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

dc.contributor.authorWorld Economic Forum
dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.contributor.authorAfrican Development Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-08T15:07:07Z
dc.date.available2017-05-08T15:07:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-01
dc.description.abstractWithout 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.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/The-Africa-competitiveness-report-2017-Addressing-Africa-s-demographic-dividend
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-944835-09-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-944835-09-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26520
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherGeneva: World Economic Forum
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Economic Forum
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.titleThe Africa Competitiveness Report 2017en
dc.title.subtitleAddressing Africa’s Demographic Dividenden
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okr.crossref.titleThe Africa Competitiveness Report 2017: Addressing Africa’s Demographic Dividend
okr.date.disclosure2017-05-04
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T10:49:27.531026Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/The-Africa-competitiveness-report-2017-Addressing-Africa-s-demographic-dividend
okr.guid733321493793700840
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-944835-09-5
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084b2dbc3_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27417442
okr.identifier.report114750
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/pdf/114750-2-5-2017-15-48-23-ACRfinal.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Export Competitiveness
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Competitiveness and Competition Policy
okr.unitT&C GP-Africa West - IBRD (GTC07)
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