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THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ’ S STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT IN FRAGILE STATES

THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ’ S STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT IN FRAGILE STATES. AfDB Partnership Forum March 2010. Mrs. Margaret Kilo, Head of Fragile States Unit. CONTENT. I. Background II. The Fragile States Facility III. Major achievements Financial volume The way forward.

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THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ’ S STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT IN FRAGILE STATES

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  1. THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK’S STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT INFRAGILE STATES AfDB Partnership Forum March 2010 Mrs. Margaret Kilo, Head of Fragile States Unit

  2. CONTENT I. Background II. The Fragile States Facility III. Major achievements Financial volume The way forward

  3. BANK’S OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE HELP COUNTRIES MOVE FROM • FRAGILITY TO • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  4. FRAGILITY Bank overarching objective: Help countries move from fragility

  5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  6. I. BACKGROUND • Peaceful and stable environment is a precondition for effective implementation of Bank’s mandate • War and conflicts are inimical to development goals

  7. BACKGROUND • The Bank used to provide a standardized lending program to countries, including conflict affected countries. • It moved to the Fragile States Facility following the approval of its Strategy for Enhanced Engagement in Fragile States in March 2008.

  8. II.THE FRAGILE STATES FACILITY Objectives: • Provide supplemental resources • Clear arrears, provide technical assistance • Support service delivery • Provide capacity building

  9. THE FRAGILE STATES FACILITY Strategy: • Pillar I: recovery operations, infrastructure, state capacity building and accountability, regional projects • Pillar II: arrears clearance • Pillar III: resources for capacity building, and knowledge management

  10. III. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS As of December 2009: • Additional resources to 9 fragile states • Cleared arrears of Togo (UA 14.57 million) and of Côte d’Ivoire (UA 241.01 million) • Technical assistance, institutional capacity building operations to 15 countries

  11. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS • Lungi-Port Loko Road in Sierra Leone • Economic Governance Reforms in Burundi • Community Development Project in Central African Republic • Health Project in Guinea Bissau

  12. IV. FINANCIAL VOLUME • Fund volume: UA 647.80 million contributors: • ADF -11 allocation (UA 408.43 million) • AfDB Post Conflict Country Facility (PCCF) carry-over: UA 165.64 million • Net income on PCCF funds: UA 13.72 million

  13. V. THE WAY FORWARD • FSF on track in achieving its 2008 goals • OSFU continues to orient the Bank to better serve the fragile states in Africa. • FSF has built strong partnerships with regional and non-regional organizations working in fragile states in Africa

  14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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