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Two grant agreements signed for urban transport and Egyptian heritage

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Two AFD grant agreements totaling €1.5m were signed on Thursday 3 June 2010. The first for €1m from the French Global Environment Facility will support the development of an efficient urban public transport network for the city of Cairo. The second for €500,000 is for a project to develop the archeological site of Saqqara. <Next>


Does education in Africa rise to development goals?

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The tremendous democratization of education in Africa since independence has not gone hand in hand with an improvement in the quality of education. Several African countries have set out to overhaul their school curricula. How effective are these reforms? <Read the study (french version only)>


Millennium Development Goals: where do we stand?

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As Ban Ki-Moon presents a progress report on the MDGs, take a look at AFD’s strategy and the actions it finances for each of the eight goals. <Next>


Recovery Plan supports 11 000 jobs in French Overseas Communities

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The Government has mandated AFD to implement some of the measures of the national recovery plan in the French Overseas Communities, particularly two new bank loan guarantees. These guarantees help beneficiary companies face cash flow problems caused by the crisis. <Download the report (in French)>


Haiti, projects to rebuild lives

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Six months after the earthquake which took 300 000 lives and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, AFD is pursuing and scaling up its action to support infrastructure, health, education, agriculture and microfinance.<Find out about the projects we finance>


Developing Africa’s fair trade and organic cotton sector

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The niche created by the fair trade and organic cotton market is a real opportunity for African cotton. AFD is financing actions to improve the competitiveness of the entire market which provides millions of West and Central African families with a livelihood <next>


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