News & Events

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

16/02/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has made two grant agreements totaling € 2.9 million (FCFA 1.9 billion) to fund governmental reforms and the country’s 2012 action plan.

Categories: Togo, Fragile States Facility

14/11/2011 - A delegation from the United Nations Peace Building Commission visited the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis on Friday, 11 November. Both institutions have agreed to establish a structured partnership with one another in support of the peace-building recovery and development efforts of some of the AfDB's conflict and crises affected regional member countries. Initial areas of cooperation will cover youth employment, policy dialogue, advocacy and resource mobilisation.

Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility, President's Corner

11/11/2011 - In the context of an enhanced Bank engagement in Fragile States, Management initiated a discussion with the Board of Directors last week to shed light on effective strategic direction, improved operational processes and tools to address fragility in conflict affected countries.

Categories: Fragile States Facility

20/09/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 14 September 2011 approved a grant of USD 15.7 million to Sierra Leone to finance the second Economic Governance Reform Program. The grant, from the AfDB Fragile States Facility, will be disbursed in two parts in 2011 and 2012.

Categories: Sierra Leone, Economic & Financial Governance, Fragile States Facility

08/09/2011 - African leaders from fragile and conflict-affected countries called for a reassessment of the Millennium Development Goals and new approaches to development in Africa during a regional meeting on peace- and statebuilding organized by the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-9 September 2011. Their aim was to shape the agenda for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea in November 2011.

Categories: Ethiopia, Economic & Financial Governance, Fragile States Facility

22/06/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday approved a USD 48-million budget support grant to finance Liberia’s Economic Governance and Competitiveness Support Program. The grant is provided from the Bank’s Fragile State Facility.

Categories: Liberia, Fragile States Facility

30/05/2011 - The launching of the new publication “Providing Budget Aid in Situations of Fragility” will take place in the context of the Annual Meetings on 9th June, from 11:00-13:00 in the Lisbon Congress Center. This new publication has emerged from discussions dating back to 2008 among some of the key actors in the provision of budget aid in situations of fragility.

Categories: Fragile States Facility

13/04/2011 - “3C - coherent, coordinated and complementary” - was the theme of a workshop organized by the Fragile States Unit on Tuesday in Tunis, with a view to improving development results in fragile states. Opening the workshop, Fragile States Unit Head, Sunita Pitamber, explained that it was the first in a series of seminars for Bank experts and task managers aimed at helping them to have a better focus and understanding of result-oriented development.

Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility