The annual Africa Progress Report is the flagship publication of the Africa Progress Panel. Published every year in May, the report draws on the best research and analysis available on Africa and compiles it in a refreshing and provocative manner. Through the report, and as part of its overall...

Since the 1998 review of the Bank Group’s Credit Policy, the macroeconomic performance of most low-income African countries has improved significantly. In particular, many African economies are now characterized by high economic growth, a stable macroeconomic environment and low or moderate risk of...

Empowering people through investments in skills and technology needed to boost development By participating more effectively in the global production of goods and services, Africa can transform its economy and achieve a development breakthrough, according to the latest African Economic...

Kicking off the first day of the Annual Meetings was “Tracking Africa’s Progress” on the challenges of establishing targets and making policies with insufficient or poor data. Over the years, many African countries have significantly scaled up their data collection efforts, but challenges...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) highlighted Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a vital tool that will contribute to the economic transformation of African economies. According to Mthuli Ncube, the Chief Economist and Vice-President of the AfDB, many African...

This year’s African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings included a panel entitled "Building Resilience in the Horn and the Sahel", which was held on Monday, May 19, 2014 in Kigali. The panellists for this particular session all agreed on the importance of the efficient and rational...

Global value chains hold the promise of boosting employment and structural transformation in Africa the 2014 African Economic Outlook (AEO) shows. In particular, global value chains can allow Africa to set up the type of new and more productive activities that are...

"In one year we have come a long way and Tunisia is taking concrete steps in the adoption of social business. It will soon be a model for African countries and I am very happy,” said Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate, pioneer of microcredit and co-founder of the Yunus...

On a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on 10 May 2014, the Special Envoy on Gender of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi,  said that “international assistance must be forthcoming in order to support Central African Republic rid itself from...