"African Development Bank to provide $27bn financing to low-income countries"

" African Development Bank to provide $27bn financing to low-income countries \r\n\r\nThe Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group has approved management\u2019s request to leverage the equity of the African Development Fund, to mobilize more resources on the capital markets. The Fund is the Bank\u2019s concessional lending window.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen fully implemented, the Bank Group could unlock up to $27 billion to help low-income and fragile states,\u201d Bank Group president Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said on Friday.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat this means is that when this is launched, we can raise an additional $4 billion or even more per cycle [every three years] for these least developed low-income countries,\u201d Adesina said during the official closing ceremony of the Bank Group\u2019s 2023 Annual Meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.\r\n\r\nWith nearly half its recipient countries classified as fragile states, the African Development Fund contributes to poverty reduction and socioeconomic development in those countries by providing concessional funding for their projects and programs. Nine of the ten world\u2019s most vulnerable countries to climate change are in Sub-Saharan Africa and rely on the resources of the Fund.\r\n\r\nIn a declaration issued at the end of the meetings, the Bank\u2019s Governors stressed the need for substantial financial resources to support climate adaptation in Africa. This must include the delivery of wealthy nations\u2019 commitment to mobilize $100 billion per year in climate finance for developing countries.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe call for urgent action to double the collective provision of climate finance for adaptation, and operationalization of new funding arrangements to respond to loss and damage as per decisions of the Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Conference of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, the last sessions of which were held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe Bank dedicated this year\u2019s Annual Meetings to \u2018Mobilizing Private Sector Financing for Climate and Green Growth\u2019. The event rallied African leaders, development partners and researchers to find practical solutions to raising climate finance, including leveraging on the continent\u2019s natural capital."

"African Development Bank to provide $27bn financing to low-income countries"

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