Africa Development Indicators 2008/09

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009-03-24

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0821377957

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Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It puts together data from different sources, making it an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa. This year s ADI addresses the issue of youth employment. The report shows that success in addressing youth employment in will not be achieved and sustained through fragmented and isolated interventions. Instead it finds that an arching guideline for addressing the youth employment challenge is the need for an integrated strategy for rural development, growth and job creation which covers the demand and the supply sides of the labor market and takes into account the youth mobility from rural to urban areas combined with targeted interventions to help young people overcome disadvantages in entering and remaining in the labor market. This edition includes the Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 Single User CD-ROM and opening articles from leading economists reporting and analyzing key African economic and development issues.


World Development Report 2008

World Development Report 2008

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007-10-15

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0821368095

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The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.


African Development Report 2008/2009

African Development Report 2008/2009

Author:

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0199548943

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The African Development Report 2008 is the twentieth annual survey of economic and social progress in Africa. The Report provides comprehensive analysis of the state of the African economy, examining development policy issues affecting the economic prospects of the continent.


Little Data Book on Africa 2008-09

Little Data Book on Africa 2008-09

Author:

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0821377884

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A pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 50 countries in Africa, this book provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance. A must have for anyone interested in today'sdevelopment challenges in sub-Saharan Africa.


Africa Development Indicators 2011

Africa Development Indicators 2011

Author: Rose Mungai

Publisher:

Published: 2011-07-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780821387825

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'Africa Development Indicators 2011' (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. An essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and others interested in Africa's development.


Africa Development Indicators, 2008/09

Africa Development Indicators, 2008/09

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780821377871

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Finding productive employment for the 200 million Africans between the ages of 15 and 24 is surely one of the continent's greatest challenges. Shows, however, that the median young person in Africa is a poor, out-of-school female living in a rural area. Argues that this finding - based on a careful examination of the data - has important implications for policy design, as well as for the politics of youth-sensitive policies : achieving productive employment and work for young people entails long-term action covering a range of economic and social policies focusing on labour demand and supply, and addressing both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of youth employment.


Yes, Africa Can

Yes, Africa Can

Author: Punam Chuhan-Pole

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2011-06-24

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0821387456

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Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.


Africa Toward 2030

Africa Toward 2030

Author: E. Lundsgaarde

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-11-11

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 023036215X

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Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in international development, and global governance frameworks, this book highlights the major underlying determinants of change in the African context and key uncertainties about the continent's future development prospects.


World Development Report 2009

World Development Report 2009

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2008-11-04

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 082137608X

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Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions density, distance, and division are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography' concludes that these spatial transformations are essential, and should be encouraged. The conclusion is not without controversy. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the rush to cities continues. Globalization is believed to benefit many, but not the billion people living in lagging areas of developing nations. High poverty and mortality persist among the world's 'bottom billion', while others grow wealthier and live longer lives. Concern for these three billion often comes with the prescription that growth must be made spatially balanced. The WDR has a different message: economic growth is seldom balanced, and efforts to spread it out prematurely will jeopardize progress. The Report: documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow. proposes economic integration as the principle for promoting successful spatial transformations. revisits the debates on urbanization, territorial development, and regional integration and shows how today's developers can reshape economic geography.


Africa Development Indicators 2011

Africa Development Indicators 2011

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0821387324

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'Africa Development Indicators 2011' (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. It pulls together data from different sources, and is an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa.