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Julia Richard de Chicourt
Senior environment and social specialist
Proparco
Private Sector & Development author
Julia Richard de Chicourt worked first as an international consultant and then joined Proparco as a senior environment and social specialist. She supports Proparco's investment team in assessing and managing the environmental and social risks associated with direct investment in the manufacturing, infrastructure and energy sectors.
Proparco
Proparco is a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 45 years.
Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.
To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.