Ms.Soucat spoke during a presentation on behalf of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) Mechanism at the Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector high-level dialogue between Ministers of Finance and Health organized by the AfDB and HHA on July 4 and 5 in Tunis...

The Board of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, October 3, the Bank’s Framework for Enhanced Civil Society Organization (CSO) Engagement. This Framework is designed to better structure the AfDB’s broader and deeper engagement with CSOs both at the corporate, regional/country...

An African Development Bank Group delegation led by Chief Economist and Vice-President, Professor Mtuli Ncube, and including the Director of Research (EDRE) and the Director of Human Development (OSHD) was in the United States from September 25 to October 1 to launch the 2012 edition of African...

.greenbartitle h2 { background: #009653; } .more_iteration {display: none;} Context As many countries in Africa experience impressive economic growth, the continent has made significant gains in health such as an overall reduction in child mortality. However, gains...

Reducing unemployment and inequalities in Tunisia’s underprivileged areas is the goal of the African Development Bank’s Souk At-Tanmia project. On 26 September 300 candidates among youths willing to set up their own business were pre-selected as part of the pilot initiative for economic development...

Le 12ème Forum économique international sur l’Afrique se tiendra au Centre de conférences de l’OCDE à Paris en France, le jeudi 4 octobre 2012. Sur le thème « Gestion des ressources humaines et naturelles : quelles politiques pour promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique ? », ce Forum est organisé...

The shortlist of candidates for the AfDB eHealth award has been selected by a technical committee composed of international experts from African countries and international organizations. Launched by the African Development Bank on April 19, 2012, the award recognizes the current work being done...

At appraisal, education was one of Togo’s priority sectors. Sector diagnosis results in the 1980s (1987 to 1989), when compared with demographic data (natural growth rate, birth rate, mortality rate and standard of living),showed sharp disparities in various indicators including: (i) number and...

Au cours de sa visite au Sénégal, le 11 septembre 2012, le président de la  Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Donald Kaberuka, a réaffirmé l’engagement de l’Institution à soutenir les secteurs susceptibles de faciliter l’emploi des jeunes et des femmes dans le pays. ''J’entends...