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Africa Development Indicators 2011

This year's Africa development indicators, which covers some 1,700 macroeconomic, sectoral, and human development indicators dating to the 1960s, comes at a critical time for Sub-Saharan Africa's 48 countries and 841 million people. After...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATE ANNUAL GROWTH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CD CHILD MORTALITY CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER CURRENT ACCOUNT DATA AVAILABILITY DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEFLATORS DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIXED CAPITAL FOOD PRICES FOREIGN CURRENCIES GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GENDER EQUALITY GOVERNMENT FINANCES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT DEFLATOR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROSS NATIONAL SAVINGS GROWTH RATES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTS INCOME GROUPS INCOMES INFLATION RATE INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL INFLATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LEGAL STATUS LOCAL CURRENCY MALARIA MATERNAL HEALTH MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MONETARY FUND NATIONAL CURRENCY NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL INCOMES NATIONAL STRATEGY NATURAL DISASTERS OIL EXPORTS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUS POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE INDEXES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC POLICIES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RATE OF INFLATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION RELATIVE EXCHANGE RATES REMITTANCES RETURN RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TOTAL EXPORTS TRADE BALANCE TRADE BLOCS TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND TRUST FUNDS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VALUE ADDED WEIGHTS YOUNG PEOPLE
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Summary:	This year's Africa development indicators, which covers some 1,700 macroeconomic, sectoral, and human development indicators dating to the 1960s, comes at a critical time for Sub-Saharan Africa's 48 countries and 841 million people. After a decade of economic growth at nearly 5 percent a year, Africa-along with the rest of the world-was hit hard by the global economic crisis, but it rebounded within a year. In 2011 the continent's growth is expected to return to pre crisis levels. The poverty rate has been declining at about one percentage point a year, and progress on the millennium development goals, while insufficient to reach the 2015 targets in many countries, has been substantial. Yet, Africa faces some of the most formidable development challenges in the world. First, growth has been uneven, with about 20 fragile and conflict affected states seemingly trapped in persistent poverty. Second, economic growth has not translated to productive jobs and more earning opportunities for Africa's labor force-most of which is engaged in agriculture and informal enterprises-and especially for the 7-10 million young people entering the labor force each year. And third, Africa's growth could be faster and more widespread if it could address its most fundamental challenges-improving governance and increasing public sector capacity. A tool for learning, capacity strengthening, and accountability, Africa development indicators 2011 will continue to play a critical role in Africa's economic transformation.