Documents et rapports

Tanzania Economic Update : The Power of Investing in Girls - Educating Girls and Ending Child Marriage in Tanzania (anglais)

Economic performance in 2018 has been mixed. The data that are available suggest some areas of softening in the economy.1 Foreign direct investment declined to 2 percent of GDP in 2017, down from about...

Sources of productivity growth in Uganda : the role of interindustry and intra-industry misallocation in the 2000s (anglais)

Uganda's growth in gross domestic product of the 2000s was accompanied by high growth rates of labor productivity across industries producing tradable goods and services. This came about primarily as a...

Structural transformation and productivity growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s (anglais)

Uganda’s economy underwent significant structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of non-tradable services in aggregate employment rose by about 7 percentage points at the expense of the production...

Tanzania - TZ-Second Power and Gas Sector DPO : P145254 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

Tanzania - Tanzania Poverty Reduction Support Credit 10 : P110836 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

Light manufacturing in Tanzania : a reform agenda for job creation and prosperity (anglais)

The chapters in part one provides the overall context of light manufacturing in Tanzania. Chapter one presents the rationale for the study, the potential of the sector in creating jobs and prosperity for...

Tanzania - Tanzania Poverty Reduction Support Credit 9 : P112762 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

How can micro and small enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa become more productive? the impacts of experimental basic managerial training (anglais)

The vast majority of micro and small enterprises in developing countries are located in industrial clusters, and the majority of such clusters have yet to see their growth take off. The performance of...

Enhancing the recent growth of cross-border trade between South Sudan and Uganda (anglais)

This note describes the recent trend and the pattern of trade between South Sudan and Uganda, which showed a dramatic growth initially but remains vulnerable to changing local security conditions. It analyzes...

Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : from survival to growth (anglais)

The private sector is the engine of economic growth, stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation and promoting competition and productivity. While many countries in Africa have developed private sector-driven...

Domestic constraints, firm characteristics, and geographical diversification of firm-level manufacturing exports in Africa (anglais)

Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and...

Summary of sectoral growth and export promotion strategies for Niger's agricultural products (anglais)

Niger is the second poorest country in the world. Sustained economic growth is critically needed for the country's poverty reduction strategy. Niger's uranium deposits once gave it substantial leverage...

Summary of patterns of Africa-Asia trade and investment (anglais)

Traditionally, African economies have strong trade relations with European countries. In contrast, exports to Asia are a small but increasing market for Africa in recent years. Africa's exports to Asia...

Patterns of Africa-Asia trade and investment: potential for ownership and partnership (Vol. 1 of 2),Patterns of Africa-Asia trade and investment: potential for ownership and partnership (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

The main objective of this report is to build a basic understanding of the potential of Africa-Asia trade and investment relations. The importance of South-South trade has been recognized for some time;...

Tendances des flux commerciaux et d'investissement entre l'Afrique et l'Asie: potentiel de developpement et de partenariats (français)

Le principal objectif de ce rapport est d’obtenir une meilleure compréhension des relations commerciales et d’investissement potentielles entre l’Afrique et l’Asie. L’importance des relations Sud-Sud est...

Country analytical briefs with compendium of country-specific analysis of Africa-Asia trade complementarity (anglais)

This report will provide country-specific analyses of Africa's trade (both export and import) in the form of a Country Analytical Brief (CAB) that examines changing patterns and the composition of export...

Patterns of Africa-Asia trade and investment: potential for ownership and partnership (Vol. 2 of 2) (anglais)

The main objective of this report is to build a basic understanding of the potential of Africa-Asia trade and investment relations. The importance of South-South trade has been recognized for some time;...