08/05/2012 - Le Togo a traversé une crise sociopolitique de 1990 à 2005. Cette crise a affaibli l’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’administration togolaise, en diminuant ses ressources humaines et matérielles. Soucieux de normaliser progressivement la situation économique et sociale au Togo, le gouvernement togolais a élaboré un projet d’amélioration de la gouvernance économique et financière. Ce projet visait à rénover le cadre institutionnel afin de susciter la reprise de la coopération financière internationale et surtout à améliorer la transparence dans la gestion des finances publiques.

Categories: Togo, Economic & Financial Governance

08/05/2012 - Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture fisheries in inland lakes and to aquaculture.

Categories: Rwanda, Agriculture & Agro-industries

02/05/2012 - Traditional fishing in Madagascar is practiced at national level by around 59,000 fishermen mainly along the coast and within coral reefs, especially in the south-western province of Tulear. The radius of action of fishing canoes is below 10 km.

Categories: Madagascar, Agriculture & Agro-industries

02/05/2012 - Les élections présidentielles et législatives de juin 2005 en RCA ont mis fin à une série de troubles internes suivis d’une période de transition après le coup d’état de mars 2003. Face aux faiblesses de capacités inhérentes à la situation de pays post-conflit, le gouvernement a soumis en juillet 2005 aux partenaires techniques et financiers, dont la Banque, une requête d’assistance technique pour exécuter son programme économique de 2006.

Categories: Central African Republic, Economic & Financial Governance

24/04/2012 - In the last decade, Egypt has achieved significant annual economic growth. But at a cost. Rapid economic growth, together with an increase in population and a move to the cities, has increased the demand for energy, particularly electricity.

Categories: Egypt, Energy & Power

10/04/2012 - The forest resources of Burundi have been seriously degraded since the beginning of the socio-political crisis in the country. This 10 year-long crisis resulted in the country's forest cover rate decrease from eight percent to five percent.

Categories: Burundi, Water Supply & Sanitation

02/04/2012 - More than 140,000 small-scale farmers across the Gambia have enjoyed greatly increased crop output after formerly unproductive land was put to the plough as a result of a USD 17.5 million watershed management project, started in 2006 and co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Gambian government.

Categories: Gambia, Water Supply & Sanitation, Agriculture & Agro-industries

28/03/2012 - Aquatic plant proliferation is an environmental scourge. These weeds invade waterways and irrigation channels, impeding their economic operation. Fishermen have suffered rising costs, and farmers have to spend more time cleaning their irrigation canals, resulting in lost production and productivity.

Categories: Benin, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment

01/04/2010 - Given the shortage of health research, health personnel and health services, particularly in rural areas, the Government of the Republic of Benin sought to create a public health institute in Benin with support from the World Health Organization.

Categories: Benin, Human and Social Development, Education, Health

01/04/2010 - Built in 1997, the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) is the first technological institute to be built in Rwanda to train students in science, technology and engineering at the degree and diploma levels. KIST also transfers appropriate technology to the community.

Categories: Rwanda, Human and Social Development, Education