Publication: African Development Indicators 1997
Date
1998-05
ISSN
Published
1998-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Monitoring Africa's development
progress and aid flows requires basic empirical data that
can be readily used by analysts. African development
indicators 1997, a World Bank publication, provide a
starting point for accomplishing that task. This revised and
expanded statistical collection provides the most detailed
collection of data on Africa available in one volume. This
volume, which is the fifth in a series that began with
African economic and financial data in 1989, and was
followed by African development indicators 1992, 1994-95,
and 1996, presents data from 53 African countries, arranged
in 292 separate tables or matrices for more that 400
development indicators. In addition, 24 charts facilitate
data interpretation and cross-country comparison. The
indicators are grouped into 15 chapters: background data
national accounts, prices and exchange rates, money and
banking, the external sector, external debt and related
flows, government finance, agriculture, power or
communication and transportation, labor force and
employment, public enterprises, aid flows, social
indicators, environmental indicators, and household welfare
indicators. Each chapter includes a brief introduction on
the nature of the data and their limitations followed by
technical notes that define the indicators and identify
specific sources.
Citation
“World Bank. 1998. African Development Indicators 1997. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 111. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/06c713ed-0265-5503-8e49-f6d78e925ff1 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”