The Government of the Republic of Zambia has requested the Bank to support the project– Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue sub-basin Project (SCRIKA) which aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity of rural communities to better respond to current climate variability and long-term...
The Government of Denmark has announced a contribution DKK 10 million (approximately US $1.8 million) to the Agriculture Fast Track Fund to Spur Investment in the development of African agriculture infrastructure.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 in Copenhagen by Denmark’s...
30-Aug-2013
AfDB Projects in Kenya from 1967 to August 2013
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The Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a three-month pilot business development initiative in the industries and services sectors in Zambia and Tanzania. As the premier Development Finance Institution in Africa, the African Development Bank Group (the Bank...
21-Aug-2013
AfDB President Urges Enhanced Value Chain Development at the 12th AGOA Ministerial Forum in Addis Ababa
“What will it take for African exports to move up the global value chain?” This is the question that African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka posed to delegates and African Trade Ministers attending a session that he chaired on regional integration through trade facilitation during the...
African countries have hardly contributed to global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, they are the most affected by climate change, putting livelihoods and natural assets at risk. ADF Financing, Resources Mobilization from Global Environment Facility (GEF) The AfDB Group is one of GEF’s ten...
29-Jul-2013
Burkina Faso - Projet de Gestion Participative des Forêts Classées pour la REDD+ (PGFC-REDD+) - Résumé PGES
Le but du Projet de Gestion Participative des Forêts Classées pour la REDD+ (PGFC/REDD+) est de contribuer à l’augmentation de la capacité de séquestration de carbone des forêts classées du Burkina Faso et à la réduction de la pauvreté en milieu rural. Le PGFC/REDD+ s’insère dans le Programme d’...
“It’s easy to be critical of development, especially in hard times at home,” said US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.“But today shows the very best it can do.” Setting out some of the core principles of US development support – “impacts not inputs”, “developing countries in the driver’s seat”, the...