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UNLOCK - Unfunded local currency keystone financing solution
UNLOCK is Proparco’s innovative guarantee scheme offered to financial institutions to jointly cover the risk on long-term financing in local currency for key development projects.
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Private Sector & Development #30 - Corporate governance: a driver for growth
The 30th Private Sector & Development magazine focuses on the issues and challenges of a key topic for business growth: governance. Good governance practices play a fundamental role in ensuring the su...
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Partnerships for development
The collaboration and coordination with its peers are key drivers for Proparco’s effectiveness and one of the engines of its growth. For several years, Proparco has been scaling up partnerships with t...
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Video - Corporate governance, edition no. 30 of Proparco’s magazine
The implementation of good governance practices plays a major role in ensuring the growth of a company. In its latest issue, PROPARCO’s Private Sector & Development magazine addresses this question fr...
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Clean and affordable solar energy in India, with Azure Power
India’s renewable energy potential is untapped, yet a large portion of its population remains disconnected from the grid. Since 2013, Proparco has been supporting Azure Power, one of India's leading p...
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Kashf - Microfinance empowering women entrepreneurs in Pakistan
Enabling women to become actors of social and economic change in Pakistan is the number one objective of the Kashf Foundation, which has specialized in microfinance for more than 20 years. In 2017, Pr...
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Guide for Proparco Clients
Proparco’s goal is to promote private sector development in developing and transition countries. In order to achieve sustainable growth and lasting improvements in people’s lives, we are committed to...
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Guide for Complainants / Communities
Proparco’s goal is to promote private sector development in developing and transition countries. In order to achieve sustainable growth and lasting improvements in people’s lives, we are committed to...
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Independent Complaints Mechanism Proparco
With this document, Proparco introduces its Independent Complaints Mechanism (hereafter also: the ‘Mechanism’ or ‘ICM’) and accompanying Procedure. This document describes the structure and governance...
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Introduction to Choose Africa
Choose Africa is the French initiative to accelerate the growth of MSMEs and entrepreneurship in Africa. AFD and Proparco will engage 2.5 billion euros by 2022 to support 10,000 companies. More info o...
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European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI)
The association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) was set up in 1992. It has 15 members dedicated to financing the private sector in emerging and developing countries. EDFI's role is...
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Booklet CHOOSE AFRICA, a platform dedicated to african MSMES and entrepreneurs
With Choose Africa, the AFD Group aims to accompany MSMEs and entrepreneurs at all stages of their development, via a wide range of financing and support solutions.
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Press kit - Choose Africa
France, partnering with african start-ups and MSMES
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Proparco Key figures - 2018
With EUR 1.6bn of commitments, PROPARCO, the Group’s arm for financing private players, saw a +17% increase in its activity year-on-year and over +53% since 2015. These results are in line with the gr...
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Sustainable development report - 2018
Sustainable development report - 2018
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Private Sector & Development #31 - Scaling up the development impact of agro-industry
This issue of Private Sector & Development aims to demonstrate that the agro-industry, even if it sometimes brings up “negative externalities affecting the environment and small producers”, can be a m...
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AFD Group - 2018 Results
Discover the 2018 annual results of the AFD Group, and the key figures : €11.4 billion in commitments, up €1 billion in a year (+40% in 3 years) 846 new development projects launched (94 more th...
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Supporting responsible microfinance in rural areas in Morocco
Supporting responsible microfinance in rural areas in Morocco
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Video - Scaling up the development impact of agro-industry, edition no. 31 of Proparco’s magazine
Video - Scaling up the development impact of agro-industry, edition no. 31of Proparco’s magazine
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Governance
The governance of Proparco is based on structures that guarantee the transparency of its operation as well as its good management. Under the direction of Françoise Lombard, the General management prep...
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