Interviews
27/10/2011 - «En tant que chercheur et spécialiste des questions environnementales, je compte contribuer à une large diffusion des acquis de cette conférence auprès des autres chercheurs», a déclaré Ibouraïma Yabi, en marge de la Conférence économique africaine, à Addis-Abeba, du 25 au 28 octobre 2011.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Environment
15/07/2011 - Enlightening WWF’s future collaboration with the AfDB, Jim Leape affirms: “Like the African Development Bank, WWF is a trusted partner across Africa, working with governments, business and civil society… He strongly supports the Bank to revise its Safeguards policies. He further said: “With the Bank, we hope to share expertise, technical assistance as well as policy learning, as well as on how to help value and protect Africa’s incomparable natural and biodiversity heritage.”
Categories: Environment
08/06/2011 - What role should Auditors-General in African countries play to make inclusive growth a reality in the African Development Bank’s efforts to promote development for all , the central theme of its 2011 Annual Meetings which open in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday?
Categories: Portugal
07/06/2011 - « A écouter le président de la Banque, on sent que l’accent sera davantage mis sur la gouvernance en Afrique. Il a également insisté sur le mot «liberté».
06/06/2011 - To what extent does the African Development Bank (AfDB) see inclusive growth as an overarching policy objective? What changes, if any, would Management and the Boards want to see in the Bank’s strategy, in order to deal with inclusive growth?
31/05/2011 - A week to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group 2011 Annual Meetings to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 9-10 June 2011, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) Acting Director, Mamoudou Deme, has made it a point to keep participants posted on the Facility’s activities
Categories: African Legal Support Facility
31/05/2011 - For many experts, “Inclusive growth” in the 2011 Annual Meetings is seen as a development strategic issue worth discussing. As part of the growing interest in the meeting’s agenda, experts at the African Development Bank (AfDB) have individually or collectively joined their voices to express the importance of the issue. Godfred Penn has also made it a point to pass his opinion as the Legal Counsel and Adviser to the Bank’s General Counsel.
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30/05/2011 - While global carbon markets are taking off, Africa lags far behind with only 7% of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) global market share. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is designing targeted financing instruments, such as the Africa Carbon Facility (ACF), to help build Africa’s carbon markets and attract more green investments to the continent. Mafalda Duarte, ACF coordinator and principal climate specialist, African Development Bank (AfDB), explains.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
25/05/2011 - Most development activities require direct or indirect access to land, but also security of tenure rights. In some parts of the continent, land issues are fuelling national or regional conflicts. Lead Land Expert, AU-ECA-AfDB joint Land Policy Initiative, Hubert Ouédraogo, broadly explained land policy issue on the side-line of a joint meeting in Tunis .
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries
11/05/2011 - Effective management of risk is critical to any financial institution’s survival, especially in today’s volatile financial markets and uncertain macroeconomic outlook. The AfDB’s Board approved on May 3, 2011, a policy document on Risk Appetite, which is a cornerstone of the institution’s risk management framework.
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