This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time,...

The Cash Dividend: The Rise of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa assimilates results of a thorough review of the recent use of cash transfer programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing from sources including program documentation, policy papers, peer-reviewed publications, and interviews,...

The papers in this volume examine the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute to a broader definition of poverty to include "time poverty," and to a broader definition of work to include household work. The papers present a conceptual framework linking...

Intro -- Africa Now -- About the Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figure and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Displacement economies: paradoxes of crisis and creativity in Africa -- An insistent presence -- Conceptualizing displacement -- Considering displacement economies in Africa...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- Demographic Dividend or Disaster -- Demographic Dynamics in Africa -- Slow Declines in Fertility -- Variations in the Fertility Transition -- Speeding up the...

Table des matières -- RÉSUMÉ ANALYTIQUE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ÉVOLUTION RÉCENTE DE L'ÉCONOMIE ET RÉSULTATS OBTENUS DANS LE CADREDE L'ACCORD DE CONFIRMATION -- III. COMPTE RENDU DES ENTRETIENS -- IV. ÉVALUATION PAR LES SERVICES DU FMI -- APPENDICE I -- APPENDICE II -- APPENDICE III --...

Africa needs power - to grow its economies and enhance the welfare of its people. Power for all is still a long distance away - two thirds of the population remains without electricity and enterprises rank electricity as a top constraint to doing business. This sub-optimal situation coexists...

The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world's poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen as a legitimate way to fight poverty and ensure shared prosperity - and all the more so in...

Intro -- Table des matières -- Sigles et acronymes -- Résumé analytique -- I. Aperçu général -- II. Politiques monétaires et de change en Afrique subsaharienne -- III. Les entrées de capitaux privés en Afrique subsaharienne : la dernière frontière de la mondialisation financière? --...