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Independent AfDB Evaluation Contributes to Evaluative Lessons for Agriculture and Agribusiness
01-Feb-2011 - January 31, 2011. The Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) today launched its most recent book, Evaluative Lessons for Agriculture and Agribusiness.AU Summit Identifies Key Priority Infrastructure Projects
01-Feb-2011 - Heads of State of the African Union Assembly, who met from 30-31 January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, endorsed key priority projects identified by the NEPAD High-Level Sub-Committee on Infrastructure. The projects identified and their respective champions are as follows: The Missing Link of the Trans Sahara Highway Project and the Optical Fibre Project along the same alignment Algeria The Kinshasa-Brazzaville Road Rail Bridge Project The Republic of CongoAfDB, Partners Promote Infrastructure Development at AU Summit
31-Jan-2011 - A major multi-stakeholder initiative is paving the way to improved infrastructure in Africa. Officially launched on 24 July 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, on the sidelines of the 16th African Union heads of state and government summit, the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) has entered the preparation phase.
CoDA at AU Summit: Regional Integration, Food Security, Climate Change and Trans-border Crime
31-Jan-2011 - La Coalition pour le dialogue sur l’Afrique (CoDA), une plate-forme internationale et indépendante, a organisé samedi soir à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie, en marge du 16 ème Sommet de l’Union africaine (UA), un dîner de travail consacré aux enjeux de l’intégration régionale en Afrique, à la sécurité alimentaire, au changement climatique ainsi qu’à la lutte contre le crime transfrontalier.Promoting and Sustaining Good Governance
31-Jan-2011 - In 2000, the Bank adopted the Good Governance Policy to support Regional Member Countries’ governance reform in a more pro-active and purposeful manner. AfDB has reaffirmed the strategic priority it gives to governance, as one of its core strategic pillars and established a dedicated department in charge of governance – the Governance, Economic and Financial Reforms Department (OSGE) in the Operations Sector Vice-presidency (OSVP), as the anchor and catalyst for the AfDB’s work on governance.New AfDB Statistics Bulletin in the Service of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
31-Jan-2011 - As part of its communication strategy to inform key stakeholders about progress in executing the Implementation Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first edition of a quarterly Global Strategy Implementation Bulletin, produced by the institution’s statistics department.Visite du gouverneur pour la RCA à la BAD : le développement et l’intégration de l’Afrique au cœur d’un entretien avec le président Kaberuka
24-Jan-2011 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), a reçu, ce vendredi 14 janvier 2011 à Tunis, le ministre du plan, de l’économie et de la coopération internationale de la République Centrafricaine et gouverneur de la Banque, Sylvain Maliko. Le gouverneur a été reçu par le Président de la BAD, Donald Kaberuka, avec qui il a passé en revue plusieurs questions liées au développement économique et à l’intégration de l’Afrique et de la sous-région d’Afrique centrale. Profitant de cette « première visite qu’il effectue à la BAD en 2011»,...ALSF-World Bank: Partnership for Capacity Building and Advisory Services in Africa
21-Jan-2011 - The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) undertook a mission to Washington DC and New York, from January 10 to 14, 2011, and held discussions with the World Bank, IFC and the Revenue Watch Institute officials and experts. The discussions were held within the framework of the ALSF’s strong commitment and firm determination to support African countries in building capacity and advisory services.2010: AfDB Maintained its Robust Commitment to Africa’s Economic Development
13-Jan-2011 - 2010-A year of institutional renewal and operational consolidation. A year that has set another aggressive development effort in perspective. When President Donald Kaberuka welcomed the Board of Directors in January 2010, he sounded a strong note that “the year would be extremely challenging as the Bank needed to mobilize additional capital for both the African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Development Fund (ADF) at a moment of scarce resources”.AfDB Explores Africa’s Geothermal Potential
13-Jan-2011 -2010: AfDB Confirms Priority Support to Infrastructure Sector
12-Jan-2011 - In 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group operations approvals by sector continued to reflect the institution’s 2008-2012 Medium-Term strategy, which set infrastructure sector as its operational focus, along with governance, private sector, higher education and technology. In 2010, the AfDB's investments in the infrastructure sector should account for two thirds of its total operations.Mohamed El Baradei rejoint CoDA
29-Dec-2010 - L’ancien directeur général de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique (AIEA), M. Mohamed El Baradei, a formellement rejoint le Conseil d’administration de la Coalition pour le dialogue sur l’Afrique (CoDA). Il a siégé dans le Conseil de l’organisation lors de la cinquième session ordinaire de celle-ci tenue à Pointe-aux-Piments, en Ile Maurice, le 19 novembre 2010. M. El Baradei a été présenté à ses pairs à l’ouverture du cinquième conseil d’administration de CoDA par M. Mo Ibrahim, président de la Fondation Mo Ibrahim et membre du...Vision 2050 : perspectives potentiellement favorables pour l’Afrique ?
29-Dec-2010 - Déterminer les clés de l’identification des facteurs de changement à long terme pour l’Afrique, notamment sur les cinq décennies à venir, tel a été le socle des discussions, le 28 octobre 2010, de la session spéciale consacrée à la Vision 2050 élaborée par l’Agence française de développement et la BAD, dans le cadre de la 5ème Conférence économique africaine.WAMZ Payments System Development Project Launched in Liberia
20-Dec-2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI), and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), have successfully launched the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Payments System Development Project in Liberia financed through a supplementary grant of UA5 million (USD 7.6 million).Mozambique Inaugurates Bank-financed Water Systems in Inhambane
20-Dec-2010 - The Mozambican government on December 4, 2010, inaugurated two water systems constructed under the Urban Water Supply, Sanitation and Institutional Support Project, approved in December 2002; and financed with an African Development Fund (ADF) loan and technical support grant amounting to USD 32.56 million.AfDB, IMF Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Banking in Nairobi, Kenya
20-Dec-2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) organized, through its NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade Department, in collaboration with the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund, a regional training workshop on cross-border banking and consolidated supervision from 6-10 December 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, as follow-up activities to the AfDB’s study on “Financial Sector Integration in three regions in Africa”.Niger : Le Groupe de la BAD approuve 33 millions d’euros pour un programme de réduction de la pauvreté
20-Dec-2010 - Le Conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de Développement (FAD), du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a accordé lundi 6 décembre 2010 à Tunis, un prêt de plus de 28 millions d’euros et un don de plus de 4,5 millions d’euros au Niger, pour financer le Programme d’appui à la stratégie de développement accéléré et de réduction de la pauvreté du Niger (PASDRP I).