Interviews
05/06/2009 - Par rapport à cette crise, la BAD étant notre institution, nous souhaiterions vivement d’une part, qu’elle renforce davantage son accompagnement pour la mise en œuvre de nos réformes économiques ; qu’elle soit notre porte-voix dans les instances qui se penchent, ou qui se pencheront, sur les questions et décisions liées à la gestion des différentes crises (crises énergétique, alimentaire, financière et économique) qui secouent le monde.
04/06/2009 - Botswana is one of a number of countries that have been hit hardest by the current global financial crisis and economic downturn. This is mainly because of the dominance of the country’s mining industry, particularly diamonds, as the main economic driver and source of exports and government revenues.
02/06/2009 - “The Bank stands ready to assist its regional member countries during these times of global economic turbulence by being responsive and delivering its products and services in a timely fashion, and in a manner that addresses the differentiated needs and challenges facing each member country,” AfDB Governance Department Director, Gabriel Negatu
28/05/2009 - “Increased private sector activity is key to the recovery of Zimbabwe’s economy”
25/05/2009 - “I can say that things went as planned. The main success indicator is the appreciation expressed by the governors, observers, the media and participants, in general, on the organization of the Annual Meetings in Dakar”-AfDB Secretary-General, Kordjé Bédoumra
22/05/2009 - Liberia’s Finance Minister, Augustine K. Ngafuan, has expressed a strong desire for his country to engage the African Development Bank in a more productive way.
14/05/2009 - « La réponse de la Banque à la crise actuelle a été principalement la création de la facilité de liquidité d’urgence et de celle pour le financement du commerce….. La BAD est restée très alerte.» -Serge Blaise Zoniaba, Administrateur de la Banque africain de développement pour la République démocratique de Congo (RDC).
14/05/2009 - Dans cet entretien, Ahlin Byll-Cataria, secrétaire exécutif (ADEA), exprime sa satisfaction pour la qualité de l’organisation et pour la pertinence des thèmes discutés aux Assemblées annuelles à Dakar.
13/05/2009 - “The rationale for creating the African Legal Support Facility stems from the fact that the AfDB and African Ministers of Finance in various fori wanted to assist Heavily Indebted Poor Countries manage the growing problem of vulture funds”-Kalidou Gadio, Kalidou Gadio, General Counsel, African Development Bank
13/05/2009 - In this interview, the West African Monetary Union (WAEMU) Commission Chairperson, Soumaila Cissé, commends the AfDB’s reaction to the financial crisis and urges it to continue financing infrastructure projects as part of private sector development and social sector initiatives. For Mr. Cissé, “the continent’s integration is one of the continent’s many exits from the crisis.”