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The African Development Bank Group – Fast Facts

• Founded 1964
• Constituent Institutions
  • The African Development Bank (ADB)
  • The African Development Fund (ADF)
  • The Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF)
• Shareholders
  • 54 African countries (regional member countries)
  • 26 non-African countries (non-regional member countries)
• Mission To promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Africa.
• Authorized Capital at December 31, 2013 UA 66.98 billion
• Subscribed Capital at December 31, 2013 UA 65.21 billion
• Paid-up Capital at December 31, 2013 UA 4.96 billion
• Callable capital as of December 31, 2013 (ADB) UA 60.25 billion
• Total reserves as of December 31, 2013 (ADB) UA 2.86 billion
• Approved Operations, 2013 317 operations totalling UA 4.39 billion, financed as follows:
  • ADB: UA 1.83 billion
  • ADF: UA 2.27 billion
  • NTF: UA 31.2 million
  • Special Funds: UA 253.4 million
• Of which:
  • Loans: UA 2.86 billion (93 operations)
  • Grants: UA 697.0 million (114 operations)
  • HIPC: UA 22.3 million (2 operations)
  • Equity Participations: UA 99.5 million (10 operations)
  • Guarantees: UA 431.7 million (6 operations)
  • Loan Reallocation: UA 17.8 million (1 operation)
  • Special Funds: UA 253.4 million (91 operations)
• Sector Approvals, 2013
  
  • Infrastructure: UA 2.05 billion (57.6 percent of total loans and grants)
  • Social: UA 334.8 million (9.4 percent)
  • Multisector: UA 449.2 million (12.6 percent )
  • Finance: UA 288.0 million (8.1 percent)
  • Agriculture and Rural Development: UA 428.7 million (12.0 percent)
  • Environment: UA 9.2 million (0.3 percent)
  • Urban development: UA 0.3 million (0.01 percent)
• Total Cumulative Loan and Grant Approvals, 1967–2013 4,003 loans and grants totalling UA 67.22 billion