Astrid Jarrousse

Project manager, Infrastructure and Mining department
Proparco

Overview

Astrid Jarrousse structures and sets up financing projects, focusing on the energy and transport sectors. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the EPSCI business school, she worked as a consultant with Eurogroup before joining Proparco in 2007.

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Proparco

Proparco is a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 45 years.

Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.

To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.