What types of projects does the Bank Group finance?
The African Development Bank Group finances projects, programs and studies in the areas of agriculture, health, education, public utilities, transport and telecommunications, the industry and the private sector. The Bank Group has, since 1968, also sought to finance non-project operations, including structural adjustment loans, policy-based reforms and various forms of technical assistance and policy advice. The AfDB Group has also widened the scope of its activities to cover new initiatives such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), water and sanitation as well as HIV/AIDS. The Bank Group is also involved in important initiatives on debt reduction, to the tune of US$ 5.6 billion under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, which aims at reducing the debt stock of 33 eligible countries to sustainable levels. In 2006, the AfDB Group also made a commitment to cancel nearly US$9 billion owed by the countries concerned in order to help them attain the MDGs
