The World Bank Africa Development Indicators is a compilation of data, assembled by the

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, representing over 1,400 indicators of

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Methodology and scope

The information is updated annually from a variety of sources with datasets being available from 1960 onwards. Topics covered by the data include national accounts,

balance of payments In international economics, the balance of payments (also known as balance of international payments and abbreviated BOP or BoP) of a country is the difference between all money flowing into the country in a particular period of time (e.g., a ...

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

demography Demography () is the statistics, statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

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, energy and the environment and the

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. The World Bank aims at giving a broad picture of development across Africa, including 53 countries in five different country-groups. While most of the data is provided by the World Bank, a lot of it comes from different sources which is then put together under the World Bank Africa Development Indicators. With the contribution of organisation such as the

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(IMF), the

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, the International Road Federation and the

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, the

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, the

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

, the

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, etc. it is possible to provide information on this extremely high level of detail which is one of the key features of the data.World Bank, "50 Things You Didn’t Know about Africa"
retrieved September 15, 2009

Accessing the data

The Economic and Social Data Service International provides the macro-economic datasets free of charge for members of UK higher and further education institutions. In order to access the data, users have to be registered which can be don
here
Alternatively, the data is available to download on th
World Bank Africa Development Indicators website
which requires a subscription.

References

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External links

World Bank, The Little Data Book on Africa
retrieved September 15, 2009
World Bank, ADI 2008/2009 “Youth and Employment in Africa – The Potential, the Problem, the Promise"
retrieved September 15, 2009 World Bank Economic indicators

Methodology and scope

Accessing the data

See also

References

External links