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Panorama 2019 - AFD Group Annual Report

[Please refer to the bottom of the page to download the PDF] Agence Française de Développement (AFD) renews its action thanks to the 2,650 dedicated men and women in 115 different countries working...

AFD and Cambodia

The French Development Agency or Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been present in Cambodia since 1993. The Agency supports Cambodia in territorial, ecological and social transitions while f...

Institutionalizing and scaling-up Gender-responsive budgeting

Over a decade ago, Jordan initiated the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting. In its commitment to apply it further, the Government aims at greater equality between women and men, while impro...

Fighting Inequalities

Support the Upscaling of the Electric Power Industry

The reform of the power sector is one of the main pillars of Nigeria’s growth strategy. AFD contributes to its success by supporting the modernization of training in the sector.

Supporting green finance in partnership with three Chinese banks

AFD is supporting the funding of low-carbon-compatible investment and the development of specific expertise in green finance through a partnership with three Chinese banks. The goal is to contribute t...

Strengthening the electricity distribution network in Zambia

A project aimed at increasing access to less costly and less polluting sources of energy for business and households currently using traditional sources (generator, paraffin oil, candles, fire wood).

Kenya-Ethiopia electrical interconnection

AFD supports the establishment of electrical interconnection between Kenya and Ethiopia, which aims to become the backbone of the electricity grid in East Africa.

Supporting Wuhan’s transition to a low-carbon model with the energy refit of public buildings

In Wuhan, AFD is supporting a project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through better management of energy consumption in public buildings.

Promoting energy efficiency for small and medium-sized enterprises

AFD supports the sustainable growth of Indian SMEs through energy efficiency projects financed by SIDBI.

A new control center for the automated power grid in the Delta region

AFD has allocated EUR 50m of financing to the public power transmission operator in Egypt to finance the construction and equipment of a power grid control center in order to improve the efficiency of...

There Is Nothing Inevitable About Inequalities

Inequalities have been increasing and threatening the social link since the 1980s. Development actors are aware of the scale they have reached and have now made them one of the pillars of their action...

Preventing the exclusion of young people in the Diffa region

This project, which has the Sahel Alliance label, is being implemented for young people in Diffa, a remote region badly affected by the security crisis. To combat the feeling of exclusion among young...

Promoting transparent and collaborative public action in African francophone countries

The Open Government Support Program in Francophone Developing Countries (PAGOF) promotes the transparency and co-construction of public policies in order to make public action more responsive, inclusi...

AFD and governance

By helping governments to more effectively fulfill their sovereign functions and civil society to be involved in collective decision-making, AFD is taking up the challenge of inclusive development, in...

Governance

Health and Social Protection

Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)

Ten years after the Addis Ababa Conferenceand the historic climate agreement signed at COP21 in Paris, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will be held, under the aegi...

AFD Tech-Talks: Emerging technologies Impacts on the future of democracy: trends and consequences

What are the impacts of technological advances on democratic dialogue in the context of ecological and social transitions? What is the role of institutions and governments?