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	Freshwater Action Network
		AfDB is the financial development institution of Africa, reducing poverty and improving lives with the economic and social progress of its regional member Countries.
		The main objective of AfDB is to contribute to the economic development and social progress of its regional members - individually and jointly by attempting to break the vicious cycle of poverty.
		AfDB has been widely engaged in water projects in Africa and is organising high level meetings, such as the Meeting on Promoting Water Resources Development in African in September 2002 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
	www.freshwateraction.net /resources/orgs/afdb.asp (252 words)

	Regional Development Banks: Stepping Out of the Shadows -
		In 2003, the AfDB experienced a reduction in its overall operations, but still saw a 3.5% growth in private sector lending operations which finished the year with 28% of all loans and grants — the latest years in what is a firm trend of continuous year-on-year growth in the magnitude of private sector operations.
		The AfDB directly invests in private sector firms by purchasing equity (stocks and debentures) in privately-owned companies, with an emphasis on companies in the financial sector, and on public sector companies that are in the process of being privatized.
		The AfDB co-finances projects with the sub-regional development banks, and the sub-regional development banks are all dependent on the AfDB for a least a portion of their operating funds, provided through loans and equity participation.
	www.50years.org /cms/ejn/story/253 (2049 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The AfDB does not have a national office in any of the countries of the Survey with the exception of Uganda where a country office was established as recently as in May 2004.
		The AfDB’s technical assistance and advice on policy issues is perceived as largely substandard, described in terms of “low quality”, “ineffective” (in the education and finance sectors), as well as in one case even “inappropriate”.
		On the one hand, the AfDB is perceived to be “closely allied with the World Bank and the IMF”, tending to “piggyback on World Bank-led initiatives”, and with AfDB staff members participating in meetings organised by the World Bank on its country strategies.
	odin.dep.no /filarkiv/244237/MOPAN.doc (13994 words)

	AFDB \| Usage & Maintenance
		While an AFDB will certainly stop the psychotronic mind control that is used to keep the abductee immobile during the levitation process, it does not seem able to stop the electromagnetic field used for levitation.
		An AFDB -- or any metallic object in your immediate possession -- may increase your chances of being hit, but that increase is negligible compared to the increase chance due to being in a area at high lightning strike risk.
		AFDB bedecked people in lightning-safe areas are at no more immediate, measurable risk than their mind control-addled neighbors.
	zapatopi.net /afdb/usage.html (1365 words)

	DFMv1
		The AfDB is comprised of the African Development Bank, which lends at non-concessional terms, the African Development Fund, which is the soft window of the AfDB providing concessional resources to the poorest Regional Member Countries (RMCs), and the Nigeria Trust Fund.
		The agreement establishing the AfDB stipulates that "The purpose of the Bank shall be to contribute to the economic development and social progress of its regional member countries---individually and jointly".
		Towards achieving this objective, the AfDB uses resources at its disposal to finance projects and programs in its RMCs and to provide technical assistance to African countries as may be required for the preparation of development projects and programs.
	www.unitar.org /dfm/Resource_Center/Document_Series/Document19/Chapter3.htm (4309 words)

	AFDB Alternate ChuckleFAQ
		AFDB is camp and Tim Curry is the king, er Queen, of camp.
		The official soup of AFDB is "Bean Soup avec Maggots" as served by Christin Keck.
		The official fetish object of AFDB is feathers, which leads directly to the related official pillows of AFDB which belong to Tina.
	www.darsys.com /altfaq.html (3887 words)

	Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) [Free Republic]
		Although an AFDB is an effective guard against most forms of psychotronic mind-control, it is no substitute for the comprehensive protection afforded by MindGuard.
		AFDBs are inexpensive (even free if you don't mind scrounging for thrown-out aluminium foil) and can be constructed by anyone with at least the dexterity of a chimp (maybe bonobo).
		The issues involved with these are beyond the scope of the AFDB homepage, but Amiga and Linux users may visit the MindGuard homepage for info on turning their computers into just such a device.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a392b052c23fa.htm (2636 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Africa-AfDB-economy-outlook: AfDB tentatively predicts moderately better growth for Africa in 2003 - ...
		The 2003 edition of the African Development Report, which was released during the annual meetings of the AfDB in Addis Ababa, forecast economic growth of 3.3 percent this year in Africa.
		The report was also optimistic about the change of government brought about in Kenya after elections in December 2002, when an opposition alliance dealt a crushing defeat to the party that had been in power for almost 40 years.
		The AfDB was careful to stress that several eventualities would prevent any improvement in Africa's economy.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2003/AF030633.html (833 words)

	Private Sector Guide -- U.S. Commercial Service African Development Bank
		The AfDB provides traditional financing for projects that involve the establishment, expansion, diversification, and/or modernization of production facilities in a variety of sectors, including energy, manufacturing, agribusiness, transport, infrastructure, extractive industries, banking and finance, tourism, and other service industries.
		The AfDB believes that their association with the project is more important than the monetary contribution.
		The AfDB also contributes to investment funds that are targeted to SME development and smaller scale infrastructure projects.
	www.buyusa.gov /afdb/10.html (801 words)

	DFID Anti-Corruption Libraries and Database System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The AfDB published its policy on good governance in January 2000, and this includes an emphasis on encouraging its member countries to tackle corruption.
		AfDB is ahead in thinking strategically on Public Procurement Reforms in Africa, and working collaboratively with African sub-regional organisations.
		DFID's Africa Regional programme is considering an institutional appraisal of the AfDB and appraisal of its programmes on reform and harmonisation of member countries public procurement laws and systems.
	www.anti-corruption.org /wwio/view.php?catid=43&article=true (324 words)

	InfoExport - The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
		The AfDB has one new CCTF (Spring 2001) with four components: technical assistance in the environment, infrastructure and health sectors; support for economic and sector work, policy articulation and implementation; institutional strengthening of the AfDB; and a new private sector development initiative.
		This is not usually permitted at the AfDB since, according to its rules, it is the Cooperation Unit that normally approaches various donors with the request from a user department, with the choice of trust fund dependent on availability or funds and donor areas of interest or priorities.
		At the AfDB, no such earmarking of trust funds assignments is possible given their procurement procedures which require short listing and evaluation of at least five consultants for all sizes and types of contracts.
	www.infoexport.gc.ca /ie-en/DisplayDocument.jsp?did=5974&gid=119 (8583 words)

	About the AfDB -- U.S. Commercial Service African Development Bank
		The African Development Bank (AfDB) is a regional, multilateral development bank whose shareholders include 53 countries in Africa and 24 non-African countries from the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
		The United States is represented on the AfDB Board of Governors by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury, and on the Board of Directors by the U.S. Executive Director based at the Bank in Tunis, Tunisia.
		The majority of projects are intended to benefit local communities, regions and areas of particular country(s), and normally do not involve large-scale projects, such as the construction of airports and corporate and residential real estate.
	www.buyusa.gov /afdb/about.html (691 words)

	General News of Friday, 17 June 2005
		He also welcomed the G-8 pledge to safeguard the financial integrity of the international financial institutions as reflected in the decision of the G-8 to compensate the AfDB and the World Bank for the forgone principal and interest repayments of the debts cancelled.
		Mr Kabbaj pointed out that the AfDB; IMF and World Bank would soon hold meetings to discuss and map out implementation modalities for the G-8 debt relief initiative, as it was important to ensure close collaboration and coordination among the three institutions for the successful implementation of the initiative.
		The G-8 communiqué indicates that its member countries would extend 100 per cent relief on the debts owed to the multilateral finance institutions by countries that had reached their completion points under the HIPC initiative.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=83858 (508 words)

