Strategy Documents

Abstract: The Bank Group Urban Development Strategy builds on the achievements and lessons of experience of past Bank Group efforts in urban development and emphasizes the need for coordinated and purposeful action. The Strategy recognizes that successful urban development requires coherent programs and efficient organization both within the Bank Group and in Regional Member Countries. Through this Strategy, the Bank will ensure that key policy themes, particularly infrastructure development, urban governance, private sector development and cross-cutting issues including gender, empowerment of vulnerable groups, regional integration, urban-rural linkages, environment and now increasingly climate change are taken into account during project design and implementation of urban projects. Moreover, the approach will ensure that the Bank’s policy and operational focus ultimately is on the building of viable, accountable and service-centered institutions at the sub-national levels, notably municipalities.

Abstract: The purpose of the revised African Development Bank Policy on Population is to enhance human resources at the RMC level through development and implementation of integrated population policies and programs in the context of poverty reduction. The new policy has been developed in view of emerging issues from the International Development Agenda and the recognition of the cross-cutting nature of population with respect to Bank Group’s overarching goal of poverty reduction and sustainable development. The most recent population policy document represents a major shift from the previous policy, from the exclusive focus on family planning for fertility control to a broader and more inclusive concept of reproductive health. It also represents a shift from an emphasis on demographic targets to a new focus on qualitative indicators related to the improvement of standards of living of the population. The policy spotlights key specific areas of intervention by the Bank, such as support in information dissemination, development of legal frameworks, institutional capacity building, support programs and interventions in the area of family planning and support in the implementation of initiatives that enhance RMCs’ human resources.