Steinmetz, Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), signed t...
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France, through AFD, mobilizes 150 million euros to support the climate ambitions of the Philippines
The Department of Finance and the French Development Agency (AFD) conducted a ceremonial exchange of a loan agreement following the signing documents of the €150 million to policy-based loan for the C...
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AFD Issues EUR 1.5 Billion 7-Year Sustainable Bond Maturing in January 2030
On Thursday 12th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P)/AA (Fitch) – successfully launched a new EUR 1.5 billion 7-year Sustainable Benchmark transaction due on 21st January...
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Agence Française de Développement and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation : A collaboration to advance gender equi...
Announced in 2023, the collaboration between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Gates Foundation works to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and improve development outcomes and wo...
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AFD’s 2023 Funding Program Set at €9 billion
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2023 funding program on January 26, setting the target at EUR 9 billion.
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Iraq
Since 2017, AFD’s strategy in Iraq has been part of a new approach developed to optimize the impact of its actions in the context of a chronic crisis. Despite the destruction and the still difficult h...
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Uzbekistan: MIIT and AFD Review their Collaboration at Annual Consultations
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade (MIIT) and all the counterparts invested in projects with AFD held technical and institutional meetings to asse...
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