The objective of the program is to reduce trade and transport barriers in the ports and on the roads along the Abidjan-Lagos coastal corridor. The total cost of the program is estimated at about…

ECOWAS and UEMOA seek to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the main transport corridors in West Africa in order to boost intraregional and international trade, a key factor of growth and…

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) which includes Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, was officially created in…

The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The EAC aims at widening and deepening regional trade and cooperation…

The Africa Competitiveness Report 2011, the third report jointly published by World Bank organizations, comes out at a time when Africa’s recovery from the global economic crisis has been faster than…

The overarching objective of this paper is to provide a coherent strategic framework to guide the World Bank’s assistance in support of regional integration and regional programs in Sub-Saharan…

This Progress Report comes in the wake of our new Africa Strategy, which has been prepared at a time of strong economic growth and rapid post crisis rebound that has given rise to a new optimism. In…

The Little Data Book on Africa 2011 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2011. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is…

This year’s Africa Development Indicators, which covers some 1,700 macroeconomic, sectoral, and human development indicators dating to the 1960s, comes at a critical time for Sub-Saharan Africa’s 48…

The renewed regional strategy was developed through widespread consultations. It sets World Bank directions in support of Africa’s transformation and provides the framework in which to embed country…