ADF Recipient Countries
Eligibility criteria
Country eligibility for the African Development Fund (ADF) is based on the IDA eligibility criteria namely:
- Per capita income
- Lack of creditworthiness.
The operational cut-off for eligibility in IDA fiscal year 2011-2012 is a 2010 GNI per capita of USD 1,175 (for fiscal year 2010-2011: a 2009 GNI per capita of USD 1,165), on the basis of the World Bank Atlas methodology. This operational cut-off is updated annually. Creditworthiness is the capacity of a country to borrow on capital markets and its ability to service its new debt at market terms such as the terms of loans provided by ADB or IBRD.
ADF Eligible Countries
Angola1 |
Democratic Rep. of Congo |
Kenya |
Rwanda |
1. In process of transition
2. Subject to sanctions
3. Blend countries
Top ADF Recipient Sub-Regions (1974-2010)
During the period 1974–2010, ADF cumulative approvals totaled UA 22.73 billion, for 1,467 loans and 842 grants. The West Africa and East Africa subregions, received 31.0 percent and 31.1 percent of the cumulative approvals respectively, followed by the Southern Africa subregion at 15.3 percent. Central Africa received 9.2 percent. North Africa, which mainly consists of ADB (i.e. middle-income) countries, received 2.4 percent.
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10/02/2012 - AfDB approves USD 41m funding to boost graduate employment in Malawi
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08/02/2012 - Visiting Chad’s finance and budget minister, Christian Georges Diguimbaye
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08/02/2012 - “Enormous resource requirements are needed by Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector” – Kanu
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08/02/2012 - AfDB 2012 agriculture strategy to focus on drought resilience building programme
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08/02/2012 - Bringing information on climate change to farmers for effectiveness of our actions – Nogoye Thiam, Climate change expert
Documents
ADF FAQs (29 KB)
ADF Key Messages (33 KB)
ADF at a Glance (17.2 KB)
