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Dec 10 2019
11:43 AMBridging the poverty gap
The conversation on ways to reduce poverty and spur growth at the ongoing IMF/World Bank meetings was, indeed a harvest of ideas. Jordan’s Minister of Planning, Mr Mohammed Al-Assiss, who was in the discussion panel, identified energy as a huge handicap in the country’s effort to stem the tide ... -
Nov 28 2019
12:24 PMDigital payment for financial inclusion
Few will argue against using digital payment systems to improve access to financial services for the 1.7billion unbanked people in the world, but there are risks that regulators will need to check before allowing such innovation is launched on a massive scale, says Mark Carney, Governor of the ... -
Nov 28 2019
12:02 PMCommonwealth discuss rising global debt
As the world’s debt rose by $3 trillion in the first quarter of 2019, hovering near a record high of $246.5 trillion which is more than three times the size of the global economy, experts warn that high levels of debt put countries in a vulnerable position in the event of a downturn and could ... -
Nov 28 2019
11:06 AMClimate Change: Central Banks to the rescue again?
Question: How many people believe that the IMF should stay away from the whole controversial business of Climate Change? Or, more appropriately; how many believe that central banks should keep away from the difficult business of fighting climate change and the associated risks? These were the ... -
Jan 29 2019
08:30 AMCrude Oil and Nigeria’s Unending Economic Diversification
Every government that came to power in Nigeria has in the last three decades claimed that economic diversification away from oil as central to its economic policy, yet none made efforts to whittle down over dependence on oil for government revenue. Like a farmer watching the winds before ... -
Dec 18 2018
11:29 AMOil Producing Communities Still Holding the Short End of the Stick
Ordinarily, with the kick-off of political campaign for the 2019 General Elections, the citizenry should be inundated with issue based politicking aimed at addressing the failures of time past and present. Political actors should present their manifestos for detailed scrutiny from the public ... -
Dec 18 2018
11:20 AMNiger Delta: Saving the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs
Communities in living in oil producing areas of the Niger Delta region seem to be least impacted by the wealth that comes from there. This anomaly has gone unchecked over the last four decades breeding in its wake some of the most negative effects of such systemic neglect; banditry, militancy, ... -
Dec 18 2018
11:12 AMNigerian’s Niger-Delta: A Region in Abundance, A Region in Crises
Even with huge petroleum revenue from the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria, it is still host to the poorest of people. According to findings by the Natural Resource Charter Benchmarking Exercise, the poverty in the region is due to its inability to gain maximum benefits from its endowed natural ... -
Dec 18 2018
10:58 AMResource Management in the Nigerian Petroleum Sector
Whatever may be the resource a country is endowed by nature, management of revenue accrued from its tapping decides the rate of growth and development of that nation or otherwise. This was the emphasis of a recently organised capacity building workshop on the Utilization of the Natural Resource ... -
Dec 18 2018
10:43 AMNNRC Framework as a Tool for Effective Resource Management
The need to ensure Nigerians get the maximum benefits from its oil and gas resources is the motivation behind the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter framework for policy formulation. Tengi George –Ikoli, programme coordinator, NNRC, said that the framework is a tool for effective resource ... -
Oct 31 2018
02:33 PMUS-China face-off is “Game of Thrones” —Pres. Jokowi
Indonesia’s President and host of the Plenary Session of the IMF/World Bank, Joko Widodo, yesterday drew a burst of guffaws from a packed audience of delegates including visiting leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) a few minutes into his short but moving welcome ... -
Oct 31 2018
02:00 PMInclusive growth through digital tech
Governments around the world have been admonished to pursue policies that would enable their citizens to take advantage of the emerging digital economy and achieve inclusive financial growth. This could be done by investing in their people from their early years through life time to enable them ... -
Oct 31 2018
11:48 AMLike Indonesia, global economy is resilient —Kim, Lagarde
The global economy, like Indonesia, the host of this year’s largest financial-cum-economic talkfest, is “resilient and determined” to move forward. The world’s 4th most populous country (population: 262million) after China, India and USA, is dealing with the challenge of an unfortunate, ... -
Oct 24 2018
03:25 PMUN’s new strategy for youths ‘to lead’
As part of efforts of the United Nations to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and pave way for a more peaceful, sustainable and prosperous world, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched a new strategy for young people to lead at the ongoing 73rd session of the UN ... -
Oct 24 2018
03:17 PMPromoting Mandela’s legacy in peace building
THE United Nations General Assembly honoured Nelson Mandela, the former South African President and anti-apartheid campaigner with a pledge to build a just, peaceful and prosperous world and to revive the values for which he stood. At the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, held as one of the ... -
Oct 24 2018
02:38 PMAfrica’s school feeding progress
Since March 2016 when African leaders celebrated the first Africa Day of School Feeding, several successes have been recorded in improving the nutritional component of early childhood development. Many countries have initiated school feeding programmes as part of their policies to improve ... -
Oct 24 2018
02:29 PMPutting faith in data to tackle global hunger
As part of efforts to boost agricultural productivity and tackle the rise in global hunger, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Data has launched an unprecedented drive to collect data from 500 million smallholder farmers in 50 developing countries. The programme, unveiled at the Data to End ... -
Oct 24 2018
02:01 PMMaking Progress with Climate Change
From happenings around the world, it is now clear that one of the most significant threats facing humanity today is climate change. According to the American Meteorological Society, there is a 90 percent probability that global temperatures will rise by 3.5 to 7.4 degrees Celsius (6.3 to 13.3 ... -
Oct 24 2018
01:53 PMAll’s not well with the United Nations
The United Nations, 73, is showing signs of its age and the turbulent times it has been enduring in the past couple of decades. It is lethargic, with its component parts out of tune with one another, betrayed by the very people, the authorities and powers that gave it life. Regrettably, as ...
