Issues Involving the African Development Bank and its Activities to 1979

• Main Author: Agumadu, Lawrence
• Other Authors: Davidson, Martin J.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1981
• Subjects: American Development Bank; African Development Bank.; economic conditions
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503875/

This paper examines the economic impact of the African Development Bank on the African continent and compares its resources and those of its counterparts, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The first chapter of the paper discusses the evolution of regional development banks and presents the statements of the problem and the hypothesis of the study. The second chapter analyses the history of the African Development Bank Group, and the .third discusses its lending operations to 1979. The fourth chapter compares the lending activities and resources of the three regional development banks (African, Inter-American, and Asian), and the final chapter presents the paper's conclusions and recommendations.