349) Africa Development Indicators, 1960-2007 (World Bank)

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WB - Africa Development Indicators 2007
The latest annual report from the World Bank on social and economic conditions across the continent, explores the patterns of growth in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades. It contains over 1,000 indicators covering 53 African countries, and provides data from 1960 to 2006 grouped into 14 chapters.
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Africa Development Indicators, 2007
Washington: World Bank, 2007

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Spreading and sustaining growth in Africa 1
Notes 17
References 18
Indicator tables 19
Part I. Basic indicators and national accounts
1. Basic indicators
1.1 Basic indicators 21
2. National accounts
2.1 Gross domestic product, nominal 22
2.2 Gross domestic product, real 23
2.3 Gross domestic product growth 24
2.4 Gross domestic product per capita, real 25
2.5 Gross domestic product per capita growth 26
2.6 Gross national income, nominal 27
2.7 Gross national income, real 28
2.8 Gross national income per capita 29
2.9 Gross domestic product defl ator (local currency series) 30
2.10 Gross domestic product defl ator (U.S. dollar series) 31
2.11 Gross domestic savings 32
2.12 Gross national savings 33
2.13 General government fi nal consumption 34
2.14 Final consumption expenditure 35
2.15 Final consumption expenditure per capita 36
2.16 Agriculture value added 37
2.17 Industry value added 38
2.18 Services value added 39
2.19 Gross fi xed capital formation 40
2.20 General government fi xed capital formation 41
2.21 Private sector fi xed capital formation 42
2.22 Resource balance (exports minus imports) 43
2.23 Exports of goods and services, nominal 44
2.24 Imports of goods and services, nominal 45
2.25 Exports of goods and services, real 46
2.26 Imports of goods and services, real 47
Part II. Millennium Development Goals
3. Millennium Development Goals
3.1 Millennium Development Goal 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 48
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3.2 Millennium Development Goal 2: achieve universal primary education 50
3.3 Millennium Development Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women 51
3.4 Millennium Development Goal 4: reduce child mortality 52
3.5 Millennium Development Goal 5: improve maternal health 53
3.6 Millennium Development Goal 6: combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 54
3.7 Millennium Development Goal 7: ensure environmental sustainability 56
3.8 Millennium Development Goal 8: develop a global partnership for development 58
Part III. Development outcomes
4. Paris Declaration indicators
4.1 Status of Paris Declaration indicators 60
5. Private sector development
5.1 Business environment 61
5.2 Investment climate 62
6. Trade
6.1 International trade and tariff barriers 64
6.2 Top three exports and share in total exports, 2005 68
6.3 Regional integration, trade blocs 70
7. Infrastructure
7.1 Water and sanitation 71
7.2 Transportation 72
7.3 Information and communication technology 74
7.4 Energy 76
7.5 Financial sector infrastructure 78
8. Human development
8.1 Education 80
8.2 Health 82
9. Agriculture, rural development, and environment
9.1 Rural development 86
9.2 Agriculture 88
9.3 Environment 90
10. Labor, migration, and population
10.1 Labor force participation 92
10.2 Labor force composition 94
10.3 Migration and population 96
11. HIV/AIDS
11.1 HIV/AIDS 98
12. Malaria
12.1 Malaria 99
13. Capable states and partnership
13.1 Aid and debt relief 100
13.2 Capable states 102
13.3 Governance and anticorruption indicators 104
13.4 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment ratings 106
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Part IV. Household welfare
14. Household welfare
14.1 Burkina Faso household survey, 2003 108
14.2 Cameroon household survey, 2001 109
14.3 Ethiopia household survey, 2000 110
14.4 Malawi household survey, 2004 111
14.5 Niger household survey, 2005 112
14.6 Nigeria household survey, 2004 113
14.7 São Tomé and Principe household survey, 2000 114
14.8 Sierra Leone household survey, 2002/03 115
14.9 Uganda household survey, 2002/03 116
Technical notes 117
References 163
User’s guide: Africa Development Indicators 2007 CD-ROM 165