The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is delighted to present this edition of the Africa Tourism Monitor, which highlights the importance of developing a sustain-able and resilient tourism industry through innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology. Tourism is one of the fastest-growing and...

This is the eighteenth volume of Gender, Poverty, Environmental Indicators and Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication also provides some information on the broad development...

Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations 2017 is an annual publication of the African Development Bank Group, presenting data on operational activities of the Bank Group. Part One gives cross-country statistics on Bank operations and Part Two provides country-specific information on each...

Designations employed in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or...

This document was prepared by the Economic and Social Statistics Division of the Statistics Department at the African Development Bank. Designations employed in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the African Development Bank concerning the legal status of any...

Shaping markets and competition The nature of competitive rivalry and the identity of market participants are central to the quality of growth. The rivalry may be understood in dynamic terms including whether it relates to improving capabilities and allows opportunities for new local...

Prior to 2000, there was widespread pessimism regarding Africa’s economic growth prospects. An over-reliance on mineral exports, civil war and chronic corruption had ruined many of Africa’s economies, culminating in The Economist labelling it the ‘hopeless continent’ (The Economist, 2000). Since...

A century or two from now, when future historians analyze and chronicle the story of economic development and try to identify its defining and foundational moments (the conceptual points in time when the world decided to establish some baselines of commonality), it is very likely that they will...

The research on competitiveness aims to enhance our understanding of the drivers of prosperity differences across locations, focusing especially on aspects that can inform policy to support higher levels of prosperity (Porter, 1990; Porter, 2000; Delgado et al., 2013). This chapter outlines key...