{"id":25847,"date":"2020-10-22T19:04:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=25847"},"modified":"2020-10-22T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:04:43","slug":"afdb-sees-partners-as-critical-to-recovery-of-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/afdb-sees-partners-as-critical-to-recovery-of-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"AfDB sees partners as critical to recovery of economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Tanko Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says collaboration among development partners is \u2018more vital\u2019 to helping economies recover from the pandemic and attract private financing to rebuild infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The President of AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, said this at an extraordinary virtual meeting with multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The meeting, chaired by Hajjar Bandar, President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, was attended by the heads of 12 Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It was also held to discuss the impact of the responses to the pandemic and the worsening debt situation of economies.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are really in very extraordinary times. There\u2019s no doubt about it, in terms of the devastation that this pandemic is causing.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe challenge is huge and the collective resolve must be strong as MDBs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Adesina said that efforts must be deepened to help member-states mobilise more domestic resources and attract private creditors to participate in financing capital projects.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for us to change the paradigm to get the private sector, with incentives, to do a lot of private-public partnerships,\u201d he said,<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The AfDB president restated the bank\u2019s commitment to helping Africa rebuild \u2018boldly and smartly\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He recalled that joint efforts of MDBs had resulted in a COVID-19 response of about 230 billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He also recalled the introduction of a COVID-19 Response Facility (CRF) of up to 10 billion dollars by the bank to support regional member-countries and the private sector clients.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to Adesina, this was part of the bank\u2019s efforts at addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that the IMF had also made financing provisions to 81 member-countries, totalling more than 100 billion dollars since mid-March, with room for member-countries to benefit from its one trillion dollars lending capacity through programme arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Also speaking, Bandar said that the collaboration by the MDBs had proven meaningful in their efforts to swiftly provide crucial financial relief to member-countries in the wake of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the face of this unprecedented crisis, we have shown our responsibility and unity. The disbursement of the total package has already started and is bearing fruits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He urged members to sustain the collaboration to steer financing towards development, help communities out of poverty, spur digitisation and promote education.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis forum is where partnerships make a difference. We need to join forces to support our member-countries more,\u201d Bandar said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tanko Mohammed The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says collaboration among development partners is \u2018more vital\u2019 to helping economies recover from the pandemic and attract private financing to rebuild infrastructure. The President of AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, said this at an extraordinary virtual meeting with multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday. 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