African Economic Outlook 2017 : Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation.
Imprint
Paris, France : African Development Bank : Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2017.
Item Type
Book
Description
314 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Frequency
Annual
ISBN
9789264274259 Print 9789264274266 Online
Alternate Call Number
B 330 AFR.A
Summary
The African Economic Outlook 2017 presents the continent's current state of affairs and forecasts its situation for the coming two years. This annual report examines Africa's performance in crucial areas: macroeconomics, external financial flows and tax revenues, trade policies and regional integration, human development, and governance. For its 16th edition, the report takes a hard look at the role of entrepreneurs in Africa's industrialisation process. It proposes practical steps that African governments can take to carry out effective industrialisation strategies. Policies aimed at improving skills, business clusters and financing could remove important constraints on African private enterprises. A section of country notes summarises recent economic growth, forecasts gross domestic product for 2017 and 2018, and highlights the main policy issues facing each of the 54 African countries. A statistical annex (available only on line) compares country-specific economic, social and political variables.
Note
ISSN: 1995-3909
Formatted Contents Note
Executive summary Part I: Africa's performance and prospects Chapter 1. Africa's macroeconomic prospects Annex 1.A1. External balance and policy uncertainty in Africa Chapter 2. External financial flows and tax revenues for Africa Chapter 3. Trade policies and regional integration in Africa Chapter 4. Human development in Africa Chapter 5. Political and economic governance in Africa Part II: Entrepreneurship and industrialisation Chapter 6. Improving entrepreneurship for industrialisation in Africa Annex 6.A2. Availability of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database for African countries, 2011-16 Chapter 7. Designing, carrying out and assessing Africa's industrialisation strategies Annex 7.A1. Impacts of entrepreneurship programmes in Africa Chapter 8. Policies to promote entrepreneurship for Africa's industrialisation Annex 8.A1. Active start-up incubators in Africa Part III: Country notes Statistical annex Figures Tables Statistical annex tables (published online)