Indicators

Weekly Monitoring of Major Financial Crisis Indicators

In order to closely monitor the global financial crisis, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is providing the public with weekly updated statistics tools. The monitoring tools, designed and updated by the Office of the Chief Economist of the AfDB, include the following indicators: analysis of financial markets, exchange rates and commodity prices. The reference date for the three indicators is July 31, 2008

This report by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, shows that developing countries cannot be treated as a homogenous block – concerns vary significantly across countries, depending on their current economic situation and capacity to respond. Isolation from world financial markets will not protect the poorest countries, as the indirect impacts are likely to be severe.

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