« Lorsque la gouvernance fait défaut, ce sont très souvent les capacités qui manquent pour l’assurer », c’est ce qu’a affirmé Frannie Leautier, Secrétaire exécutif de la fondation pour le renforcement des capacités en Afrique (ACBF) qui intervenait, le 30 mai 2012, lors de la...
The role played by remittances and microfinance in the empowerment of the less privileged in society came under scrutiny on 29 May in Arusha, Tanzania, during a high-level panel discussion ahead of the 2012 annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.
The discussions...
Un gouvernement propre, qui travaille pour son peuple et œuvre au bien-être de sa population, telles sont les trois critères qui, selon le président de la Banque africaine de développement, valident une bonne gouvernance. Il a fait cette réflexion dans le cadre d’une session majeure des...
The end of apartheid and the coming to power of the African National Congress (ANC) redefined the development paradigm in South Africa. The new government, after many years of social and economic malaise, adopted a neoliberal view on economic development.2 As a first step, prudent macroeconomic...
27-May-2012
AfDB and other Development Banks Reach Concord on Common Reporting Method for Adaptation Finance
On 22 May 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Joint MDB Adaptation Finance Tracking Workshop on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held from 14 to 25 May in Bonn, Germany. The MDBs discussed the adaptation...
06-May-2012
AfDB Provides USD 1.2 Million Grant to Support Sierra Leone’s Financial Sector Development Plan
The AfDB and Sierra Leone’s government on June 1, 2012 in Arusha, signed a US$1.2-million grant financing agreement under Pillar III of the Fragile States Facility, to provide urgently-needed support to the country’s financial sector development plan.
The grant will be used to provide technical...



