"Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and … increased or remained stable in rural Africa. For all four services, among the poorest households coverage remains virtually … community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site …

"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

"With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small … are emerging in Africa, there is a shift from defined benefit toward defined contribution plans, and African institutional …

"The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable … developing countries over the period 1960 to 2005. The paper also examines subregional differences within Africa. They make use … conditioning factors, as well as adjusting for potential endogeneities. Results show that Africa lags behind all other regions of …

"This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and …-which has been on the rise in recent years-accounts for about 6 percent of installed generation capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa …

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 …