News & Events
05/04/2013 - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors on April 3, 2013 approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of USD $ 25.7 million and an ADF loan of USD 12.6 million for a Skills, Employability and Entrepreneurship Program (SEEP) in Rwanda.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development, Youth
01/04/2013 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a pu accompagner en 2011, l’Institut National de la Statistique (INS) dans la revue et la mise à jour de sa méthodologie de mesure de la pauvreté et ce en collaboration avec la Banque mondiale. Le travail a été mené en consultation avec un comité d'experts universitaires tunisiens, des représentants des ministères et des structures publiques et d’organisations non gouvernementales.
Categories: Tunisia, Poverty Reduction, Human and Social Development
28/03/2013 - In a recent paper produced as part of a series on North African policies, the African Development Bank (AfDB) analyzes the prospects of exporting the health services available in North Africa.
Accelerated growth and job creation pose major challenges for the countries of North Africa (NAF), which are all facing a rapid increase in their workforce. In the Maghreb, the preponderance of the textile-clothing sector and outsourced automobile-related manufacturing in industry, as well the lack of alternative manufacturing specialization largely contribute to fragility.
Categories: Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Health, Human and Social Development
27/03/2013 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Office for Tunisians Abroad (OTE), have published a new study on employment opportunities for Tunisians in Libya.
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, Migration and Development Initiative, Human and Social Development, Youth
22/03/2013 - The issue of water and sanitation is of utmost importance given the place of women in African society. It illustrates how African women suffer from inequality, particularly when it comes to access to education.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, Gender, Human and Social Development, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
19/03/2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) organized on the 12th and 13th March in Rabat, Morocco, a regional conference on the employment of young graduates from institutions of higher education. The object of the conference was to rethink and lay down more efficient reform policies with regard to higher education in order to guarantee the possible employment of young graduates.
Categories: Morocco, Education, Youth, Human and Social Development
- 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
15/03/2013 - Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivered on March 13 a message of hope to Tunisians at a national conference on social business in Tunisia. The conference, which took place at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) in Carthage, was organized by the African Development Bank’s Human Development Department and Yunus Social Business, in collaboration with Global Shapers and Orange.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development
14/03/2013 - From March 11-12, 2013, African Ministers, parliamentarians and policymakers met in Hammamet, Tunisia, to ensure that Africa plays a proactive role in shaping the future global development agenda.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development, Infrastructure, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
14/03/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, March 13, a loan in the amount of US $144.89 million in support of the Uganda road sector.
Categories: Uganda, Infrastructure, Transport, Youth, Human and Social Development
