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Private Sector & Development #5 - Africa s financial markets a real development tool
This fifth issue of the magazine Private Sector and Development makes a comprehensive review of developments (recent and future) on Africa’s financial markets. It also highlights their utility and the...
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Private Sector & Development #6 - Private equity and clean energy: how to boost investments in emerging market...
It is imperative to develop a low-carbon economy in order to meet two major challenges that our societies will be facing over the next decade: how to guarantee an energy supply (under threat from the...
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Private Sector & Development #7 - Should tourism be promoted in developing countries?
For over half a century now, tourism has been constantly expanding and at an even faster pace than international trade. This trend would today appear to be irreversible; the World Tourism Organization...
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Private Sector & Development #8 - The mining sector an opportunity for growth in africa
Often considered as being on the sidelines of globalization, Africa has during the 2000s benefited from continuously increasing investment and become a fully-fledged player as a result of the boom in...
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Private Sector & Development #9 - What role for the private sector in African railways development?
“Without the railroad, the Congo is not worth a penny”, declared the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley at the end of the 19th century. More than a century later this quote still resonates with the...
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Private Sector & Development #10 - Cement, confronting ecological responsibility and economic imperatives
As the 21st century gets underway, development institutions are facing a major moral dilemma. Should they be supporting a cement sector that produces such significant amounts of CO2 when their core mi...
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Private Sector & Development #11 - Technical assistance, a development tool serving the private sector
Consultancy and support are an important component of the service that development finance institutions provide to businesses in emerging and developing countries, particularly in Africa. Small and me...
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Private Sector & Development #12 - Can private equity boost African development?
In just the last decade or so, private equity has carved out a new territory for itself in sub-Saharan Africa. For the region this is a fantastic opportunity to attract new investors whose funds are e...
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Private Sector & Development #13 - Development initiatives for sub-Saharan agriculture and food production ind...
Sub-Saharan Africa is about to undergo an unprecedented demographic explosion: in 40 years its population will triple and the ratio of urban to rural dwellers will be reversed. Today, and even more so...
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Private Sector & Development #14 - Utilising, developing and preserving forests: finding the balance
Forests are important carbon sinks that play a vital role in maintaining the world’s ecological balances. However, population growth and urbanisation are intensifying pressure on forested land in the...
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Private Sector & Development #15 - Waste: the challenges facing developing countries
Open dumping of waste presents a real threat to the environment and to human health and is commonplace in developing countries. Constrained by budget pressures, towns and cities in the southern hemisp...
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Geographical coverage of PROPARCO
The map and list of countries that Proparco covers.
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Organization chart of the executive team
Executive team Proparco - January 2025
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Ethics Charter - AFD Group
Agence Française de Développement is a government body carrying out public policy, primarily overseas. Given this mandate, AFD as an organization, and each of its staff members as well, must consis...
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Proparco Exclusion list
The objective of the exclusion list is to clearly indicate the activities that the Group refuses to finance due to ethical, regulatory, environmental or social criteria, and arising from the applicati...
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The AFD Carbon Footprint Tool for projects - User’s Guide and Methodology
AFD (Agence Française de Développement) aims to promote low-carbon development through the projects it finances, in line with France’s commitment to combat climate change and AFD’s strategic orientati...
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EDFI energy evaluation 2012
This is a synthesis of findings from in-depth evaluations of three EDFI energy infrastructure investments in sub-Saharan Africa. The evaluation focussed on understanding the development impact and dis...
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of EDFI Support for SME Development in Africa
The members of the association of European Developement Finance Institutions, EDFI, have joibtly commisioned an evaluation of the effectiveness of EDFI members' support for SME development through Fin...
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The Growing Role of the Development Finance Institutions in International Development Policy
The private sector plays a crucial role in developing countries. It is a vital factor for growth and job creation and, by spurring economic development, provides the fiscal base which allows governmen...
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