News & Events
02/11/2012 - Economists studying the role of household enterprises in economic growth are advising governments to discontinue ignoring the sector in their development strategies.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Youth, Human and Social Development
30/10/2012 - La Banque Africaine de Développement organise une réunion consultative avec 200 étudiants marocains et des étudiants venant de l'Afrique sub-saharienne à l'Université Internationale de Casablanca le 31 octobre 2012 pour discuter de sa stratégie de développement du capital humain (2013-17).
Categories: Morocco, Human and Social Development, Youth
18/10/2012 - The Office of the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank released a working paper this month on the pressing issue of youth employment in Africa, entitled “Youth, Jobs, and Structural Change: Confronting Africa’s ‘Employment Problem’.
Categories: Youth, Human and Social Development
09/10/2012 - The African Development Bank’s Malawi Field Office with the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) and the Development Research Department (EDRE) launched the 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report in Malawi on October 4 at a workshop organized in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lilongwe.
Categories: Malawi, Youth, Human and Social Development
05/10/2012 - European and African policy-makers, economists and academics working on and with Africa, came together in Paris Thursday to discuss the performance of African economies and the major challenges faced by the continent. The 12th International Economic Forum organized by the OECD Conference Centre, in collaboration with the AfDB, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Development Programme, and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, gathered more than 500 participants to look at ways to boost the job market as millions of youth get ready to enter the work force across the continent.
Categories: France, Youth, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development
04/10/2012 - An African Development Bank Group delegation led by Chief Economist and Vice-President, Professor Mtuli Ncube, and including the Director of Research (EDRE) and the Director of Human Development (OSHD) was in the United States from September 25 to October 1 to launch the 2012 edition of African Economic Outlook in Washington, D.C. and New York.
Categories: United States of America, Youth, Human and Social Development
03/10/2012 - Reducing unemployment and inequalities in Tunisia’s underprivileged areas is the goal of the African Development Bank’s Souk At-Tanmia project. On 26 September 300 candidates among youths willing to set up their own business were pre-selected as part of the pilot initiative for economic development led by the AfDB and 18 partners.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development, Youth
- Date: 04/10/2012
- Location: France
Le 12ème Forum économique international sur l’Afrique se tiendra au Centre de conférences de l’OCDE à Paris en France, le jeudi 4 octobre 2012. Sur le thème « Gestion des ressources humaines et naturelles : quelles politiques pour promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique ? », ce Forum est organisé par le Centre de développement de l’OCDE en partenariat avec la Banque africaine de développement, le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique et le gouvernement français.
Categories: France, Economic & Financial Governance, Youth, Human and Social Development
20/09/2012 - Au cours de sa visite au Sénégal, le 11 septembre 2012, le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Donald Kaberuka, a réaffirmé l’engagement de l’Institution à soutenir les secteurs susceptibles de faciliter l’emploi des jeunes et des femmes dans le pays.
Categories: Senegal, Human and Social Development, Youth
18/09/2012 - The 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) prepared on the special theme “Promoting Youth Employment” was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 13 in the presence of members of the diplomatic community, government officials, and representatives of international organizations, the private sector and civil society.
Categories: Ethiopia, Youth, Human and Social Development
