The African dimension of the appeal of June 18, 1940. When we speak today of the French Development Agency (AFD), we generally think of an institution tasked with financing development projects, poverty reduction initiatives, or ecological transition programs. However, its history is much less well known. The institution that became the AFD was born in the midst of the Second World War. While General de Gaulle's Free France desperately lacked th…
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The African dimension of the appeal of June 18, 1940. When we speak today of the French Development Agency (AFD), we generally think of an institution tasked with financing development projects, poverty reduction initiatives, or ecological transition programs. However, its history is much less well known. The institution that became the AFD was born in the midst of the Second World War. While General de Gaulle's Free France desperately lacked th…