# Stéphanie Leyronas on France's Bold Experiment in Commons-based Development

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Podcast: [Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontiers-of-commoning-with-david-bollier-578846)
Published: 2026-02-01T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

For the past five years, Stéphanie Leyronas has been part of an internal team at the French Development Agency (AFD) exploring how it might pioneer new forms of development by supporting commoning in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Instead of promoting the linear "progress narrative" of capitalist markets and growth, AFD's efforts seek to strengthen social collaboration and shared benefits, drawing upon the distinctive strengths of each local context. The experiments are forging a Global North-assisted development approach rooted in traditional "relational logics" of cooperation, co-learning, and long-term eco-stewardship. For more on the commons, go to www.Bollier.org.

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