	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AfDB) - BANQUE AFRICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT - BANCO AFRICANO DE DESARROLLO
		It is a great honour for me to have the opportunity of addressing the World Food Summit which is deliberating on a matter that, in many respects, represents a development challenge of unsurpassed significance.
		It is appropriate to reiterate, on this occasion, our appreciation to FAO for forging a long and productive partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) in working on a variety of activities to promote agriculture and rural development in Africa.
		The Bank Group gives high recognition to the central role that should be accorded to poverty reduction in the quest for improving socio-economic conditions in the Continent.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/x0736m/rep2/afdb.htm (1399 words)

	TNI Sustainable Energy and Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		AfDB draft energy sector policy borrows heavily from the World Bank policy, which recommends that renewable energy, should be better integrated into the Bank's general policy dialogue with developing countries.
		Energy is an essential input to the production process, but most countries face growing problems of rising fuel costs, insecurity of supply and a high percentage of people still don't have access to safe, affordable energy, all of which impact on the type and pace of development.
		Despite the ominous situation, the AfDB is still promoting large-scale hydroelectric dams and even financing the Bujagali dam project in Uganda, to the tune of $50 million.
	www.tni.org /acts/skills.htm (1215 words)

	Accra Daily Mail - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 25-member Committee, to which the Bank was invited as an observer, said it was encouraged by commitments to reinvigorate the aid partnership, with stronger policies in many developing countries matched by commitments by developed nations and other donors for additional aid and debt relief and steps to improve development effectiveness.
		He said in a statement today that he was satisfied, at the end of the long series of meetings that substantial progress had been made on some of the decisions of the Gleneagles summit.
		Insisting, as he had done throughout his stay in Washington, that the AfDB will work to become the most effective instrument for ensuring development outcomes in Africa, he said the Bank was prepared to fully play its role in partnership with donors and with the nations of Africa.
	www.accra-mail.com /mailnews.asp?id=14482 (464 words)

	www.ghana.co.uk - News
		The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has released an amount of 15 million US dollars (135.85 billion cedis) as the second tranche of its poverty reduction support to Ghana, a statement from the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
		The statement said the AfDB released the first tranche of 34.6 million US dollars (313.23 billion cedis) to Ghana in November 2003.
		The statement said the contribution of the bank to the Multi Donor Budgetary Support (MDBS) mechanism for the year 2004 was significant and underscored the fact that the bank had embraced the MDBS as an efficient channel for offering donor assistance to Ghana.
	www.ghana.co.uk /news/content.asp?articleID=13281 (203 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Africa-AfDB-economy: Growth in Africa slowed down in 2002: AfDB - June 3, 2003
		The report blamed the decline on the continent's dependence on European markets, where growth was weak; delayed recovery in many commodity prices; and unfavourable domestic conditions, particularly civil conflicts in some countries, drought and the consequential fall in agricultural output, macroeconomic imbalances and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
		The AfDB pointed out that performance varied greatly from country to country, with 16 African states showing growth of more than five percent and five showing negative growth.
		On the regional front, the AfDB urged countries to work towards enlarging markets and strengthening trading platforms and called for states to work together to build common institutions such as securities and exchange commissions and regional bond or debt markets.
	www.aegis.com /news/afp/2003/AF030622.html (858 words)

	A Guide for U.S. Suppliers to the AfDB
		The African Development Bank (AfDB) is a multilateral bank whose shareholders include 53 countries in Africa and 24 countries from the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
		The AfDB is concerned with poverty reduction through employment creation, improvements in standards of living, infrastructure development, and good governance.
		The AfDB requires pre-qualification of bidders for large, complex or turnkey contracts to ensure, in advance of bidding, that invitations to bid are confined to capable firms.
	www.exportmichigan.com /ibp_ns_selling_mdb_mfdb_guide.htm (1018 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » DR Congo dominates league of AfDB's billion dollar loan arrears
		The report was issued to coincide with the bank's annual meeting of its board of governors which opened in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.
		It states that the DRC's loan arrears to the AfDB group at the end of 2001 totalled 798 million dollars.
		With the exception of public UN sources, reproduction or redistribution of the above text, in whole, part or in any form, requires the prior consent of the original source.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/e622764ff0caee1bc1256bc70054bd4d (457 words)

