🤝 Powering development impact through collaboration: The AFD - Agence Française de Développement and the World Bank share a long-standing partnership built on common objectives and a commitment to delivering results. Together, they are 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 — from food security to infrastructure — while providing a more coordinated and effective alternative to growing fragmentation in the global aid landscape. 🗣️ Bertrand Walckenaer, AFD Deputy Director-General, an

SWATHES of ludicrous overseas aid projects burning through millions of taxpayer pounds have finally been axed, ministers confirmed today. It follows the Sun’s revelation of the shocking extent of public money squandered on woke development schemes abroad. The Department of Foreign Affairs has begun culling programmes after Sir Keir Starmer announced in February that Britain’s aid budget would be slashed by £6 billion a year to bolster defence spending. Among the projects cut is a £3.9mn scheme t