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=== Knowledge production ===

Knowledge production is a major activity for AFD and aims to contribute to the definition of the public policies of France and its partners. It has become an essential complement to the financial and technical tools. AFD's knowledge production started to play an important role in the 2000s. This drive for knowledge production is based on the organization of seminars and conferences, training given by CEFEB, a studies and research program, and the establishment of partnerships with academic and research institutes.

AFD also offers a number of publications on developing countries and the French overseas territories:
* Afrique Contemporaine, a sociological, political and economic review on Africa;
* The Working Papers series, which reports on ongoing research;
* The ExPost publications;
* The Focales series, which describes practical case studies (projects, partnerships, experiments...) and puts them into perspective;
* The A Savoir series, which gathers either literature reviews or existing knowledge on issues that present an operational interest;
* The Recherches series, which presents research actions initiated or led by AFD;
* The Conférences et Séminaires series, which provides a wide audience of readers with the main outcomes and lessons learned from the research conducted by AFD and its partner development assistance actors;
* The MacroDev series, which provides analyses focused on a country, region, or on macroeconomic issues related to development processes;
* Publications co-edited with the World Bank;
* Other co-publications;
* Regards sur la Terre, the annual sustainable development report coordinated by AFD and IDDRI;
* The Ideas for Development blog, a forum for exchanges coordinated by AFD, open to development actors and the public interested in development.<ref>“[http://www.proparco.fr/webdav/site/proparco/shared/ELEMENTS_COMMUNS/PDF/Rapports-annuels/PROPARCO_Rapport_annuel_2014.pdf Annual Report 2014 (PROPARCO)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721040759/http://www.proparco.fr/webdav/site/proparco/shared/ELEMENTS_COMMUNS/PDF/Rapports-annuels/PROPARCO_Rapport_annuel_2014.pdf |date=2015-07-21 }}” [archive], at proparco.fr (consulted 17 July 2015)</ref>

All this contributes to improving knowledge of the Official Development Assistance policy: “its rationale, its effectiveness, its interactions with the other public policies, its role in the management of globalization”<ref>“[http://www.proparco.fr/Accueil_PROPARCO/PROPARCO About us]” [archive], at proparco.fr, June 2015 (consulted 17 July 2015)</ref> AFD's aim is to become an internationally recognized research center, both in terms of sustainable development and global public goods, and the design of innovative financing instruments.