News & Events
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
- 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
12/02/2013 - The Chief Economist Complex of the African Development Bank Group has released an Economic Brief on the application of diaspora bonds in an African context. Drawing lessons from diaspora bond issuances in Israel, Ethiopia and India, the paper, entitled “Diaspora Bonds: Some Lessons for African Countries”, argues that tapping migration wealth could be an effective means of funding development on the continent.
Categories: Migration and Development Initiative, Economic & Financial Governance
10/12/2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 3rd call for proposals of the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). Award amounts will range from 350,000 EUR to 500,000 EUR per project.
Categories: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Migration and Development Initiative
28/05/2012 - Les fuites de capitaux auraient dépossédé l’Afrique de 700 milliards USD, entre 2000 et 2008, selon le rapport 2012 sur les « Perspectives économiques en Afrique », lancé ce lundi à Arusha (Tanzanie), dans le cadre de la 47e Assemblée annuelle du groupe de la BAD.
Categories: Tanzania, Migration and Development Initiative
20/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the second call for proposals under the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). This second call for proposals, open from 15 April to 31 May 2012, is targeting project sponsors in Central Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Categories: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Madagascar, Burundi, São Tomé & Príncipe, Angola, Comoros, Mauritius, Migration and Development Initiative
21/02/2012 - France’s minister for cooperation, Henri de Raincourt, its secretary of state for foreign trade, Pierre Lellouche, represented by Delphine d’Amarzit, multilateral affairs and development manager at the general directorate for Treasury, and the vice president for sector operations from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Kamal Elkheshen, met in Paris on 21 February 2012, where more than 200 people gathered for a conference on money transfers to Africa from migrants
Categories: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, France, Migration and Development Initiative
- Date: 21/02/2012 09:30 14:30
- Location: Paris, The Pierre-Mendès-France Conference Center Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry 139, rue de Bercy - Paris, 12th arrondissement
Remittances back home to North Africa and the franc zone from African migrants working abroad are worth tens of billions of euros every year. They are resilient to crisis and are a valuable spur to development in Africa. However, the costs of sending this money are far too high.
Categories: France, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Migration and Development Initiative
04/01/2012 - The Migration and Development Fund’s oversight committee recently approved a series of grants amounting to € 1.4 million to six remittances funded local development projects across the African continent.
Categories: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Migration and Development Initiative
11/04/2011 - La BAD a lancé aujourd’hui à Tunis, le rapport sur les transferts des migrants. Intitulé : «Mettre les migrations au service de l’Afrique : Envois de fonds, compétences et investissements». Le rapport est une co-production de la BAD et de la Banque mondiale. « Les fonds des migrants africains sont devenus une source stable et importante de financement pour les pays africains ainsi qu’une balise de sauvetage pour les ménages ». a déclaré l’économiste en chef, Ncube Mthuli. L’économiste en chef a ouvert la réunion de lancement du rapport, en présence du président de la Banque, de plusieurs experts et de journalistes.
Categories: Migration and Development Initiative
