News & Events

24/05/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has produced a comprehensive new guidebook on labour force statistics to aid statisticians in Africa in their analysis/Entitled: ‘Labour Force Data Analysis: Guidelines with African specificities’, the book is published by the Statistics Department of the Chief Economist’s department of the AfDB.

Categories: Human and Social Development, Youth, Chief Economist's Office

24/05/2012 - Because Africa is a continent of 54 countries, finding data on how Africans live in terms of consumption and spending is not easy, but a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) helps to fill the knowledge gap.

Categories: Human and Social Development, Financial Crisis, Chief Economist's Office

09/05/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa at a high level seminar on “Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa” held in Tunis and hosted by the AfDB’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Mthuli Ncube. The keynote speaker was Shanta Deverajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Africa region.

Categories: Fragile States Facility, Chief Economist's Office

04/05/2012 - The AfDB vice-president/secretary general Cecilia Akintomide and vice-president/chief Economist Mthuli Ncube on Thursday 3 May 2012 jointly hosted a press conference on major agenda items that will be covered during these years Bank Group Annual Boards of Governors Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. The two vice-presidents of the Bank answered from over forty journalists as well as those connected from the field offices with the former answering questions on Bank Group operations and general information of the annual meetings, while the later concentrated on high-level seminars, debates and overall knowledge products lined up for Arusha.

Categories: Tanzania, Chief Economist's Office

13/04/2012 - Egypt’s fuel subsidy program, designed to ease the lives of the poorest of its population, is becoming a serious drain on its national economy, according to a new study from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Categories: Egypt, Energy & Power, Chief Economist's Office

05/04/2012 - Some issues linked to inclusive growth, such as voice and accountability are political in nature and need to be handled politically by national governments. However, the Bank Group needs to continue paying more attention to wider access issues linked to its infrastructure and economic development projects and programs.

Categories: Tunisia, Chief Economist's Office

28/03/2012 - Africa’s numerous border and customs posts, with the associated bureaucracy and long delays, continues to hold back trade and economic growth on the continent, reports a new study from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Categories: Economic & Financial Governance, Regional Integration, Chief Economist's Office

26/03/2012 - Under the umbrella of the AfDB's Thought-Leadership Seminar series, Professor Cecilia Rouse of Princeton University made a presentation on “The US Economy in the Global Economic Crisis” on 26 March. Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, chaired the event which brought together more than 70 Bank experts including Board members and Vice Presidents.

Categories: Economic & Financial Governance, Chief Economist's Office

26/03/2012 - A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The banks surveyed in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia view SMEs as ‘highly profitable’. They are also important providers of employment in the region.

Categories: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance, Chief Economist's Office