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Isadora Bigourdan

Investment officer

Agence française de développement (AFD)

Private Sector & Development author

Isadora Bigourdan, a lawyer and graduate of Sciences Po, Paris, is the investment officer in charge of housing finance, at the Financial Institutions and Private Sector Support Division of Agence française de développement (AFD), coordinating its work on housing finance. She joined the AFD in 2005, having previously worked for a legal practice, the Chambre de Commerce de Paris [Paris Chamber of Commerce] and a subsidiary of Veolia Environnement specialising in civil engineering.

A PS&D article on the Ideas for Development blog: Promoting housing policies coordinated with the private sector

Agence française de développement (AFD)

Agence française de développement (AFD) helps implement France’s development and international solidarity policy. It finances, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world through its public sector and NGO financing activities, research and publications (Editions AFD), sustainable development training (AFD Campus) and awareness-raising activities in France. Its teams are involved in more than 3,250 projects for the common good – focusing on climate, biodiversity, peace, gender equality, education and health – on the ground in French overseas departments, in 115 countries and in territories in crisis.