Economic activity in Southern Africa picked up in the fourth quarter to propel the region’s average real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to an estimated 4.0 percent for 2012. Production recovery in crude oil underpinned higher growth in Angola. Lesotho experienced positive growth driven by...
Economic activity in Southern Africa remained sluggish during the third quarter. Coming on the back of the dismal performance during the second quarter, this sluggishness raises concern about the attainment of the overall 4.0 percent growth rate projected for 2012. With the exception of Botswana...
The East Africa Quarterly Bulletin is produced by country economists attached to the African Development Bank Group’s (ADB) East Africa Department. The publication covers all five member states of the East African Community (EAC) as well as the islands of The Seychelles. It is part of the ADB’s...
The East Africa Quarterly Bulletin is produced by country economists of the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) East Africa Regional Resource Center (EARC). The publication covers all five member states of the East African Community (EAC) as well as the Seychelles. It is part of the AfDB’s...
This first edition of the quarterly thematic review of the Regional Department - Centre (ORCE) is devoted to the issue of private investment in countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
Central Africa is one of Africa's richest regions in terms of its considerable...
This publication was prepared by the staff and consultants of the International Organization for Migration in Tunisia (IOM Tunis) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the Office for Tunisians Living Abroad (OTE).
27-Mar-2013
Towards a New Economic Model for Tunisia - Identifying Tunisia's Binding Constraints to Broad-Based Growth
In January of 2011, the people of Tunisia took to the streets to protest the existing 23-year-old regime, thus igniting the Tunisian Revolution and inspiring a wave of popular upheaval in the Arab world. To some observers the sudden outpouring of discontent was a surprise. Tunisia had achieved a...
This report was prepared under the overall supervision of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) with the technical support of the African Development Bank and the World Bank.
This Grant is issued from the Targeted Support Window (Pillar III) of the Fragile States Facility to the Recipient for the purposes of providing Technical Assistance and Capacity Building support for the Ministry of Public Works. The activities for which the Grant was given are as follows.