The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 18 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi’s Fifth Economic Reform Support Programme (ERSP V).
This contribution is backed by a program of reforms aiming the promotion of accelerated...
Political Transitions and New Socioeconomic Bargains in North Africa takes an in-depth look at the processes that must accompany North Africa’s transition. Specifically, it is argued that national bargaining must be pursued in order to achieve a socio-economic pact that is acceptable to the...
Cette sollicitation de manifestation d’intérêt fait suite à l’avis général de passation de marché paru dans le JOURNAL DES MARCHES PUBLICS N°461 du 27 juillet 2011 et sur UNDB online le 29 mars 2012. Le Gouvernement de la République du Bénin a reçu un don du Fonds Africain de Développement afin de...
Event: “Value for Money, Accountability, Sustainability in the Health Sector: A High Level Dialogue between Ministers of Finance and Health”
We meet at a time dominated by the global economic crisis but also a time when Africa’s performance, though tested, remains solid. But there are issues of...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) strengthened its “One Bank” approach in order to strengthen the economies and social structures of its member countries in Africa during the 2011 financial year. The explanation of this deepening of the “One Bank” policy during 2011 is given in the AfDB’s...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 18 million private equity investment in infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.
The recipient of the investment is the InfraCo Sub-Saharan Infrastructure Fund (ISSIF), aiming at target capitalization of USD 200...
The growing international interest in investing in African farmland has attracted considerable attention recently. Media reports over the past few years spotlighted the scale of land acquisitions and laid the foundation for the analytical investigation that followed. The distinctive feature of...
Un an après les révoltes populaires plus connues sous l’appellation de ‘’printemps arabe’ qui ont secoué la plupart des pays d’Afrique du nord, au début de 2011, la situation socioéconomique est encore incertaine, ont reconnu les participants au panel sur ce thème organise vendredi à Arusha dans le...
Event: 2012 AfDB Annual Meetings Opening Session
When we met in Lisbon in June last year, our minds were very much focused on the implications of the historic events known as the “Arab Spring”. We deliberated extensively, on the implications of these events for Africa as a whole and what that...