News & Events
27/10/2011 - Le second exposé de la session a porté sur « capital social et volonté de payer pour les biens environnementaux dans les pays africains ». Cette analyse stratégique permet de savoir s’il existe chez les citoyens des dispositions à payer pour les dommages causés sur l’environnement.
Categories: Ethiopia, Human and Social Development
27/10/2011 - African governments must step up investments in education to build capable human resources that will contribute to sustainable structural transformation of their economies, experts at the ongoing African Economic Conference cautioned on Wednesday in Addis Ababa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Human and Social Development
19/10/2011 - Participants gathered at the Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda to celebrate a unique tripartite partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Government of Rwanda and Carnegie Mellon University and the planned opening of a Carnegie Mellon Campus in Rwanda in January 2012.
Categories: Rwanda, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
- From: 16/10/2011
- To: 17/10/2011
On 16 and 17 October 2011, the international community will mark two special days that are at the core of the work of the African Development Bank
Categories: Food Production, Poverty Reduction, Human and Social Development
- From: 08/11/2011
- To: 09/11/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Several Heads of State and Government will participate in a High-Level event on Post-Conflict Peace-building: the Experience of Rwanda, to be held in Kigali on the 8th and 9th of November, 2011.
Categories: Rwanda, Human and Social Development
14/10/2011 - Africa is the youngest region in the world. Youngsters make up more than two thirds of Africa’s population, yet they are more likely than adults to be unemployed. In some countries, such as South Africa, Tunisia and Morocco, youth unemployment rates are up to 3 times higher than those of adults. This serious jobs gap needs to be addressed rapidly or else it could translate into social tensions as recently witnessed during the Arab Spring.
Categories: South Africa, Human and Social Development, Youth
05/10/2011 - Reaching Tunisia’s full potential by enhancing regional integration, was the theme of the African Development Bank’s presentation at a recent forum organized by the Institut de Citoyenneté, a Tunisian network of civil society organizations. “Tunisia is at a critical juncture,” – said Emanuele Santi, country economist in the Bank’s North Africa Department. ”Building closer economic ties with its neighbours can be one of the key drivers for the country’s rebound.”
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, Human and Social Development
29/09/2011 - The African Development Bank Board of Directors has approved a USD 24-million loan to finance Zambia’s fourth poverty reduction budget support program. The African Development Fund (ADF) loan is part of USD 159 million budget support operation financed by World Bank ($30 m loan), European Commission ($43.5 m grant), UK’s Department for International Development ($41.6 m grant), Germany ($13.6 m grant), and Finland ($6.8 grant).
Categories: Zambia, Poverty Reduction, Human and Social Development
22/09/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 20 September 2011 in Tunis approved loans and grants amounting to 160 million Units of Account* (USD 257.6 million) to finance public sector growth support as well as water and sanitation projects in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Niger.
Categories: Niger, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Water Supply & Sanitation, Human and Social Development
19/09/2011 - At the end of a two-day regional workshop on livestock development and drought preparedness held in Djibouti, technical experts and development partners have endorsed a programme that would enhance livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Horn of Africa.
Categories: Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development
