With a small and underdeveloped banking sector as well as an embryonic microfinance segment, Guinea-Bissau is barely able to harvest the growth benefits that could accrue from a more efficient and effective financial intermediation. Acknowledging that the financial sector’s vulnerabilities are very...

The West Africa Monitor is produced by the country economists of the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) West Africa Regional Department (ORWA) and Nigeria Department (ORNG) in close collaboration with the Regional Integration and Trade Department (ONRI) and the Bank’s Statistics Department (...

Multinational - Support to a Network of African Institutions of Science and Technology (AUST & 2IE) Project - Porject Procurment Plan

Event: International Forum on Investments in Côte d'Ivoire The presence here this morning of so many economic actors of various backgrounds is a strong symbol, a symbol of the rebirth of the Ivorian economy after a decade of recession. The African Development Bank, through my presence, is...