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Research for Development – Tackling Global Challenges to Leave No One Behind
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Mobilize to amplify action
AFD Group positions itself as a three-dimensional platform for financial mobilization, citizen- and partner-based mobilization, and know-how and expertise. Building coalitions and stakeholder communit...
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Research at Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Cities, natural resources, social cohesion, climate… AFD’s researchers are at the forefront of analyzing and understanding the issues and realities related to the Group’s areas of intervention. The g...
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Our History
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was founded in 1941 and is the world’s oldest development bank. Created by General de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War,...
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AFD group’s 2023 results: the essentials
In its second year as an expanded organization, AFD Group surpassed its targets for 2023, and committed €13.5 billion in new financing. The Group - with Proparco, its subsidiary dedicated to the priva...
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Working by your side
AFD Group has reaffirmed its focus on regional realities, its respect for partners, and its geographical intelligence. Over the 2025-2030 period, AFD Group is committed to basing action on an in-depth...
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迈向 可持续发展的“一带一路”?
根据中国国际资本流动的研究表明，中国已经成为国际投融大国。通过“一带一路”倡议，中国未来发展着重围绕三个侧重点：经济增长、通过交通基建连通以及贸易交流。在2019年4月举行的第二届“一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛上，中国政府着重强调了金融与环境的可持续性问题，表示希望推动共建“一带一路”高质量发展。该讲话为加强更频繁的国际交流铺平了道路，有利于加强其他发展融资机构之间的合作，同时也意味着中国与各国金融...
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AI Investment Potential Index: Mapping Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development
This paper examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) investment to drive sustainable development across diverse national contexts. By evaluating critical factors, including AI readiness,...
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Towards a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative?
The study of China’s international financial flows shows that it has become a major player in international financing. With the Belt and Road Initiative, China has promoted a narrative of development...
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Central banks at the heart of ecological reconstruction
Faced with the pandemic crisis and its economic and financial consequences in the short and medium term, central banks found themselves in the position of guardians of chaos. They thus acted quickly a...
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Transparency and dialogue
Information, dialogue and responding to requests are the prerequisites for a relationship of trust with all our partners. This a commitment of all AFD Group. For us, supporting sustainable projects...
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Economic and Financial Transition
The economic and financial transition is at the heart of international debates on development models. This reflection is prompting us to make long-term projections for the construction of a more balan...
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Corporate social responsibility: our commitments
The AFD Group “Strategy 2025-2030” document has unveiled our new CSR ambition: to (i) contribute to aligning the Group to the SDGs through the quality of our operations and (ii) bring our internal fun...
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Our social responsibility
Since 2004, AFD Group’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach has helped it give structure to its practices and comply with obligations in social, environmental, ethical, human rights, anti-c...
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Political and Civic Transition
Citizen participation, non-discrimination, effective public action, accountability, and transparency of institutions are the key points of focus for political and civic transitions. Buoyed since 2016...
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Territorial and Ecological Transition
Successfully completing territorial and ecological transitions means developing the potential of each local area. This emphasis on territories is one of the primary innovations in the agenda for the S...
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Infographic - Our Governance Activity in 2023
In 2023, AFD committed 1.8 billion euros in the area of governance, or 10% of AFD Group’s commitments. Our activity aims to build fair and inclusive societies that respect the freedoms and rights o...
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Migrants, Markets, and Mayors
Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger cities and rural-to-urban migration. However, 97 percent of Africa’s urban centers have fewer than 300,000 inhabit...
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HOUSING for SDGs - Synthesis : Access to housing for the achievement of sustainable development goals
Housing is obviously a lever for action to achieve SDG11 on Sustainable Cities, but it is just as important for several other SDGs. In 2023, AFD and Agence Phare carried out a literature review hig...
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