Outogoing African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka said this week the bank’s governance structures and business model "were wrong".
A person can’t eat GDP; growth must reach all, says the African Development Bank president.
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African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has pledged to provide Malawi with $45-million in order to resuscitate the ailing economy.
There is little risk the political crisis in North Africa could spread to sub-Sahara Africa, but escalating oil and food prices are the main worry.
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/ 13 September 2008
Financial assistance from the African Development Bank could bolster negotiations, writes Jason Moyo.
Zimbabwe has paid back 000 in arrears to the African Development Bank (ADB), despite vast economic problems at home, as part of efforts to meet commitments to donors, the bank said on Monday. ”Zimbabwe has in all paid 000 to the bank group despite numerous economic challenges,” the bank said.
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the only multilateral development body specifically devoted to Africa, will add -billion to its portfolio of agricultural loans to help address the food crisis in African countries, the bank said on Saturday.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave a gloomy report on Saturday on prospects for the world economy to a dozen leaders debating how to respond to global financial turmoil. Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a high-powered forum that most of the downside risks to the world economy feared six months ago had now become reality.
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/ 22 January 2008
The World Bank and African Development Bank, acting over the turmoil in Kenya, said on Tuesday they may have to adjust lending programmes if unrest persists following a disputed poll. ”We wish to continue working with the people of Kenya … but it is difficult to do so effectively in an environment of instability,” they said.