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024 8 _a10.1596/978-0-8213-6078-1
035 _a(The World Bank)2087
110 2 _aWorld Bank
245 1 0 _aAfrican Development Indicators 2005
_h[electronic resource]
_bFrom the World Bank Africa Database
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bThe World Bank,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource (336 p.)
490 1 _aAfrica Development Indicators
520 3 _aAfrican Development Indicators 2005 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains more than 500 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering over 50 African countries with data from 1965-2003. The book is grouped into 17 chapters: background data; national accounts; prices and exchange rates; money and banking; external sector; external debt and related flows; government finance; agriculture; power, communications, and transportation;doing business; labor force and employment; aid flows; social indicators; environmental indicators; HIPC debt initiative; household welfare; and public enterprises. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the nature of the data and their limitations, followed by a set of statistical tables, charts, and technical notes that define the indicators and identify their specific source. Included are tables on HIV/AIDS, Communications and Transportation, and the HIPC Debt Initiative. Designed to provide all those interested in Africa with a focused and convenient set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region, this is an invaluable reference tools for analysts and policymakers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 4 _aBanks and Banking Reform
650 4 _aDebt Markets
650 4 _aEconomic Theory and Research
650 4 _aEmerging Markets
650 4 _aFinance and Financial Sector Development
650 4 _aFinancial Literacy
650 4 _aMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
650 4 _aPrivate Sector Development
710 2 _aWorld Bank
776 0 8 _aPrint Version:
_z9780821360781
830 0 _aAfrica Development Indicators
830 0 _aWorld Bank e-Library.
856 4 0 _uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6078-1
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