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Africa Development Indicators: Data on Africa, for Africa

Africa Development Indicators: Data on Africa, for Africa. ESDS December 1, 2008. Africa Development Indicators. Africa Development Indicators. Annual publication Most comprehensive database on Africa More than 1,400 variables Long time series; some variables go back to 1965

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Africa Development Indicators: Data on Africa, for Africa

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  1. Africa Development Indicators:Data on Africa, for Africa ESDS December 1, 2008

  2. Africa Development Indicators

  3. Africa Development Indicators Annual publication Most comprehensive database on Africa More than 1,400 variables Long time series; some variables go back to 1965 Data sources: Offices of National Statistics, WB, IMF, UN System, Surveys, Doing Business, Investment Climate Assessment, WB’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, etc

  4. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (1) Example: What countries were the best and worst performers in children under-five mortality percentage change between 1990 and 2004?

  5. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (2) • Q: Is there a relationship between cost to start a business and domestic investment as share of GDP?

  6. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (3) • Q: What was the official current transfers receipts (USD, thousands) of Ethiopia overtime?

  7. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (4) • Q: What was the public spending on education as % of GNI in 1998?

  8. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (5) • What is the GDP per capita of countries whose agriculture share of GDP is in between 25% and 50% and annual exports of agriculture goods amount at least $100m?

  9. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (5)

  10. Hands on: Some questions ADI can answer (5)

  11. Facts you may not have known about AfricaAll data refer to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2006, unless otherwise stated • In 2000–2006 the average GDP per capita growth in SSA was 2.0%,up from –0.7% in 1990–1999. • The GDP of SSA was US$744 billion, which was equivalent of 28% of China’s GDP, 69% of Brazil’s, 74% of Russia’s, and 80% of India’s. • The economies of South Africa and Nigeria comprised 56% of SSA’s GDP. • Equatorial Guinea has the highest GDP per capita ($7,470); the Democratic Republic of Congo has the lowest ($91).

  12. Facts you may not have known about AfricaAll data refer to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2006, unless otherwise stated • 43.3% of SSA’s population is in between the ages of 0 and 14; Uganda has the highest share at this age range (49.3%) and Mauritius the lowest (24%). • Children and young people start work early—a quarter of children ages 5–14 are working, and among children ages 10–14, 31% are estimated to be working. • Before the age of 24, most female youth have already been married, but in many countries they get married even earlier: In Mozambique, 47% of females were already married before the age of 19; in Chad 49%; in Guinea, 46%; in Mali, 50%; in Sierra Leone, 46%; and in Niger, 62%. • Burundi has the highest participation rate of women in the labor force (93.0%); Sudan has the lowest (24.1%).

  13. Thank you! Valentina Kalk Manager, Electronic Development Office of the Publisher, The World Bank vkalk@worldbank.org

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