"African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, leading two development institutions at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi on Friday, started a big push to enable African states to attract foreign capital."...
African Heads of State and Partners Mobilize around Plans for Universal Health Coverage to Achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Goals NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26, 2016—Today at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI), African heads of state and partners vowed to accelerate progress toward universal...
"The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Finnish state export credit agency Finnvera Oyj have signed a 9.5-year loan agreement on a USD 225 million (EUR 199 million) facility that will be onlent to a eucalyptus pulp mill project in Brazil."...
"The International Monetary Fund has updated its Central Bank Legislation Database, the most comprehensive central bank law database in the world, to allow informed policy discussions and analysis as central banking rules change. "...
"The World Bank unveiled its new procurement framework in Sri Lanka yesterday, which it said will help countries make the most of their public spending, strengthen national policies and improve development objectives."...
"Hargeisa, Somaliland, SOMALIA - UNCDF continues working with local governments on the implementation of the Local Revenue Mobilization Initiative (LRMI). On 1 August 2016 a revenue planning and forecasting workshop was convened in Hargeisa under the auspices of the Somaliland Ministry of Interior for municipal officials of...
"In close cooperation with the EAC embassies SWEACC is pleased to invite you to this year’s EAC-BIF in Stockholm 10 - 11 October 2016. Together with SWEACC members and new business friends you will have the possibility to learn more about ongoing activities and plans for the...
"Climate finance totaling $81 billion was mobilized for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This included $25 billion of MDBs’ direct climate finance, combined with a further $56 billion from other investors."...
"Africa’s industrialization agenda, one of the Bank Group’s top priorities for the continent’s economic transformation, received a boost this week with the approval of the Bank Group’s Industrialisation Strategy for Africa 2016-2025. The Strategy, approved by the AfDB’s Board on Thursday, 14 July 2016, represents a...