African Development Bank (AGP)

African Development Bank Group

African Development Bank (General Assembly resolution 42 10)

Moreover, there already is a proliferation of regional development banks, from the Inter American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank to the more modestly capitalized African Development Bank. These institutions cooperate with the World Bank.

In their determination to overcome the challenges of development, the African founding fathers established the African Development Bank 40 years ago.

Mr. Kaberuka (African Development Bank) I am honoured to have this opportunity to address the General Assembly in the name of the African Development Bank, whose presidency I assumed this month.

The Asian Development Bank has funded two projects in Asia, while in sub Saharan Africa, the African Development Bank approved funding to promote NERICA development.

Consultations on establishing the cooperation framework for country collaboration are at an advanced stage with the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

(b) Intergovernmental organizations African Development Bank, European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA)

Donor countries and financial and development institutions, in particular the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank and the Inter American Development Bank, are invited to provide greater financial resources to transit transport infrastructure projects in landlocked and transit developing countries.

Negotiations with the African Development Bank for a similar facility are at an advanced stage.

The latter is the case in most of the multinational financial institutions like the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

UN Habitat also signed agreements with the Asian Development Bank, the Inter American Development Bank, and the African Development Bank for joint projects and programmes for water, sanitation, housing and urban development, focusing on improving the living conditions of the urban poor.

Support the building of an international infrastructure consortium, involving the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa's Development, the World Bank and the African Development Bank, to be recognized by the New Partnership as the lead agency for facilitating infrastructure investment

The African Development Bank stands ready to play its role in this common fight for humanity.

Support the building of an international infrastructure consortium involving the African Union, NEPAD, the World Bank and the African Development Bank to be recognized by NEPAD as the lead agency for facilitating infrastructure investment

(c) To support the building of an international infrastructure consortium involving the African Union, the World Bank and the African Development Bank, with the New Partnership for Africa's Development as the main framework, to facilitate public and private infrastructure investment in Africa

For the processing of price surveys, the African Development Bank is using its own software called SEMPER.

The African Development Bank has financed a project to support income generating activities for women, covering four components

The African Development Bank Group promoted policies and strategies aimed at increasing the efficiency, productivity and capacity of African regional transport corridors that would boost international trade.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank.

Panellists included representatives of the Asian Development Bank, the East African Community, the International Road Transport Union (IRU), ECA, ESCAP, ECE, UNCTAD, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank.

The United Kingdom implemented a US 18 million Regional Trade Facilitation Programme in Southern Africa and provided funding to the multilateral and regional development organizations, including the African Development Bank, EU and the World Bank.

Strong political and financial support by the international community for pan African and regional organizations, particularly the African Union and the African Development Bank, as well as for initiatives such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism, is critical to this partnership.

Mr. Elbakly (Egypt) wished to know the status of the ongoing discussions between UN Habitat and the African Development Bank about investing in Africa's urban development along the lines of the cooperation established between UN Habitat and the Asian Development Bank.

9. Appeals to the international community, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and United Nations funds and programmes, in accordance with their respective mandates, to support the efforts of the African countries to intensify and expand industrial cooperation among themselves

UN Habitat has also signed memorandums of understanding with the Asian Development Bank and the Inter American Development Bank, and is working towards a memorandum of understanding with the African Development Bank on joint projects and programmes for water, sanitation, housing and urban development issues, with emphasis on improving the living conditions of the poor.

N. Balasubramanyam, Africa trade performance, policies and prospects (United Kingdom, University of Lancaster, 2002) paper commissioned by the African Development Bank.

For example, the Economic Commission for Africa plans to carry out a study documenting best practices in road safety, involving African ministers of transport and working jointly with the African Union and the African Development Bank.

Partnerships with regional organizations, particularly the Arab League and its affiliated institutions and associations, regional development banks such as the African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, and the Arab Gulf Programme were to be of central importance.

It began with a subregional conference in West Africa on improving industrial performance and employment promotion with the active participation of the subregional office of the International Labour Organisation, the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank.

The programme is developing a dedicated gender mainstreaming component, with the collaboration of the African Development Bank and the Gender and Water Alliance.

We call for the speedy implementation of that decision, as well as for a clear framework of implementation from the African Development Bank.

For us, the key issue is that of additionality and of strengthening the long term capacity of the African Development Bank to finance the development of its member countries.

In Africa, UNICEF will coordinate its efforts closely with the African Development Bank in support of the Bank's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative.

The African Development Bank Group also announced that Burundi had met the conditions needed to qualify for over US  226 million in debt relief.

Almost all the projects sponsored by international and regional agencies, such as UNICEF, UNDP and the African Development Bank, were targeted at rural areas.

Pursuant to collaboration among the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Partnership, ECA and the World Bank, a Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa was launched in 2005.

To affirm the importance of the role played by the Arab Fund for Technical Assistance to African and Arab countries and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa and to express its appreciation for their action in supporting development efforts in African States

The G 8 and the European Union are determined to cancel 100 per cent of the debts owed by the world's poorest countries to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the African Development Bank.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

This initiative is undertaken within the framework of the action plan developed by the ECOWAS secretariat with a view to facilitating the cross border movements of people and goods through appropriate road transportation measures, which is carried out in collaboration with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the African Development Bank, the World Bank, EU and other development partners.

In Senegal, 121 facilities have been upgraded in partnership with United Nations agencies working through the UNDAF, together with USAID, NGOs and the African Development Bank.

Caribbean Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank