Africa Development Indicators 2008/2009 Youth and Employment in Africa: The Potential, the Problem, the Promise

About this book

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains more than 450 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. Additional data may be found on the companion CD-ROM, covering about 1,400 indicators from 1965 to 2006. A few macro indicators have provisional data for 2007 while others indicators have data for 2007-2008.

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 analysis and policy makers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa.

Contents

Introduction
Stylised facts about youth and labour markets in Africa
Policy response requires an integrated, multi-sector approach 11 and close monitoring
Conclusions
Essay references
Indicator Tables

Part I. Basic indicators and national accounts
1. Basic indicators
2. National accounts

Part II. Millennium Developing Goals
3. Millennium Developing Goals

Part III. Development outcomes
4. Status of Paris Declaration Indicators
5. Private sector development
6. Trade
7. Infastructure
8. Human Ddevelopment
9. Agriculture, rural development, and environment
10. Labour, migration, and population
11. HIV/AIDS
12. Malaria

Part IV. Household welfare
14. Household welfare
Users Guide
Technical notes
Technical notes references
User's Guide: Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 CD-ROM

Customer Reviews