The theme of the 2016 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report is Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation. The joint report by the African Development Bank (AfDB), OECD and UNDP notes Nigeria's rapid growth has led to increased unemployment and income inequality due to poor urban planning and weak links between structural transformation and urbanisation. The report was launched in Nigeria by the Nigeria Country Office of the AfDB at an outreach event held at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. Read more. More about AfDB in this BRIEFING.
The theme of the 2016 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report is Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation. The report looks closely at Africa's distinctive pathways towards urbanisation, and how this is increasingly shifting economic resources to more productive activities. The publication covers all 54 African nations, with individual country notes and corresponding statistical annexes.
The African Economic Outlook (AEO) celebrates its 15th edition this year. The African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the ... see more »
Africa's recent economic growth has not been accompanied by a real structural transformation. As a result, millions of Africans, especially women and youth, have been left behind. ... Read more »
Despite the difficult and challenging global economic situation, African countries achieved considerable economic progress in 2015, registering a 3.6% average GDP growth during the ... Read more »
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