Publications and media
Private Sector & Development #32 - SME finance in Africa: what's new?
10 years after having dedicated its first issue to the financing and support of SMEs in Africa, this Private Sector & Development magazine takes another in-depth look into this major challenge for the...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2018
Climate is central to everything AFD Group does, and in 2018 the Group consolidated this position by adopting a new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects its aim to help implement the Paris Agr...
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2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
2018 was a year of significant growth and transformation for AFD Group with commitments reaching €11.4 billion, up by €1 billion on the previous financial year. In the course of the year, the Group...
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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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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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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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EDFI - Towards Sustainable Development
EDFI is the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (“EDFIs”), a group of 15 publicly-backed institutions that provide financing and advice to private sector enterprises in emerging a...
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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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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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Climate - AFD 2018 Activity Report
The effects of climate disturbances are putting people and ecosystems in peril, especially in the developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. To limit the increase in global temperature by...
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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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Supporting responsible microfinance in rural areas in Morocco
Supporting responsible microfinance in rural areas in Morocco
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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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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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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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