The majority of planned outputs and all outcomes will be achieved. Overall implementation progress is reported as over 80% against an average commitment of over 90%. There is need to expedite implementation of mission recommendations to ensure appropriate and timely completion of activities. Although overall implementation progress has improved sin...

The African Development Bank and the government of Sierra Leone have launched a project to support 3,000 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors and orphans, and other vulnerable sectors of society in the country. Through the Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund Project (PERSIF), the Bank is providing $13.5 million in grants from the African Deve...

As the PERSIF project commenced, there has been some progress towards attainment of the Project Development Objective though at slow pace due to delay in the recruitment of consultants to implement activities. However, Main project activities have commenced....

IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND RESULTS REPORT (IPR)...

As part of the Bank’s special initiative in favor of the Mano River Union countries, a road programme was identified in 2014. Considering its high cost, it was agreed to carry out the support in phases....

Since the 1980s, the coastal countries of West Africa, and particularly Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, have been affected by violent conflicts, natural disasters (floods) and epidemics of large scale (cholera, Ebola)....

On March 23, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea. The identification of these early cases marked the beginning of the West Africa Ebola epidemic, the largest in history....

West Africa has faced the largest and most complex Ebola epidemic on record. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the countries where the virus has taken the heaviest toll on life. Beyond the human tragedy, the disease has had devastating effects on…...