News & Events
15/09/2009 - AfDB Vice President, Kamal El Kheshen, and the Chadian Agriculture Minister, Mbailou Naimbaye Lossimian, on Thursday, September 11, 2009, signed two Fragile States Facility grant agreements.
Categories: Chad, Fragile States Facility
22/07/2009 - In line with efforts to help states tackle poverty and build capacity, the African development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of US$12.41 million (8 million Units of Account) from the Fragile States Facility (FSF) to finance a Project for Community Development and Support To Vulnerable Groups (PDCAGV) in Central African Republic.
Categories: Central African Republic, Economic & Financial Governance, Fragile States Facility
10/06/2009 - A two-day conference on "contracting out Core Government Functions and Services in Fragile and Post-Conflict Situations," ended on Tuesday June 9, 2009 in Tunis, after in-depth and wide-ranging discussions which boiled down to a unanimous conclusion that government regulation was paramount in the entire process.
Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility
09/06/2009 - “The ideas generated in the conference could also inform the preparation of guidelines that could be used by donors and aid-recipient countries in improving the delivery of development assistance in fragile states,” says AfDB Fragile States Unit Head, Margaret Kilo.
Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility
09/06/2009 - A conference on "contracting out Core Government Functions and Services in Fragile and Post-Conflict Situations," an issue considered to be one of the daunting development challenges of the time, got underway on Monday, June 8th, 2009, in Tunis, where discussants delved into conditions under which contracting out services can be effective and, at the same time, conducive to state building in fragile and post-conflict countries.
Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility
02/06/2009 - In collaboration with the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG), the Fragile States Unit (OSFU) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing an international conference on the theme: "Contracting out Core Government Functions and Services in Fragile and Post-Conflict Situations."
Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility
28/05/2009 - “Increased private sector activity is key to the recovery of Zimbabwe’s economy”
Categories: Zimbabwe, Fragile States Facility
26/05/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Executive Board of Directors today discussed a concept note proposing a short-term strategy for the AfDB to help Zimbabwe address the challenges it faces and to support the country’s re-engagement with the international community. Directors expressed firm support for the strategy and applauded the initiatives taken by the AfDB President and management, noting that the Bank should play a leading role, as it has, indeed, been requested by African countries.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Fragile States Facility, President's Corner
12/05/2009 - Declines in employment and growth, low capacity of institutions responsible for managing development programmes resulting in insecurity and economic downturn, the effects of the global financial crisis are resulting in the collapse of macro-economic frameworks in many fragile states.
Categories: Fragile States Facility
10/05/2009 - The number of armed conflicts on the continent has reduced vis-à-vis the number of conflicts in the last decade. That is one of the conclusions authors of the African Development Report that was released on May 10, 2009, in Dakar, Senegal, reached.
Categories: Fragile States Facility
