This volume contains more than 500 economic, social and environmental data indicators from a wide variety of sources for 53 African countries and five regional country groups, in order to present a broad picture of development across the continent. The data covers the period 1980-2002, and is grouped into 16 chapters which cover: selected background data; national accounts; prices and exchange rates; money and banking; external sector issues; external debt and related flows; government finance; agriculture; power, communications and transportation; privatisation of public enterprises; labour force and employment; aid flows; social indicators; environmental indicators; the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative; and household welfare.

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.

This annual publication contains a broad range of macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 African countries which give a detailed picture of development in the region. This year's report has been revised in order to better analyse and monitor the challenges and transformations across the continent. It contains: i) an essay which reviews the performance of countries and donors during 2005 and explores the challenges involved in meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; ii) data tables with selected indicators for the years from 1980 to 2004, covering a range of issues including: national accounts; private sector development; trade; infrastructure, including transportation, energy, ICT, water and sanitation; education; health, including malarial and HIV/AIDS rates; agriculture and rural development; migration and population; and household survey data; and iii) a World Bank Africa Database 2006 CD-ROM with 1,200 macroeconomic, sectoral and human development indicators, with time series of many going back to 1965, together with country tables, and tools for query display and Excel-based executive summary briefings.

This volume contains more than 500 economic, social and environmental data indicators from a wide variety of sources for 53 African countries and five regional country groups, in order to present a broad picture of development across the continent. The data covers the period 1980-2001, and is grouped into 16 chapters which cover: selected background data; national accounts; prices and exchange rates; money and banking; external sector issues; external debt and related flows; government finance; agriculture; power, communications and transportation; privatisation of public enterprises; labour force and employment; aid flows; social indicators; environmental indicators; the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative; and household welfare.

Please note that the eBook version of this title does not include access to the CD-ROM contained in the print version. Africa Development Indicators 2006 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains about 450 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. 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 tool for analysts and policymakers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa.