Economic Report On Africa 2003: Accelerating The Pace Of Development - Tapa blanda

This is the fourth annual review of Africa's economic performance and near-term prospects, which seeks to build on the work of the three previous reports by laying out an agenda based on systematic benchmarking of economic performance. The report finds that economic growth in Africa slowed in 2002 to 3.2 per cent (from an average of 4.3 per cent per year previously), reflecting the slower than expected recovery in world trade, the effects of drought and AIDS in southern and eastern Africa, and the political and armed conflicts in several countries. Despite these problems, well-managed economies with solid reform agendas and good governance performed well, and this mixed performance highlights the importance of steady growth levels for effective poverty reduction and sustainable improvements in living standards. The report also contains seven in-depth country studies of Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Ghana, Egypt, Gabon and Mauritius, which reveal a number of inter-country disparities in growth and development levels between urban and rural areas.