The World Economy brings together two reference works by Angus Maddison: The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective, first published in 2001 and The World Economy: Historical Statistics, published in 2003. This new edition contains Statlinks, a service providing access to the underlying data in...

The World Bank Africa Database, which is a component of Africa Development Indicators, offers a comprehensive database of about 1,200 indicators of macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. Time series of many indicators go back to 1965. Also included are...

In many African countries, violent conflicts have slowed down economic and social development, if they have not actually pushed it backwards. In order to manage conflicts in a non-violent manner, governance methods adapted to the development process are needed. Effective conflict prevention,...