News & Events

24/07/2008 - In a presentation titled ‘The Road from Paris to Accra" to the AfDB Board's Committee for Development Effectiveness (CODE) on July 18, Policy Economist with the Operations Policies and Compliance Department, Negatu Makonnen, underscored that the scope of the application of the Paris Declaration (PD) Principles should be broadened beyond the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the PD principles should govern all aid flows, including aid from new and emerging donors as well as all resources mobilized internally and externally.

Categories: Ghana, Quality Assurance & Results, Poverty Reduction

11/05/2008 - African finance ministers, heads of multilateral development agencies, business leaders and civil society representatives attending the 2008 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group held wide-raging discussions on Sunday in Maputo, Mozambique, on critical development issues in preparation for the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid effectiveness scheduled to take place in September 2008 in Accra, Ghana.

Categories: Mozambique, Ghana, Quality Assurance & Results

11/05/2008 - Africa’s economic growth in 2007 was well above the long-term trend for the fifth consecutive year, and is expected to improve further in 2008 and 2009, says an AfDB-OECD-UNECA African Economic Outlook Report.

Categories: Mozambique, Quality Assurance & Results

29/04/2008 - More than 200 delegates meet in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Tuesday and Wednesday (29-30 April 2008) for the Africa Regional Preparatory Workshop for the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Accra, Ghana, from 3-4 September 2008.

Categories: Rwanda, Quality Assurance & Results

29/03/2006 - Over 150 delegates from 29 countries participated in an international workshop on aid effectiveness to achieve better development results.

Categories: Mali, Quality Assurance & Results

02/05/2005 - "Is the number of people living in poverty declining?" The forthcoming International Comparison Program for Africa (ICP-Africa) Seminar on "Data Quality Control", organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), to be held in Hammamet, Tunisia on 9-11 May 2005, will intend to provide means to answer this question for the continent.

Categories: Tunisia, Quality Assurance & Results