News & Events
18/05/2012 - Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of other regions. A significant driver of growth has been the high demand and prices for raw materials. However, macro-economic reforms, greater political stability and urbanization also saw a strengthening of the services sector, a growing middle class and the emergence of pan-African entrepreneurship. Despite these promising developments, progress has been uneven across Africa. Poverty and food security remain pervasive problems.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment
18/05/2012 - Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable land and water. Today, expanding agriculture, logging, and the need for firewood are clearing forests and causing a loss of biodiversity. Currently, less than four percent of the continent’s potential water resources are harnessed for irrigation. Of the 1.4 billion people around the world who have no access to electricity, 40 percent live in Africa, and most of those live in sub-Saharan Africa
Categories: Climate Change, Environment
15/05/2012 - La consultation régionale sur le système intégré de sauvegardes intégré (SIS) pour l’Afrique centrale s’est tenue à Libreville, au Gabon du 09 au 11 mai 2012. Elle a démontré le ferme engagement de la BAD et des pays d’Afrique Centrale à assurer la durabilité environnementale et sociale des opérations de développement.
Categories: Gabon, Environment
02/05/2012 - The Multilateral Finance Institutions Working Group on the Environment (MFI-WGE) convened in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, from 25 to 27 April to review policy developments at the various member institutions.
Categories: Tunisia, Environment
20/04/2012 - It is now five years since the African Development Bank (AfDB) embarked on its ‘Green Bank Initiative’ in 2007, with the aim of cutting the Bank’s impact on the environment in its daily operations, and now it is time to take stock of the results.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Environment
20/04/2012 - Africa is now seen as a land of sunshine and hope. Over the last two decades, it has experienced tremendous progress in implementing tough economic reforms, strengthening governance and improving conditions for private sector development.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture & Agro-industries
13/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has embarked on a consultation exercise across Africa on its proposed Integrated Safeguards System (ISS). It is conferring with governments and representatives of civil society and the private sector.
Categories: Kenya, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, Morocco, Private Sector Development, Environment
10/04/2012 - As a contribution to the commemoration of the UN International Year of Forests (2011), the United Nations Forum on Forests commissioned the publication of a book entitled “Forests for People” which contains submissions from key institutions and professionals that are making important contributions in the forestry sector.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment, Climate Change
26/03/2012 - The G20 Development Working Group (DWG) on inclusive green growth (IGG) and international development cooperation met informally on 28 and 29 February 2012 in Seoul, Korea to discuss further actions to promote IGG ahead of a meeting scheduled in May in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Categories: Korea, Environment, Climate Change
18/01/2012 - La secrétaire générale de l’Union du Fleuve Mano, Madame Saran Kaba, en visite à la Banque pour poursuivre des négociations sur des projets de protection de l’écosystème du bassin du fleuve Mano, se dit satisfaite de ses discussions avec les représentants de la Banque.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
