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

doi:10.1596/978-1-944835-09-5

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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.doi	10.1596/978-1-944835-09-5
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-944835-09-5
dc.identifier.uri	https://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
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okr.crossref.title	The Africa Competitiveness Report 2017: Addressing Africa’s Demographic Dividend
okr.date.disclosure	2017-05-04
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T10:49:27.531026Z
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733321493793700840/The-Africa-competitiveness-report-2017-Addressing-Africa-s-demographic-dividend
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okr.identifier.report	114750
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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)