Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

 
The Bank will contribute to the raising of these funds in a few direct and indirect 
ways.
In the first place, several of its strategic initiatives (e.g. risk sharing facility, diaspora 
bonds, blended instruments to increase investment in PHL technologies) will be designed to 
increase private financing for agriculture. The Bank will also engage in resource mobilization 
to actively fundraise from a variety of parties. Finally, and perhaps most important, it will work 
to bridge the gap between the needs of the private sector and the actions of governments to 
facilitate improvement of the investment environment.
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 Detail on the array of facilities and funds that are anticipated to be developed for the Agricultural 
transformation Agenda, as well as adaptation of existing Bank funds and facilities, is provided in the 
Implementation Plan annex to this report; a high level overview is also provided in Annex III. 
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 Per the Africa Business Climate Plan; http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/12/12/paris-
agreement-paves-way-for-world-bank-group-helping-countries-deliver-on-climate-commitments 

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BANK CAPABILITIES AND ASSETS TO BE DEVELOPED
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4.12 
The AfDB’s activities in agriculture and agribusiness are broader than those 
solely addressed by the Agriculture and Agro-Industry team (OSAN);
the Bank has 
invested over US$600m into private sector agribusiness through the Private Sector Department 
(OPSD), supported the development of the financial sector and increased lending through the 
Financial Sector Department (OFSD), as well as broader activities in regional development to 
support market access, processing zone investment, policy advisory, training and development 
and large scale rural infrastructure (for water, energy and transport) and a broad set of technical 
advisory to support project development and effective use of bank lending.
4.13 
However, the Bank will focus on developing skills and capabilities in several key areas:
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