Wednesday, May 23, 2007
[IWS] OECD: AFRICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2007 [May 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
African Economic Outlook 2007
ISBN Number:
978-92-64-02510-3
Publication Date:
May 2007
Pages: 600
http://www.oecd.org/document/22/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38561046_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dev/publications/africanoutlook
STATISTICAL ANNEX
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/23/38570644.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
TABLES
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/22/38570654.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
The African Economic Outlook combines the expertise of the OECD with the knowledge of the African Development Bank on African economies. The objective is to review annually the recent economic situation and the likely short-term evolution of selected African countries. The Outlook features a country-by-country analysis based on a common analytical framework, a simple macroeconomic model to provide forecasts for 2007 and 2008, and an analysis of the social and political context. It also contains a comparative synthesis of African prospects by region, placing the evolution of African economies in the context of the world economy. A statistical appendix completes the volume.
The AEO is a unique tool that provides a cross-country comparison and highlights the experience of the good performers in this field.
This volume will be of significant interest to decision makers in African and OECD countries, both in the public and private sectors, such as aid agencies, investors, and government officials of aid-recipient countries.
The African Economic Outlook is a joint project of the African Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre, with generous support from the European Commission.The Excel™ spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the < http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33882798_1_1_1_1,00.html > StatLinks printed in this book.
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The 2007 focus is on Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Some 10 million people have been given access annually to drinking water over 1990-2004 in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, populations have grown even faster and the absolute number of unserved people has increased by about 60 million over the same period. Consequently, the number of people accessing water annually would need to triple in order for SSA to reach the water MDG by 2015. The situation of sanitation is even more dramatic both in terms of access and of limited progress since 1990. Moving forward requires ambitious reforms in institutions, legal frameworks, and policies in order to change the structure of incentives. There is a need for a comprehensive and integrated approach to ensure the sustainability of simultaneously expanding access to drinking water and sanitation, while facilitating economic growth and meeting ecosystem needs. Improvement also implies strengthening capacity on the ground, notably at local level where most of water management is undertaken, and developing monitoring mechanisms to follow progress and adopt corrective measures if necessary. Financing remains a central issue for all stakeholders: government budgets and development assistance have largely been insufficient to cover the scale of investments needed; national water providers have also failed to help establish a financially sustainable system and alternative sources such as private participation have proved disappointing.
AND MORE...including COUNTRY STUDIES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
African Economic Outlook 2007
ISBN Number:
978-92-64-02510-3
Publication Date:
May 2007
Pages: 600
http://www.oecd.org/document/22/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38561046_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dev/publications/africanoutlook
STATISTICAL ANNEX
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/23/38570644.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
TABLES
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/22/38570654.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
The African Economic Outlook combines the expertise of the OECD with the knowledge of the African Development Bank on African economies. The objective is to review annually the recent economic situation and the likely short-term evolution of selected African countries. The Outlook features a country-by-country analysis based on a common analytical framework, a simple macroeconomic model to provide forecasts for 2007 and 2008, and an analysis of the social and political context. It also contains a comparative synthesis of African prospects by region, placing the evolution of African economies in the context of the world economy. A statistical appendix completes the volume.
The AEO is a unique tool that provides a cross-country comparison and highlights the experience of the good performers in this field.
This volume will be of significant interest to decision makers in African and OECD countries, both in the public and private sectors, such as aid agencies, investors, and government officials of aid-recipient countries.
The African Economic Outlook is a joint project of the African Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre, with generous support from the European Commission.The Excel™ spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the < http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33882798_1_1_1_1,00.html > StatLinks printed in this book.
----------
The 2007 focus is on Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Some 10 million people have been given access annually to drinking water over 1990-2004 in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, populations have grown even faster and the absolute number of unserved people has increased by about 60 million over the same period. Consequently, the number of people accessing water annually would need to triple in order for SSA to reach the water MDG by 2015. The situation of sanitation is even more dramatic both in terms of access and of limited progress since 1990. Moving forward requires ambitious reforms in institutions, legal frameworks, and policies in order to change the structure of incentives. There is a need for a comprehensive and integrated approach to ensure the sustainability of simultaneously expanding access to drinking water and sanitation, while facilitating economic growth and meeting ecosystem needs. Improvement also implies strengthening capacity on the ground, notably at local level where most of water management is undertaken, and developing monitoring mechanisms to follow progress and adopt corrective measures if necessary. Financing remains a central issue for all stakeholders: government budgets and development assistance have largely been insufficient to cover the scale of investments needed; national water providers have also failed to help establish a financially sustainable system and alternative sources such as private participation have proved disappointing.
AND MORE...including COUNTRY STUDIES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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