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AfDB Organizes Seminars to Present Comparative Outputs, Incomes and Price Levels in African Countries

11-Aug-2008 - Tunis, August 11, 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will, from August 12, 2008, in Niamey, Niger, hold a series of seminars to present comparative outputs, incomes and price levels in African countries within the framework of the International Comparison Program for Africa survey conducted from 2004-2007 in 48 African countries.

Roundtable Topic 4: Managing for Results and Development Impact

04-Aug-2008 - Managing for results, the fourth pillar of Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (PDAE) and one of the Nine Roundtables of Accra Third High Level Forum (HlF-3) will focus on the role of donors and countries in achieving development results.

AfDB Underscores Need to Broaden Application of Paris Declaration Principles

24-Jul-2008 - In a presentation titled ‘The Road from Paris to Accra" to the AfDB Board's Committee for Development Effectiveness (CODE) on  July 18, Policy Economist with the Operations Policies and Compliance Department, Negatu Makonnen, underscored that the scope of the application of the Paris Declaration (PD) Principles should be broadened beyond the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the PD principles should govern all aid flows, including aid from new and emerging donors as well as all resources mobilized internally and externally.

Bank Group and Partners Hold Meeting with Sierra Leone Government

23-Jul-2008 - Along with the World Bank, the Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Commission, the Bank Group on Wednesday, July 23 had a wrap-up meeting with the Sierra Leonean government on the 2008 Multi-Donor Budget Support (MDBS) Progress Assessment Framework (PAF) review undertaken from July 14-23, 2008. Present at the meeting were the country’s Minister of Finance, the Financial Secretary and the Heads of the four Multi-Donor Budget Support (MDBS) Partners and their technical teams.

AfDB Partners Discuss New Initiatives to Support Regional Integration

11-Jul-2008 - Tunis, 10 July 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the World Bank, in collaboration with the African Union, the UN Economic commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), on Monday, July 7, 2008, in Tunis organized a donors’ conference on capacity building initiatives.

AfDB and IITA Discuss Food Crisis

07-Jul-2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Nigeria-based International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Monday, July 7, 2008, started a two-day retreat in Tunis to explore possibilities of addressing the current global food crisis that has hurt many people across the continent. The retreat comes on the heels of a workshop on revitalizing Africa’s agriculture which was recently held in the Tunisian capital.

Prince of Orange Calls for Urgent Actions in Africa’s Water and Sanitation Sector

03-Jul-2008 - Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange, Netherlands, early this week called on African leaders to take urgent actions to speed up efforts in the water and sanitation sector on the continent.

Bank Group Holds Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

02-Jul-2008 - The African Development Bank Group has finalized arrangements with the Canadian ‘International Development Research Centre IDRC’ (www.idrc.ca/ccaa) through its Climate Change Adaptation Program in Africa. In this regard, the AfDB Group is holding a training workshop for all operations task managers.

Bank Group and Partners Hold Consultative Meeting

01-Jul-2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group recently hosted the first trilateral consultative meeting with the European Commission (EC) and the World Bank in order to enhance synergies and greater collaboration in their operations on the continent.

AfDB Supports Regional Integration, Africa’s Only Way out

30-Jun-2008 - «It is only by means of regional integration or the unification of the entire continent that Africa can hope to achieve its development goals and impact world trade», former World Bank President Mr. James Wolfenson stressed in a talk he gave recently as part of the Eminent Speakers Program of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Having toured 44 of the 53 countries of the continent during his time as Head of the World Bank, Mr. Wolfenson finds Africa’s current governance set-up "too heavy".

Liberia Presents Poverty Reduction Strategy to Donors

27-Jun-2008 - An African Development Bank (AfDB) Group delegation, led by its vice president, Joseph Eichenberger, last week participated in the 2008 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum hosted by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development in Berlin. The objective of the meeting was to present the country’s recently published 2008-2011 Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in order to solicit support from development partners.

Conference on Revitalizing African Agriculture Ends in Tunis

27-Jun-2008 - Tunis, 26 June 2008 – A conference on revitalizing African agriculture ended on Thursday in Tunis with participants making a series of recommendations, including the urgent need to promote the agricultural sector in national poverty reduction strategies.

Bank Group President Attends ECCAS Summit

26-Jun-2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, attended the 9th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) which took place from June 24-25, 2008, in Yaounde, Cameroon. The event was chaired by Cameroon’s President and current chairman of the sub-regional organization, Paul Biya. Speaking during the event, Mr. Kaberuka expressed his gratitude for the invitation extended to the Bank Group and the opportunity given him to address the summit. He used the occasion to...

AfDB and World Bank Mission Discuss Agricultural Sector Support Operations for Uganda

25-Jun-2008 - Field office staff of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Uganda recently held a meeting with a World Bank mission to exchange ideas on the proposed agricultural sector-wide operation, which would follow the completion of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and the Agricultural Research and Training Programmes supported by the World Bank and other development partners.

AWF Project Implementation Workshop Opens in Kampala

25-Jun-2008 - A regional workshop for implementers of twelve projects financed by the African Water Facility (AWF) for ten Bank Group regional member countries in Eastern and Southern Africa is taking place in Kampala from June 23-27, 2008. The workshop, which has brought together Southern and East African experts, was opened by Uganda’s Water and Environment Minister, Maria Mutagamba. Speaking during the meeting, the minister expressed her government’s gratitude to the Bank Group for its support of the continent’s socio-economic development.

AfDB Host MDBs Task Force Meeting on Food Crisis

25-Jun-2008 - Following recent international conferences in Washington D.C., Rome, Cape Town and Accra on rising food prices, the AfDB will, from June 26-27, host a meeting of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Taskforce, aimed at coordinating and harmonizing MDB action programmes on food crisis in a quick, comprehensive and holistic manner.

Conference on Revitalizing African Agriculture Opens in Tunis

25-Jun-2008 - A two-day conference on revitalizing African agriculture opened on Wednesday in Tunis with policymakers and agriculture experts from the Bank’s regional member countries and representatives of other development agencies in attendance. Held on the theme: "Revitalizing African Agriculture: Its Implication for Addressing the Food Crisis", the conference is reviewing partner countries’ experiences in addressing the current food crisis.

AfDB and OECD Organize 8th International Forum on African Perspectives

24-Jun-2008 - Tunis, 24 June 2008 - The Eighth International Forum on African Perspectives jointly Organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will take place on 27 June in Paris, France. The forum will be attended by high-level personalities from government, the private sector and the civil society to discuss issues of importance to Africa’s economic and social development.

AfDB Conference on African Agriculture and Global Food Crisis

20-Jun-2008 - Tunis, 20 June – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will, from June 25-26, 2008, in Tunis, Tunisia, host an international conference on revitalizing African agriculture as part of efforts aimed at helping the continent deal with the global food crisis tht has caused a lot of pain and suffering on the continent. 

Bank Group-FAO Working Sessions on Food Security

20-Jun-2008 - Officials of the Bank Group’s field office in Senegal on Wednesday in Dakar received an FAO delegation comprising its Senegal Resident Representative, Amadou Ouattara, and Regional Coordinator, José Luis Fernandez, with whom they discussed food security, emergency operations and rehabilitation.  The objective of the working session was for both parties to share information on the food crisis as well as short and long term measures taken to deal with the crisis.