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Policies and strategies alone can’t trigger Africa’s industrialization, says Nnadozie
25 October 2017, 1:18 PM 0 1165The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), the African Union’s specialized agency for capacity development, has urged African countries to revive their leadership development institutions ...
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AFC-BCG ANALYSIS REVEALS BEST PRACTICES FOR AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
29 June 2017, 4:01 PM 0 1267SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA HAS A NEED FOR WELL-CONCEIVED PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE. CURRENTLY, ROAD ACCESS IS JUST 34% IN THE REGION, AND TWO-THIRDS OF PEOPLE ...
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Les OSC africaine et indienne partagent les expériences sur la « Révolution verte de l’Inde» — Zéneb Touré
23 June 2017, 1:35 PM 0 1299Pour atteindre les objectifs de de développement, l’Afrique devra compter sur les efforts mutualisés de toutes les parties prenantes, y compris le gouvernement, le secteur privé, les BMD et les ... -
AfDB’s Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing initiative (2)
23 June 2017, 12:45 PM 0 1387Component 3: Technologies for PHL reduction and value addition.Technologies play a central role in the improvement of the preservation of agricultural produce and, at the same time, to add value. ...
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Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board sign MOU with CWC Group on PNC Forum
22 June 2017, 2:43 PM 0 21799Practical Nigerian Content Forum, 6 – 9 November 2017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria LONDON, United Kingdom, June 22, 2017/ — NCDMB reinforces its commitment to the Practical Nigerian Content ...
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The Delivery Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister of Guinea launches a study on financing for irrigation schemes for farmers in the pineapple value chain
22 June 2017, 2:27 PM 0 1198Through this pilot initiative, the Delivery Unit will target several farmer cooperatives in Maférénya and Kindia regions, with the goal to increase their farm yield (from 30 to +50 tons per ... -
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Nigerian Finance Minister wants the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and government to rollout youth agric program nationally
19 June 2017, 4:50 PM 0 1225Nigeria’s signatory to the ENABLE youth program will make the oil-rich country the third African country coming behind Cameroon and Sudan to benefit from funds under the AfDB Feed Africa ...
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“Perspectives économiques en Afrique”, édition 2017 : Libérer le potentiel des entrepreneurs africains
19 June 2017, 11:36 AM 0 1232Les gouvernements africains doivent miser davantage sur les entrepreneurs africains pour industrialiser leurs économies, affirme l’édition 2017 du rapport phare Perspectives économiques en ... -
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La réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable passe par la protection de la diversité culturelle
15 June 2017, 11:10 AM 0 1153A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la diversité culturelle pour le dialogue et le développement, la Directrice générale de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la ...
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Adesina speaks of “Africa’s promise” at Emerging Markets Forum in Abidjan
28 March 2017, 11:57 AM 0 1575“Africa will develop on its own terms, not based on the benevolence of others. And that is the only way we can make development faster and driven by our own needs – with a deep sense of urgency ...
2017 African Development Bank Annual Meetings: “Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa”
16 February 2017, 3:09 PM 0 1494The 2017 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will be held on May 22-25, 2017 in Ahmedabad, India. The Annual Meetings are Bank’s largest annual event and serve to raise ...
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Improving Governance Is Key to Ensuring Equitable Growth in Developing Countries
9 February 2017, 3:57 PM 0 1242A new World Bank policy report urges developing countries and international development agencies to rethink their approach to governance, as a key to overcoming challenges related to security, ...
Record number of participants attend Central African Ministerial Conference on Youth Employment
9 February 2017, 3:09 PM 0 1185The Central African Ministerial Conference on Youth Employment held Tuesday, February 7 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, was a resounding success, with over 200 participants attending the high-level event. ... -
AfDB gives voice to African youth during the TV finale of “Voix des Jeunes” competition
9 February 2017, 2:50 PM 0 1182Friday, February 3, 2017 was a special day at the African Development Bank. Even before 8 a.m., dozens of young people were gathered at the doors of the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. In the ...
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‘World Bank role’s critical in tackling distrust in government institutions’
10 November 2016, 10:43 AM 0 1304The World Bank has an important role to play to increase trusts between people and their governments around the world, says Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director, Oxfam International. ... -
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Nigeria, Canada mobilize private funds to address infrastructure deficit
1 November 2016, 1:51 PM 0 1278Governments of Nigeria and Canada are mobilizing private funds to address infrastructure deficit. In her presentation at an IMF/World Bank flagship seminar on ‘Making Infrastructure Rewarding’, ...
