November 04, 2010
Africa: AfDB Recruitment Mission Heads to Japan, China And Korea
Korea: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 1 - 3 December 2010 in Seoul. South Africa: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event on November 25,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Reduce Aid Dependency - AfDB President
Africa must reduce aid-dependency and foster new alternative sources of development finance, the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, has said. Read more »
November 03, 2010
Africa: First Africa Energy Week Highlights Importance of Clean Energy
The first All-Africa Energy Week got underway in Maputo, Mozambique, this week with emphasis on the importance of clean energy for sustainable development. Read more »
November 02, 2010
Africa: AfDB-Recruitment Mission in Japan, China and Korea
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Africa: "Financing Africa - Through the Crisis And Beyond" - Consultation Workshop
The impact of the financial crisis and the state of financial sector development in North Africa - these were the topics that Issa Faye of the African Development Bank's research… Read more »
November 01, 2010
Africa: Second Regional Meeting On Aid Effectiveness to Promote New Vision for Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will host the Second Regional Meeting on Aid Effectiveness, South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development, in Tunis from 4-5 November… Read more »
Africa: Interview with Kwaku Owusu-Baah - "Governments' And Development Agencies' Neglect of African Agriculture is Unacceptable"
The Director of Economic Studies of the Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO), Kwaku Owusu-Baah, was one of the prominent participants at the just-concluded fifth African… Read more »
October 29, 2010
Africa: African Economic Conference - AfDB Staff Publish Research Results On Human Capital
Can human capital contribute to protecting workers in the event of external shocks? Case study of South Africa during the 2008-2009 crisis. Read more »
Africa: Nigerian Central Bank Governor Calls for Greater Industrialization On the Continent
The Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, has urged Africans to pursue greater industrialization as there is no region that can attain greatness without a solid industrial… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference Ends in Tunis With Calls for Internal Resource Mobilization
The fifth African Economic Conference designed to bring policy-makers, researchers, academics and development experts ended on Friday, October 29, 2010, after intense discussions… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Aid for Trade Initiative in Central Africa
Infrastructure constraints and ineffective tools for trade facilitation, such as customs services and standards that make the movement of goods on the continent expensive, are some… Read more »
Africa: Interview with Byanyima - "Incorporating Gender Perspective in All Steps of Economic Policy Management Process"
One of the landmarks of the Fifth African Economic Conference held from October 27-29, 2010 in Tunis, Tunisia was the joint-launch by AfDB, UNDP and IDEP of the Gender and Economic… Read more »
Africa: Experts Discuss Governance Issues At Aec
"Since 2003 good governance has increased the impact of financial liberalization on financial development", said John Karikari, Assistant Director of the Centre for Economics of… Read more »
October 28, 2010
Africa: Interview with African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Executive Director, William Lyakurwa
"Good governance including the rule of law is central to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), retaining capital domestically as well as levering foreign assistance as… Read more »
Africa: Closing Gender Gaps Crucial to Equitable, Efficient Economic Development Management-Gepmi-Africa Partners
Four development institutions including the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations African Institute for Economic… Read more »
Africa: AEC - Proposals for Africa's Investment Guarantee Agency
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Wednesday, 27 October 2010, presented a proposal for the Financial Sector Strategy and Action Plan (FSSAP) for the 2011-2016 period.… Read more »
Africa: AEC - Reforming Sub-Saharan Africa's Policy Frameworks in the Post-Crisis Period
The monetary policy framework comprises institutional arrangements to determine and implement monetary policy. It provides an anchor for monetary policy, identifies policy… Read more »
Africa: Renewed Optimism in Africa's Future Economies
The 5th African Economic Conference was opened on October 27, 2010, in Tunis with much optimism. Speaking during a press conference, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and… Read more »
Africa: AEC 2010 - Interview with Dr. Joseph Okpaku
"I have often said that societies are built and sustained on the strength of their intellectual capacity. If you unplug this capacity, society will die," says Dr. Joseph O. Okpaku,… Read more »
Africa: Mobilizing Domestic Resources As a Way Out of the Crisis
Domestic resource mobilization is key to sustained economic growth, development and transformation in all economies and this is even more so in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), say Eric… Read more »
October 27, 2010
Africa: AfDB Must Engage With New Partners On Solid Ground, Says Afdb Chief Economist
The new partnerships in which Africa is currently engaged are expected to enable the continent boost its infrastructure development efforts, strengthen governance, remove obstacles… Read more »
Africa: Fifth African Economic Conference Opens With Calls for Cooperation And Partnership With Africa
Partnership and cooperation were two of the watchwords at the opening session of the Fifth African Economic Conference on 27 October 2010 in Tunis. The distinguished… Read more »
Africa: AEC Paves Way for Africa to Position Itself in the New Global Order to Achieve Long-Term Growth," Says AfDB Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube
The 27-29 October 2010 African Economic Conference (AEC) jointly organized in Tunis by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United… Read more »
October 25, 2010
Africa: Wole Soyinka - "Reversing Brain Drain is Key to Africa's Development"
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Wole Soyinka, has said that the reversal of Africa's brain drain is key to the continent's development. Read more »
Africa: Delegates Converge On Tunis for 5th African Economic Conference
Delegates have converged on Tunis for the 5th African Economic Conference (AEC) which will focus on the theme: "Setting the Agenda for Africa's Economic Recovery and Long Term… Read more »