The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on Friday, June 13, 2014 in Tunis an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of US $46.2 million to support the social and economic reintegration of ex-combatants, the resolution of rural land conflicts and...

Co-financers and other External Partners: The World Bank jointly financed the project and contributed an IDA grant totaling USD 20 million. Nonetheless,under the Education Sector Plan (ESP)(2007 –2015)other sources of funding are being contributed to stimulate the on-going plan for both capital and...

During the 2008 international financial crisis, the Government’s challenge was to mitigate the impacts of the crisis and speed up attainment of the Enhanced HIPC Completion Point. It was apparent that, if the Bank did not provide DRC with emergency aid, the country’s economic and social situation...

The project was designed to address the huge challenges of the education sector: lack of statistics, weak planning and management capacity, and poor human resource training and low qualification. To that end, the Government formulated an education sector reconstruction plan in 1998 consisting of...

The goal of the Kenya Second Rural Health Project (RHP II) was to improve the health status of all Kenyans through deliberate restructuring of the health sector to make all health services more effective, accessible and affordable. The specific objective was to improve the health status of the...

On July 4-5, 2012, the Harmonization for Health in Africa initiative organized a high-level dialogue among African Ministers of Finance and Health on Value for Money, Sustainability, and Accountability in the Health Sector, which was hosted by the African Development Bank in ...

Sub-Saharan Africa saw unprecedented declines in child mortality over the past two decades. The under-five mortality rate in the region dropped from 177 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 98 per 1,000 in 2012. There has been an acceleration in the rate of child mortality decline during the...

Ethiopia’s economy enjoyed robust growth from 2004 to 2011, averaging 11.3% GDP growth per year. Initially led by agriculture, growth subsequently became more broad-based, with a rising contribution from the mining, services and manufacturing sectors. Ethiopia has also improved...

Many African governments are facing increasing demands for health financing despite having fewer resources available and receiving dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels governments to come up with innovative financing mechanisms to achieve the Millennium Development...