The regional consultation on the African Development Bank’s Human Capital Development Strategy took place in Ouagadougou from July 30 to 31, 2012. Public and private sector actors, non-governmental and civil society organizations as well as youth associations operating in the social...
18-Sep-2012
Studying the Crisis in Human Resources for Health from the Health Labour Market Perspective
The African Development Bank, the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the World Bank have embarked on a synthesis study of a new way of looking at the Human Resources in Health (HRH) crisis in Africa: the health labour market. The joint study will compile current knowledge and...
18-Sep-2012
African Economic Outlook Launched in Addis Ababa: Creating Jobs for Africa’s Expanding Youth Population
The 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) prepared on the special theme “Promoting Youth Employment” was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 13 in the presence of members of the diplomatic community, government officials, and representatives of international...
13-Sep-2012
Cape Verde: A Success Story
12-Sep-2012
Africa Development Fund Mid-Term Review - Opening Remarks by the AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: African Development Fund Mid-Term Review
In 2010, despite tight finances, ADF members agreed to yet another generous replenishment of the Fund, as you have done in the past 40 years. In the past three replenishments alone ADF 10, 11 and 12, a total of 21 billion dollars was mobilized...
A multi-stakeholder consultation on the African Development Bank’s first Human Capital Development Strategyconcluded yesterday with over 80 participants from the 7 IGAD member states – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. Participants stressed the need for...
10-Sep-2012
Morocco - Medical Coverage Reform Support Programme, Phase II (PARCOUM II) - Project Completion Report (PCR)
The second phase of the medical coverage reform support programme (PARCOUM II) is a follow-up to PARCOUM I which ran from 2005 to 2008 and laid the groundwork for the reform of the Basic Medical Coverage (BMC). The goal of PARCOUM II was to contribute to the sustainable improvement of conditions of...
At appraisal (2002), 10% of sedentary households in Djibouti lived below the extreme poverty line and almost 50% of the sedentary population was affected by relative poverty. This state of poverty allows for the persistence of certain endemic, infectious and parasitic diseases such as tuberculosis...
Agriculture plays a key role in Africa’s development in terms of economic growth, enhanced living standards, poverty reduction and increased food security. For this reason, African heads of state and government adopted an African initiative to assist African countries to revitalize agricultural...