Here’s an interesting fact: Africa has 52 cities with populations of one million or higher – the same number as for Europe. Here’s another one: Since 2005, 20 countries in Africa are among the top 50 most-improved world economies in business regulatory efficiency. Every now and then a...

Africa is a continent of significant scale and diversity, covering 54 countries with their own geographical, economic, and cultural characteristics. Over the last few decades, Africa has embarked on a process of transformation and growth. The African Development Bank’s Tracking Africa’s Progress in...

The African Development Bank is much more than a source of funding for projects in Africa. It is also a knowledge institution and statistics are one of its important products. To that end, the Bank recently published four documents that are valuable sources of information for policymakers, civil...

In its latest economic note, the African Development Bank (AfDB)‘s Department for North Africa assessed the impact of new developments in Tunisia’s industrial policy to see how this would bring a more balanced progress nationwide. The analysis confirms that the more developed coastal...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 7 in Tunis an unfunded US $50 million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with the Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises - U.B.A.F. to support trade origination capacities of African Issuing Banks. The facility...

Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations 2014 is an annual publication of the African Development Bank Group, presenting data on operational activities of the Bank Group. Part One gives cross-country statistics on Bank operations and Part Two provides country-specific information on each...

IN THEIR LATEST REPORT, "Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change", expert members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirm that "global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change". They...

This Country Report has been prepared by Fiscus Limited, UK, in collaboration with Mokoro Ltd, Oxford, as one of three country reports in the Joint Evaluation of Public Financial Management Reform, managed by the African Development Bank, Denmark and Sweden. The evaluation looked at two main...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, April 30 in Tunis an unfunded €40-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with BNP Paribas to support the trade finance activities of African issuing banks. The facility will help address critical market demand...