"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …

The Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NGACBP), launched in 2020, provides a platform to further galvanize … climate action by prioritizing its focus on Sub Saharan Africa's development challenges and priorities. The plan focuses on … for Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) and Western and Central Africa (AFW) …

development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa …, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure …

"This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine …

Africa Development Indicators 2007/8 (ADI) is the latest annual report from the World Bank on social and economic … occurring in Africa. ADI contains statistical indicators of over 1,200 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries … indicators. It also brings an essay on a key topic for Africa, and this years' theme is the long term growth challenges of the …

The size, resources, and location of the Democratic Republic of Congo have an impact on all of Central Africa. The …. The second largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo borders nine countries and has complex …