Thursday, November 15, 2007
[IWS] World Bank: LITTLE DATA BOOK on AFRICA 2007 & FACTOIDS [14 November 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
________________________________________________________________________
World Bank
The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 [14 November 2007]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21107092~menuPK:3098195~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSTATINAFR/Resources/LDB_Africa_final.pdf
[full-text, 128 pages]
The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2007. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2007 book and CD-ROM. Together they cover about 1,200 indicators on Africa. The country tables in The Little Data Book 2006 present the latest available data for World Bank member countries.
See also
50 Factoids about Sub-Saharan African
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21106218~menuPK:3094759~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
[excerpt]
* More than 35% of Africans live in sustained-growth economies that have grown at more than 4% a year for ten years.
* In 1975-2005 the GDP per capita growth (PPP) was 0.70%; in 1995-2005 it was 1.88%.
* During accelerated growth periods the region grew 3.6% a year (per capita PPP), but shrank 2.7% during periods of growth collapses.
* In 1975-2005, the probability of observing growth acceleration and deceleration were 0.25 and 0.22, respectively. In 1995-2005, these probabilities were 0.42 and 0.12.
* Exports rose from $182 billion in 2004 to $230 billion in 2005, a 26% rise.
* Crude oil comprises more than half of total Africa's exports.
* In two thirds of SSA countries, one or two products are responsible for at least 60% of the country's total exports.
AND MORE....
See Press Release
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21549323~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
and
Story
Africa Achieving Healthy And Steady Growth Rate
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21548806~menuPK:258657~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:258644,00.html
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
World Bank
The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 [14 November 2007]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21107092~menuPK:3098195~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSTATINAFR/Resources/LDB_Africa_final.pdf
[full-text, 128 pages]
The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2007. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2007 book and CD-ROM. Together they cover about 1,200 indicators on Africa. The country tables in The Little Data Book 2006 present the latest available data for World Bank member countries.
See also
50 Factoids about Sub-Saharan African
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21106218~menuPK:3094759~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
[excerpt]
* More than 35% of Africans live in sustained-growth economies that have grown at more than 4% a year for ten years.
* In 1975-2005 the GDP per capita growth (PPP) was 0.70%; in 1995-2005 it was 1.88%.
* During accelerated growth periods the region grew 3.6% a year (per capita PPP), but shrank 2.7% during periods of growth collapses.
* In 1975-2005, the probability of observing growth acceleration and deceleration were 0.25 and 0.22, respectively. In 1995-2005, these probabilities were 0.42 and 0.12.
* Exports rose from $182 billion in 2004 to $230 billion in 2005, a 26% rise.
* Crude oil comprises more than half of total Africa's exports.
* In two thirds of SSA countries, one or two products are responsible for at least 60% of the country's total exports.
AND MORE....
See Press Release
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21549323~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
and
Story
Africa Achieving Healthy And Steady Growth Rate
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21548806~menuPK:258657~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:258644,00.html
______________________________
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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