	freedominfo.org: ifti watch - african development bank - afdb issues new disclosure policy
		Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the draft AfDB policy announced in October was the flirtation with the release of draft Country Strategy Papers.
		The AfDB has determined that "the draft CSP will be released to in-country target audiences, as part of the consultation process, to enhance information for CSP consultation.
		Unchanged since 1997, the new AfDB disclosure policy "has been influenced by the Bank Group's desire to revise the policy in order to expand the scope and the type of information for public disclosure to incorporate changes in the Bank Group's lending activities and new documents that are not explicitly covered by the 1997 policy.
	www.freedominfo.org /ifti/20040413a.htm (1265 words)

	Bank Information Center USA : African Development Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		It was also agreed that the 2007 AfDB annual meetings would be held in Shanghai, reflecting the progressively larger role that China plays in African economies, particularly in extractive industries and infrastructure projects.
		According to the AfDB, it finances both public and private sector activities which aim to promote growth and poverty reduction in Africa.
	www.bicusa.org /bicusa/issues/african_development_bank/index.php (1628 words)

	NEWS FROM COMMERCE
		AfDB funding has been available for use by U. businesses since the U. Government joined as a non- regional member in 1983.
		Although the U. is an active member in the AfDB, and is in fact the largest non- regional shareholder, many businesses are not aware of the benefits that it provides.
		The AfDB is one of the five multilateral development banks to which the U. belongs.
	www.ita.doc.gov /exportamerica/NewsFromCommerce/nfc_AfDB.htm (1198 words)

	Namibia Will Benefit From AfDB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The grants program to be examined by the bank’s board in the next few weeks, targets countries such as Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritius and Morocco, according to reports in released on www.iol.co.za.
		AfDB’s President, Omar Kabbaj said that the bank felt that the benefiting countries were in a new phase after the major reforms launched in the mid-1990s.
		Since the Moroccan dirham was not convertible, AfDB would immediately swap raised cash in major currencies when the funds were for outside Morocco.
	www.grnnet.gov.na /News/Archive/2005/february/week2/afdb.htm (345 words)

	Top AfDB officials here on study tour
		Six top officials of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are in the country for a four-day study tour scheduled to begin today.
		The delegation is scheduled to meet ministers and senior government officials to deliberate on issues pertinent to AfDB interventions in the country and discuss ways in which the Bank can assist Tanzania in its future development efforts.
		The bank is a multilateral finance institution whose mandate is to contribute to the economic and social progress of its regional member countries, individually and jointly.
	www.ippmedia.com /ipp/guardian/2006/03/03/61295.html (318 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Nigerian, Rwandan Face Run-Off for AfDB Presidency
		The chairman of the bank's board, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday a string of ballots in Abuja had failed to produce a clear winner between the two leading candidates under an electoral system requiring them to win a double mandate.
		Okonjo-Iweala who doubles as the Nigeria's Finance Minister, said Ogunjobi, currently AfDB Vice-President, and Kaberuka would face another contest in the Tunisian capital of Tunis from July 21-22.
		The African development finance institution established 40 years ago to help the continent's then newly independent countries to grow their economies, now has a capital base of around $32.5 billion.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-5-19/28901.html (238 words)

	Annex 2 - Pan-African Intergovernmental Institutions
		The African Development Bank (AfDB) (also known as the Banque Africaine de Developement) is the major development bank in Africa.
		The AfDB finances project and programme investments in member states, with a focus on regional projects.
		AfDB is at present planning the major study on Infrastructure Integration (including energy) that is described in ANNEX 1.
	www.worldenergy.org /wec-geis/publications/reports/africa/annexes/annex2.asp (454 words)

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