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The Africa Competitiveness Report 2017: Addressing Africa’s Demographic Dividend

dc.contributor.author World Economic Forum
dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.contributor.author African Development Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-08T15:07:07Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-08T15:07:07Z
dc.date.issued 2017-05-01
dc.description.abstract Without urgent action to address low levels of competitiveness, Africa’s economies will not create enough jobs for the young people entering the job market. If current policies remain unchanged, fewer than one-quarter of the 450 million new jobs needed in Africa in the next 20 years will be created. These are among the key findings of the Africa Competitiveness Report 2017, a biennial publication jointly produced by the World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. Priorities to meet the changing demographics include policy reform to improve the quality of institutions, infrastructure, skills and adoption of new technology. House construction and better urban planning present opportunities for short-term competitiveness gains. The report finds that the ability of Africa’s economies to generate enough jobs for its young and growing population rests on the successful implementation of urgent structural reforms to boost productivity. Competitiveness is defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity, and hence future prosperity, of a country. The report, which covers North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, comes at a time when growth in most of the region’s economies has been slowing after a decade of sustained growth. Further stagnation is likely in the absence of improvements in the core conditions for competitiveness. Compounding the challenge to Africa’s leaders is a rapidly expanding population. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/The-Africa-competitiveness-report-2017-Addressing-Africa-s-demographic-dividend
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-944835-09-5
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26520
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Geneva: World Economic Forum
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Economic Forum
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
dc.subject COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject CITIES
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.title The Africa Competitiveness Report 2017 en
dc.title.subtitle Addressing Africa’s Demographic Dividend en
dc.type Book en
dc.type Livre fr
dc.type Libro es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2017-05-04
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/The-Africa-competitiveness-report-2017-Addressing-Africa-s-demographic-dividend
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-1-944835-09-5
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b084b2dbc3_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 27417442
okr.identifier.report 114750
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okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/pdf/114750-2-5-2017-15-48-23-ACRfinal.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Demographics
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Export Competitiveness
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Competitiveness and Competition Policy
okr.unit T&C GP-Africa West - IBRD (GTC07)
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