The African Development Bank had the highest overall score among international financial institutions in the 2013 Aid Transparency Index.
But at the bank’s annual meeting this week in Kigali, AfDB announced it is determined to go a step further by launching on Wednesday its own interactive platform to map out investments across the continent.
MapAfrica is a geocoding tool similar to the World Bank's Mapping for Results and the Inter-American Development Bank's MapAmericas, where coordinates help identify the banks' activities in different countries and regions. For instance, in a sample snapshot, a black dot over Sierra Leone points to a bank-financed transportation project in the area, and hovering over it would give stakeholders a sneak peek into project details such as value and status.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
