IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cog/poango/v10y2022i2p82-94.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multilateralism, Developmental Regionalism, and the African Development Bank

Author

Listed:
  • Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

    (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Egerton University, Kenya / School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Riara University, Kenya / Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau, Macau)

  • Billy Agwanda

    (Department of International Relations, Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey / Department of International Relations, Marmara University, Turkey)

  • Murat Onder

    (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Turkey)

  • Ibrahim Abdirahman Mukhtar

    (Department of International Relations, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey)

Abstract

Promoting development in Africa has faced significant challenges partly because of the continent’s peripheral access to global markets as well as its internal geographical limitations on the movement of people, goods, and services. However, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and its “developmental” role has emerged as a practical and tailored approach to Pan-African development, especially in the midst of a growing crisis in global multilateralism. This article argues that the AfDB can be a significant promoter of African development given its unique characteristics, focus areas, and lending style that are different from other multilateral institutions. Using a case-study approach, and by analysing literature on the AfDB, policy papers, and government reports, this study explores the developmental role of the bank and demonstrates its comparative advantage to other multilateral institutions in Africa.

Suggested Citation

  • Israel Nyaburi Nyadera & Billy Agwanda & Murat Onder & Ibrahim Abdirahman Mukhtar, 2022. "Multilateralism, Developmental Regionalism, and the African Development Bank," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 82-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v10:y:2022:i:2:p:82-94
    DOI: 10.17645/pag.v10i2.4871
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4871
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.17645/pag.v10i2.4871?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v10:y:2022:i:2:p:82-94. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: António Vieira or IT Department (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cogitatiopress.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.