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Le financement du commerce est important pour doper le commerce intra régional
19 July 2016, 2:33 PM 0 1481«Financer le commerce pour favoriser l’intégration régionale et la coopération sud-sud», est le thème sur lequel s’est penché un panel, le 26 mai 2016 à Lusaka, en marge des Assemblées annuelles ... -
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ICT uptake: Ethiopia’s Abay Bank shows the way to indigenous African start-ups
18 July 2016, 2:43 PM 0 1318Africa’s financial services providers are waking up to the new realities of an ICT-driven world. Although the person-to person approach and cash are still dominant in service delivery, financial ... -
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Emergence de la Côte d’Ivoire en 2020, un pari gagné pour le bonheur de l’Homme ivoirien
18 July 2016, 11:45 AM 0 1358La ministre en charge du Pan et du Développement de la Côte d’Ivoire, Mme Kaba Nialé, était récemment face à la presse pour exposer sur la mise en œuvre du Plan National de Développement ... -
Ressources humaines : la rétention des talents tient à la compétitivité, à la formation…
18 July 2016, 10:39 AM 0 1357Quelle politique des Ressources humaines (RH) en ce moment de changement organisationnel et de culture, où ça bouge à la BAD sous l’impulsion du nouveau modèle en place (BDDM) ? Préoccupation du ...
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`High 5s… et après ? La France investira 20 milliards d’euros sur cinq ans, pour soutenir l’Afrique
18 July 2016, 10:17 AM 0 1953La Banque bouge ! Les High5 : La France partage ces ambitions de la BAD, dans les cinq domaines ciblés. Et après… Passer à l’étape de mise en œuvre, qui, selon la France est cruciale. Une bonne ... -
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Miser sur les femmes, les jeunes et sur l’agro-industrie pour bâtir l’Afrique de demain
15 July 2016, 3:43 PM 0 1360Comment opérer une véritable transformation du secteur de l’agriculture en Afrique, à laquelle participent pleinement tant les femmes que les jeunes d’Afrique ? La table ronde qui s’est tenue le ... -
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Il faut libérer le potentiel des villes pour permettre la transformation économique du continent africain, selon Perspectives économiques en Afrique 2016
13 July 2016, 1:01 PM 0 1324D’ici 2050, deux tiers des Africains devraient vivre dans des villes. Les formes que prendra l’urbanisation en Afrique seront par conséquent déterminantes pour la croissance et le développement ...
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Comment nous ériger en continent, si nous sommes incapables de nourrir des enfants ?
13 July 2016, 12:15 PM 0 1324« Investir dans la nutrition infantile, miser sur la volonté politique des dirigeants africains et former des partenariats, en vue d’en découdre avec les méfaits de la malnutrition», était l’une ... -
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Etat de coopération entre la Circonscription « Afrique Centrale » et la BAD
30 May 2014, 2:24 PM 0 1384Par Mr. SENTORE LEONARD Le «Groupe Afrique Centrale» a été constitué au sein du Conseil d’Administration de la Banque le 25 mai 1995 à Abuja en marge des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, par le ...
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La Transformation de l’Afrique: il faut des industries satellites autour des gisements d’extraction de ressources naturelles
29 May 2014, 4:31 PM 0 1422Par Atangana Garriba Kigali la Capitale du Rwanda abrite les Assemblées annuelles de la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) et les travaux ont bel et bien démarré avec des conférences sur ...
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Nous souhaitons offrir une expérience touristique riche et dense —Lahcen Haddad
6 June 2013, 4:17 PM 0 1399Le secteur du tourisme maintient donc sa position comme l’un des piliers de l’économie marocaine : premier secteur porteur de devises en 2012 avec 59 milliards de dirhams. Il est également le ... -
L’investissement est au cœur des préoccupations du Plan Maroc Vert —Akhannouch
6 June 2013, 3:43 PM 0 1311Aziz Akhannouch est nommé Ministre de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime en 2007 par Sa Majesté le Roi Mohamed VI, renommé à la tête du même ministère, pour la deuxième fois successive, le 3 ...
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African Economic Conference: Why does Africa need an agricultural transformation?
7 December 2016, 2:54 PM 0 1372The need for an Africa-wide agricultural transformation was the subject of a special session organized at the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in Abuja, ... -
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Integrating environmental and social issues, climate change and green growth in Africa’s development
15 July 2016, 9:35 AM 0 1599Greening Africa’s Development Greening Africa’s development requires incorporating the environment into every aspect of planning and budgeting process. A healthy natural environment and the ...
Development in Transition States: How AfDB and Sudan Cooperate to Make a Difference
14 July 2016, 4:27 PM 0 1314Effective operational reengagement in transition states can often pose a tall order, especially after protracted periods of conflicts. Indeed, the imperative for increased development operations ...
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