16/4/2016/AfDB “If we don’t fix Africa’s infrastructure financing gap – which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year – we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa’s annual growth rates. And we cannot allow that to happen,” said African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the […]
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Communiqué of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the IMFC
16/4/2016/IMFC Chaired by Mr. Agustín Carstens, Governor of the Bank of Mexico Global economy The global economy continues to expand modestly. Global growth, however, has been subdued for a long time, and the outlook has weakened somewhat since October. Although recent developments point to some improvements in sentiment, financial market […]
AfDB issues 1.000% US $1.0 Billion Benchmark due 15 May 2019
15/4/2016/AfDB On Thursday, April 14, 2016, the African Development Bank (“AfDB”), rated Aaa (Moody’s) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new USD 1 billion 3-year Global benchmark transaction due 15 May 2019. The new 3-year issue is AfDB’s second USD Global benchmark this year, and follows […]
