http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.1.aspx The latest news on the African Development Bank from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.1.aspx The long-awaited solar program for the MENA region being co-funded by the World Bank has the potential to provide clean energy and jobs for the region, if it is implemented in consultation with local communities and with their interests and needs as a priority. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12570.aspx Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:43:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12570.aspx The African Development Bank has been setting itself up as a major knowledge broker for sustainable development across the continent. However, a new mapping project from Heinrich Boell and BIC draws into question the Bank's track record when it comes to climate change. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12569.aspx Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:07:29 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12569.aspx This update prepared by the Bank Information Center introduces the FCPF Readiness Package (R-Package) and the Carbon Fund (CF) operational. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12545.aspx Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:21:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12545.aspx This piece provides a brief update about the role of the World Bank in post-revolution Tunisia http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12533.aspx Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:08:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12533.aspx The staff of Senator Richard Lugar released a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations calling for reform of the IFIs before Congress approves upcoming capital replenishment requests for the institutions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11797.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11797.aspx Within the context of the upcoming general capital increase for the World Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Treasury Department produced a document outlining U.S. reform priorities for these multilateral development banks. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11752.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:21:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11752.aspx The major IFIs have appealed to the governments meeting at Copenhagen to come to a comprehensive agreement on climate change mitigation, pledging to use their own resources to contribute. Some are critical, however, of how ready these institutions are to tackle the issues involved. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11671.aspx Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:14:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11671.aspx The World Bank is quietly preparing the first capital increase in nearly 20 years to replenish the coffers after unprecedented lending in 2008 and the coming two years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11608.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:29 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11608.aspx A workshop co-organized by the Bank Information Center (BIC), the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, and the IFC and MIGA’s Office of the Compliance/Ombudsman (CAO) was held in Marrakech, Morocco in late July 2009, and lasted three fruitful days. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11605.aspx Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11605.aspx The frontloading of resources in response to the crisis has nearly exhausted AfDB's lending capacity for 2010, as the Bank explores ways to sustain its lending levels. 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This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3779.aspx Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3779.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3764.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3764.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3762.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3762.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compliation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3749.aspx Fri, 02 May 2008 10:47:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3749.aspx Proposed projects would include transcontinental transportation corridors that would require a huge outpouring of money. They would serve to benefit exporters and, by extension, transnational companies that profit the most from Africa’s commodities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3679.aspx Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:54:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3679.aspx Panel's suggestions include merging of the African Development Fund (ADF) with the African Development Bank (ADB), and eliminating the performance-based allocation (PBA) system. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3677.aspx Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:37:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3677.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3659.aspx Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:07:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3659.aspx Construction of the dam proceeds despite an ongoing investigation into claims presented by civil society groups that the project violates environmental and social standards of both the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3651.aspx Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3651.aspx AfDB President Donald Kaberuka praises the United Kingdom's “concretization of commitments to double aid to Africa” made at the Gleneagles G-8 summit in 2005. However, Kaberuka’s willingness to credit the UK with “concretizing” its pledges appears overly generous. To date, the UK and the G-8 have fallen well short of the mark in meeting their promises. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3633.aspx Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:18:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3633.aspx Critics claim that Aid for Trade schemes could aggrevate rather than alleviate poverty, particularly in Africa. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3546.aspx Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3546.aspx The African Development Bank (AfDB) will contribute $100 million despite ongoing review into alleged irregularities associated with mining concession contract. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3520.aspx Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:49:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3520.aspx The African Development Bank's $500 million loan to support Eskom's expansion raises the question of whether it wields sufficient leverage to ensure adherence to its social and environmental safeguards. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3505.aspx Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:49:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3505.aspx Some observers are apprehensive about the trend among international financial institutions (IFIs) to focus on fragile states, particularly in Africa, and are concerned that these institutions may wield undue leverage over cash-strapped governments. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3504.aspx Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:35:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3504.aspx On September 13th, after over 20 years of negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The international declaration sets a higher standard for international financial institutions (IFIs) to ensure safeguards and strengthen their policies on indigenous peoples. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3495.aspx Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:34:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3495.aspx Although construction of the controversial hydropower project in Uganda began last week, debate continues over the dam's design, cost and impacts. A recent article in the Baltimore Sun provides details. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3473.aspx Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:59:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3473.aspx The Egyptian government is facing criticism from members of its parliament over plans to sell off the country’s publicly owned banks. The plan to privatize several national banks within the framework of an $8.7 billion financial sector reform program has the backing of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank and US Agency for International Development. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3455.aspx Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:39:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3455.aspx Unprecedented increase raises question of whether the Bank wields sufficient leverage to ensure compliance with its social and environmental safeguards. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3448.aspx Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:31:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3448.aspx China’s offer to host the event, which brings together senior finance and development officials from African and donor governments, speaks volumes about changing Sino-African relations. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3337.aspx Tue, 15 May 2007 10:35:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3337.aspx Controversial Uganda dam to become the subject of the first trial case for the African Development Bank's new Independent Review Mechanism. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3328.aspx Wed, 09 May 2007 13:00:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3328.aspx The Primer aims to help Africa’s civil society better understand what the AfDB is, how it may affect them, and what they can do to influence it. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3315.aspx Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3315.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3320.aspx Mon, 07 May 2007 15:48:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3320.aspx Ugandan groups highlight risks of project to hydrology of Lake Victoria, sustainability of the energy production, lack of comprehensive needs and options assessment, anticipated impacts on local communities http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3246.aspx Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:29:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3246.aspx The use of public money by the European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank to extract uranium poses a serious cause for concern, not only because of threat of contamination of local water sources, but because of the precedent it would set. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3199.aspx Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:58:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3199.aspx At a two-day “experience-sharing meeting” on the extractive industries (EI) in Africa last week in Tunis, the banks agreed to intensify their collaboration on EI work and support for the implementation of the EITI by resource-rich countries in Africa. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3181.aspx Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:01:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3181.aspx Civil society concerned about regional bank's emphasis on large-scale energy projects http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3141.aspx Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3141.aspx BIC to host sessions on the African Development Bank and World Bank in Africa http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3094.aspx Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:06:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3094.aspx Observers anticipate an emphasis on large infrastructure http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3089.aspx Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3089.aspx Tiomin mining company is set to resume preparations for titanium extraction in an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3059.aspx Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3059.aspx Agencies encourage donor countries to channel more Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to Africa under new "Nairobi Framework" http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3018.aspx Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:18:31 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3018.aspx BIC's "IFIs in Africa News Briefings" provide summaries and commentary on the latest news articles relating to International Financial Institutions (IFI) involvement in Africa. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3002.aspx Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3002.aspx The AfDB President laid out the institution's priorities for development in Africa in an interview with AllAfrica.com, emphasizing the need to make investment climates more attractive to the private sector and focus on regional integration and infrastructure development http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2839.aspx Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:44:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2839.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2812.aspx Mon, 22 May 2006 10:21:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2812.aspx Mr. Donald Kaberuka was favored by the US and other non-African member countries, although he apparently gained significant African support in the two months since the stalemated elections at the AfDB's Annual Meetings. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2222.aspx Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:03:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2222.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2168.aspx Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:13:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2168.aspx The IFI Policy Review Web page is a recent addition to the BIC website! This page is updated regularly to allow you to keep track of consultation documents, important dates, civil society analyses and more. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2107.aspx Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:09:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2107.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2106.aspx Thu, 05 May 2005 18:25:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2106.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2052.aspx Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:54:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2052.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1980.aspx Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:31:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1980.aspx Elections for the presidency of the African Development Bank will be held at the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors scheduled to take place on May 18-19 in Abuja, Nigeria. Seven candidates are running, including representatives from Ghana, Rwanda, Cameroon, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Gabon. 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