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- From: 05/06/2013
- To: 07/06/2013
- Location: Praia, Cape Verde
Remittances represent a rising source of finance for the continent and hold immense potential as drivers of economic growth and development. A recent study, Leveraging Migration for Africa: Remittances, Skills, and Investments, conducted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the World Bank shows that remittance flows into Africa reached US $40 billion in 2010 and have quadrupled since 1990. African remittances currently account for 2.6 per cent of GDP, a figure that in some countries equals or even exceeds both foreign direct investment and aid.
Categories: Cape Verde, Migration and Development Initiative, Human and Social Development, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 12/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Nobel Prize-winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus, will give a speech in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Series on March 12, 2013 in Tunis. The topic of Prof. Yunus’ speech, the 19th in the series which began in 2005, will be “Building Social Business in Africa: the new kind of capitalism that serves society’s most pressing needs.”
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 04/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
“Promoting Economic Reforms in Developing Countries: Rethinking Budgetary Aid?” is the first paper to be discussed by the African Development Bank’s Office of the Vice-President (ORVP) and Chief Economist Complex (ECON) on March 4, 2013 in Tunis as part of the joint ORVP/ECON Bi-Monthly Country Economic/Thematic Review Meetings. Monday’s meeting marks the first of the 2013 series.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 28/11/2012
- To: 30/11/2012
- Location: Marrakech, Morocco
The 2012 ALM and Risk Management forum will be hosted by the African development Bank Group in Marrakech from 28-30 November 2012.
Categories: Morocco, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 22/10/2012
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), the Initiative for African Land Policy (LPI) and Section Support to the Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the ECA will organize a day of dialogue on natural resources management in Africa on October 22, 2012, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
Categories: Ethiopia, Environment, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 04/10/2012
- Location: France
Le 12ème Forum économique international sur l’Afrique se tiendra au Centre de conférences de l’OCDE à Paris en France, le jeudi 4 octobre 2012. Sur le thème « Gestion des ressources humaines et naturelles : quelles politiques pour promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique ? », ce Forum est organisé par le Centre de développement de l’OCDE en partenariat avec la Banque africaine de développement, le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique et le gouvernement français.
Categories: France, Economic & Financial Governance, Youth, Human and Social Development
- From: 27/09/2012
- To: 28/09/2012
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank Group will be hosting the 2012 Asset and Liability Management and MDB Risk Management Forum in Tunis from September 27-28, 2012. The forum will be attended by delegates from several multilateral development banks and financial institutions.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 25/07/2012
- To: 27/07/2012
- Location: Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the African Econometric Society (AES), the Bank of Uganda, Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), and the Economic Policy Research Centre Uganda, is convening the 17th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society (AES) at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda.
Categories: Uganda, Economic & Financial Governance
Pan-African Conference Seeks to Develop Regulatory Framework for Derivatives and Commodity Exchanges
- From: 25/07/2012
- To: 27/07/2012
- Location: Gaborone, Botswana
La Conférence panafricaine pour développer les cadres réglementaires des Bourses des dérivés et des matières premières a pris fin la semaine dernière à Gaborone (Botswana). Elle a réuni une centaine d’experts de haut niveau venant de tout le continent africain pour discuter, pendant trois jours, des voies et des moyens de développer les Bourses des produits dérivés et des matières premières en Afrique, à travers la mise à niveau du cadre réglementaire africain avec les normes internationales.
Categories: Botswana, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 14/03/2012
- To: 16/03/2012
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-hosting a major conference on the development of the private sector in Africa and its crucial role for economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction on the continent.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development
