THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK’S

STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT INFRAGILE 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

IV. Financial volume

V. The way forward

BANK’S OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE

HELP COUNTRIES MOVE FROM

• FRAGILITY TO

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Bank overarching objective: Help countries move from

fragility

I. BACKGROUND

• Peaceful and stable environment is a precondition for effective implementation of Bank’s mandate

• War and conflicts are inimical to development goals

• 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.

BACKGROUND

II.THE FRAGILE STATES FACILITY

Objectives:

• Provide supplemental resources

• Clear arrears, provide technical assistance

• Support service delivery

• Provide capacity building

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

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

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

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

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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION