The African Development Bank’s Trade Finance Programme (TFP) seeks to support African financial institutions to address ongoing constraints in financing international trade.

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I seize this opportunity to commend the Government and people of Ethiopia for the socio-economic progress that has been achieved over the past decade. Ethiopia’s impressive economic growth, especially for a non-oil producing economy, is a reflection of the committed leadership, its pro-poor stance...

There was less volatility in gold and platinum prices during the month of May. The metal prices declined for the greater part of May before fi rming towards month end. The gold price softened from USD 1,473 per ounce as at 3 May to USD 1,373 before increasing to close the month at USD 1,438 per...

The East Africa Quarterly Bulletin is produced by country economists of the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) East Africa Regional Resource Center (EARC). The publication covers all five member states of the East African Community (EAC) as well as the Seychelles. It is part of the AfDB’s...

The preparation of a new ADB Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Liberia for 2013-2017 coincides with the launching of the Government’s development agenda for the next five years, the Agenda for Transformation (AfT) for 2012-2017. After nearly a decade of post-conflict growth and relative peace and...

A - Birth and Pan-African deployment It was in Khartoum, only fifty years ago, that the African Development Bank (AfDB) was born, under the auspices of twentythree African governments who signed the agreement that created the institution, on the 4th of August, 1963. Stated objective: to promote...

The Government of Rwanda recognizes that availability of effi cient and reliable energy supply is a pre-requisite for social prosperity, human development and economic growth. These are also the key objectives of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 whose overarching goal is to transform the country into a middle...