AfDB Appoints Experts for Independent Review Mechanism

Tunis, 04 May 2007 - The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has appointed three experts to serve on the roster of the Bank Group’s Independent Review Mechanism, a body which ensures that the Bank Group complies with its rules and procedures in the implementation of projects and programmes.

The three Experts are:

AfDB Executive Directors Field Trip-Objective to get first-hand information on Bank Funded projects

Tunis, 15 February 2007 – A team of African Development Bank Executive Directors have begun a field trip to asses the performance of projects and programmes funded by the Bank Group in some of its Regional Member Countries (RMC. The tour, which will end on 27 February, involves 9 executive directors. They  will visit Bank-funded projects and confer with the beneficiaries, top government officials, development partners,  private sector operators as well as the civil society to get a sense of the impact of the projects on the people of Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Comoros.