November 05, 2010
Africa: State Reform is Key to Our Development, Says Cape Verde's Finance Minister
Government reforms explain the success of Cape Verdean government development efforts, says the country's finance minister, Cristina Duarte. Read more »
Africa: Second Regional Meeting On Aid Effectiveness - Participants Reactions
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November 04, 2010
Africa: Workshop On AfDB Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Eastern Africa in Nairobi
An African Development Bank (AfDB) Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for Eastern Africa will be validated at a workshop scheduled to take place on 11 November in Nairobi,… Read more »
Africa: Accountability is Key to Successful Development Programmes
Mutual accountability and general participation are essential for successful development programmes, delegates at the second Regional Meeting on Aid Effectiveness said on Thursday,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Reduce Aid-Dependency And Explore Alternative Sources of Development Finance - AfDB President Kaberuka
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 »
Africa: AfDB to Implement US.$ 84.5 Million Food Security Support for Ethiopia and Niger
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Fund (GAFSP) Steering Committee approved on, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 in Washington D.C., a USD 97-million grant allocations to three… Read more »
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 »
