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France and AFD strengthen their commitment to the Philippines
As part of strengthening Franco-Philippine cooperation, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, visited the Philippines from July...
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Phare Ponleu Selpak and AFD unite to showcase the Transformative Power of Art in Battambang Province
Phnom Penh, August 8, 2023 - Phare Ponleu Selpak and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are proud to announce their collaboration in bringing a unique and transformative art project to Battambang...
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IOC announces new collaboration with AFD and Paris 2024 to extend Games legacy
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 have signed a new tripartite agreement, wit...
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Bancóldex and AFD Strenghten Commitment to Sustainable Development in Colombia
Bancóldex, Colombia’s development bank, and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today at the World Summit of Development Banks (FiCS 2023) in Cartag...
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2023 Finance in Common Summit: AFD and FDN sign a credit agreement to finance electric buses
Against the backdrop of the fourth edition of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) held in Cartagena, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Colombia’s National Development Finance Corporation (FD...
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Public Development Banks Pledge to Work Together for the Ocean
Several public development banks gathered this week at the Finance in Common Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, committed to working together on a Blue Finance Roadmap to take rapid action on ocean protec...
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Launch of a new joint statement of interest and creation of "the coalition for sustainable development through...
Who may think that human beings can “be” and “become” without Arts and without Culture… without music, without dance, without fiction, without poetry, without theatre…? What if culture and arts were...
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France & Bangladesh Ink €184M Credit Facility Agreement as French President Emmanuel Macron Makes Landmark Vis...
In Presence Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and of French President Emmanuel Macron, representatives of the Ministry of Finance signed a credit facility agreement with Agence Française de...
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Agence Française de Développement successfully prices a new 3.750% 500 million euros Sustainable benchmark due...
On Tuesday 12th September, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its third euro benchmark of the year, a 500 million euros 15-year sustainable benchmark due on t...
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The Social & Inclusive Business Camp 2023: An exceptional edition dedicated to the challenges faced by women e...
For its 7th edition, the SIBC is reinventing itself. The programme will be welcoming a cohort of 25 African women entrepreneurs in 2023, selected amongst 250 recommendations provided by 100+ partners...
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French expertise to boost serbia’s railway modernization
A partnership Agreement was signed today between Infrastruktura Železnice Srbije (IZS), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and SNCF (the French national railways).
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Matching risks with instruments in development banks
This paper explores how development banks should deploy appropriate financial instruments to encourage real economic risk-taking while minimizing financial engineering risks. We distinguish real econo...
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Effective development banking: loans or guarantees?
How should National Development Banks (NDBs) assess the cost-effectiveness of using loans and loan guarantees in order to choose the type of financial instrument most appropriate for each program? We...
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From global to local: Subnational development banks in the era of Sustainable Development Goals
Financing the implementation of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been a development challenge since the establishment of the 2030 Agenda – especially under the unequal circumstan...
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Financial regulation of national development banks - NDBs
History shows that financial crises have been a significant driver of banking regulation evolution, since the 1930s. Although Basel III made much progress in building a safer and less leveraged system...
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Funding Sources of National Development Banks
Access to large, long-term, and stable funding sources is a prerequisite for achieving the objectives of national development banks (NDBs). By systematically collecting data on the funding sources of...
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Climate Change and Development Bank Project Cycles
In the five years since the Paris Agreement, Development Finance Institutions have made various commitments to aligning their operations with climate change goals. In this report, we analyze the exten...
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Financial performance and Corporate Governance: Evidence from National Development Banks in Africa
This is a draft discussion paper and has not been through an external peer review process. A final ODI working paper will be published after the research conference. This study aims to examine the...
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The Global Development Banks’ Architecture
This paper looks at the role, evolution and regional coverage of the system of multilateral and national development banks (MDBs and NDBs) and international climate change funds. It analyzes the roles...
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