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Agro-Industry in French Guiana
In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sec...
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How AFD Ensures that its Financing Reaches the Final Beneficiaries
The projects financed by Agence Française de Développement are subject to ongoing attention. This involves a dialogue with its partners on almost a daily basis, supervision missions in the field, and...
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Middle Classes : A socioeconomic exploration of Ghana and Argentina
Public policies for the middle classes?
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AFD receives award for its sustainable development assessment system
On 21 May, AFD received an award from Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions – an organization that brings together nearly 70 public development banks in Latin America and th...
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Digital platforms in the domestic and care sector: A proposed taxonomy for Latin America and the Caribbean
Over the past decade, digital labour platforms for domestic and care services have become increasingly prevalent in Latin America and the Caribbean, albeit with varying degrees of expansion across dif...
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Research Conversations replay| From Fire to Forest Loss: Tackling Deforestation and Carbon Emissions in South ...
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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The Paris Agreement: 10 years of action by AFD Group
In 2015, at the heart of the COP21 negotiations, the Paris Agreement became our compass.
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When Research Informs Public Action: A Toolkit to Rethink Monitoring and Evaluation
This project developed a simple method to improve the monitoring and evaluation of initiatives that seek to inform public action through research. This method enables a better understanding of the act...
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Mexico: integrating gender equality into climate action
From agriculture and energy jobs to financial services, Mexico has developed public policies that link the ecological transition with women’s rights, aiming to reduce inequalities and strengthen women...
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Western Balkans
Present in the Western Balkans since 2019, AFD's mandate is to support the convergence of countries in the region towards European Union standards and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement...
Regions and countries
Sports and Development
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Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Future Epidemics? Data Sharing as a Key to Transforming Epidemiological Su...
As epidemic risks become increasingly global and health governance frameworks evolve, AI is opening new possibilities for anticipating crises — provided that a robust and secure international data-sha...
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Who controls critical minerals?
Lithium, cobalt, rare earths… All these minerals, essential to the energy transition, are at the heart of new geopolitical tensions. Their production is concentrated, demand is surging, and the questi...
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PETTAL: transforming agroecology education
As part of the PETTAL project, supported by the Academia Partnerships Africa-France program, the University of Sine Saloum El-Hâdj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) in Senegal and the Institut Agro Montpellier...
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The "Academia Partnerships Africa-France" (PeA) program
The aim of the “Academia Partnerships Africa-France” (PeA) program is to forge long-term academia partnerships based on mutually beneficial relationships, knowledge- and experience-sharing, mobility i...
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France and Kenya sign landmark agreements worth €170 million during Africa Forward Summit
Nairobi, 15 May 2026 – On the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May, France, through Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed five agreements with the Governme...
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CNEPS Initiative: Developing Climate and Nature Economic Policy Scenarios
The Climate and Nature Economic Policy Scenarios (CNEPS) initiative develops forward-looking economic scenarios that integrate climate change, biodiversity loss and transition dynamics into macroecono...
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Track Adapt: Developing a Methodology to Measure Progress on Urban Climate Change Adaptation
The Track Adapt research project aims to develop a new methodology, based on the GAP-Track monitoring system, to closely assess progress on urban adaptation to climate change. It will help build a sha...
Research project