Executive Summary The All Groups CPI was 110.75 in the month of February 2019, compared with 109.62 in the month of January 2019. The monthly change, February 2019 compared to January 2019, was an increase of 1.03 percent (1.03 index points). This is compared to a monthly decrease of -1.39...

AfDB's Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) has just released Financing Change: The AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa, our second report on the Bank's work to implement its Climate Investment Funds (CIF) portfolio in Africa. The report helps illustrate the emerging...

Let me start by welcoming you to our first edition of “LinkAfrica”, the African Development Bank’s newsletter dedicated to transport and telecommunications. As you know, this sector is crucial for the sustainable development of our continent. There simply cannot be any real inclusive growth,...

This issue of the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Development Effectiveness Review 2012 on Governance is the product of collaboration between the Governance, Economic and Financial Management Department (OSGE) and the Quality Assurance and Results Department (ORQR). Within OSGE, guidance for...

This first edition of the African Development Bank’s Country Development Effectiveness Review is the product of invaluable collaboration on the part of staff from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda (MINECOFIN), the African Development Bank Office in Rwanda, and the Quality...

This issue of the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Development Effectiveness Review 2012 on Promoting Regional Integration is the product of collaboration between the NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade Department (ONRI) and the Quality Assurance and Results Department (ORQR). Within ONRI,...

The past decade has been one of the most dynamic periods of economic growth in Africa’s modern history. Africa is now the fastest growing region in the world, and there is every prospect that this will continue. Growth has brought new livelihood opportunities and made significant inroads into...

Each of the CFAF zones – be it the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) or the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC)2 – has a common currency, one monetary policy and a peg system to the Euro. Since March 2010, the monetary authorities of the CFA member...

De nombreux pays d’Afrique sub-saharienne, notamment ceux du pays du sahel, sont confrontés à la nécessité de la mobilisation de ressources financières supplémentaires pour faire face aux besoins grandissants de leurs populations. La crise économique a particulièrement révélé la vulnérabilité des...