African Development Bank – Institutional Support - General Capital Increase VI

Results achieved from January 2011 to December 2014 include: (1) helping to create over 1 million jobs including 254 000 jobs for women; (2) building rehabilitating or maintaining 9 638 km of roads to connect people and countries giving more than 29 million people better access to transport; (3) expanding energy generation capacity by 1 335 megawatts and providing 10.9 million people with new or improved electricity connections; (4) training over 55 000 teachers and building or rehabilitating over 2 500 classrooms providing 2.7 million people with better access to education; (5) investing in 1 436 health facilities and training over 20 000 health workers resulting in 50 million people having better access to quality health services; (6) improving water management on over 62 000 hectares of land and land use management on 938 000 hectares; and (7) providing 8.5 million people with improved access to water and sanitation. These results reflect the entire operations of the African Development Bank Group and have contributed to improved access to infrastructure regional economic integration and private sector development in Africa.