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The Economic Report on Africa (ERA) reviews the performance of the region's economy during the past year and considers the prospects for the short and medium term. With a special focus on poverty...

The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population; national accounts; agriculture, forestry and fishing; industry; transport, communications and...

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in Southern Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

Africa was the only developing region to accelerate its growth in a turbulent year that saw the synchronized slowdown of all major economies and heightened uncertainty about prospects for the world’s...

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...

This publication, which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II, covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

This publication which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in South Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

Many African economies are still characterized by a heavy reliance on the primary sector, high vulnerability to external shocks, jobless growth and slow progress towards social development. It is...

The Economic Report on Africa 2003 is the fourth in an annual series that reviews the continent’s economic performance and near-term prospects. This year’s report builds on the work of the three...

Perspectives on Africa's Development is a collection of speeches on the subject of Africa's development challenges delivered between February 1996 and February 2000. The speeches are organized in six...

The fifth edition of the Compendium combines Series A and Series C of the Foreign Trade Statistics for Africa, which is no longer published. This bilingual publication (English and French) includes...

This book is a milestone in the development of Africa’s information society. It measures the long distance between performance and potential of the continent’s media in regard to bridging the digital...

This publication presents a candid assessment of Africa’s quest for faster economic growth and poverty reduction by K.Y. Amoako, a leading voice on African Development. Dr Amoako’s view on the region...