Acknowledgments Africa Development Indicators (ADI) is a product of the Africa Region of the World Bank. Jorge Saba Arbache was the manager of this book and its companions—Africa Development Indicators Online 2008/09, Africa Development Indicators 2008/09—Multiple User CD-ROM, and Little Data Book on Africa 2008/09. Rose Mungai led the work on data gathering, consistency checks and compilation. The core team included Mpho Chinyolo, Francoise Genouille, Jane K. Njuguna, and Christophe Rockmore. The overall work was carried out under the guidance and supervision of Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the Africa Region. Pablo Suarez Robles provided research assistance, and Harold Alderman, Mayra Buvinic, Louise Fox, Caterina R. Laderchi, and Paul Moreno-Lopez provided useful comments on an earlier draft of the essay. Azita Amjadi, Abdolreza Farivari, Richard Fix, Shelley Lai Fu, Shahin Outadi, William Prince, Atsushi Shimo and Malarvizhi Veerappan collaborated in the data production. Maja Bresslauer, Mahyar Eshragh-Tabary, Victor Gabor and Soong Sup Lee collaborated in the update of the Live Data Base. Mehdi Akhlaghi collaborated in the production of the Little Data Book on Africa 2008/09.
The boxes in the book and in the technical notes benefited from contributions from Aziz Bouzaher (climate change), Sebastien Dessus (PPP), John May (demographic transition), Gary Milante (conflicts), Deepak Mishra and Mesfin Girma Bezawagaw (inflation), Pierella Paci and Catalina Gutierrez (unemployment), David Wilson and Elizabeth Lule (HIV prevalence and incidence), Quentin Wodon (food prices, role of faithinspired organizations, and poverty and migration), and Ali Zafar (franc zone). Aziz Bouzaher provided guidance for the table on climate change, and Gary Milante for the tables on conflicts and polity. Ann Karasanyi and Ken Omondi provided administrative and logistical support. Delfin Go and Yutaka Yoshino provided general comments and suggestions. Several institutions provided data to ADI. Their contribution is very much appreciated. The Word Express, Inc. provided design direction, editing, and layout. Dohatec New Media prepared the navigation structure and interface design of the Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 CD-ROM. Staff from External Affairs, including Herbert Boh, Richard Crabbe, Lillian Foo, Gozde Isik, Valentina Kalk, and Malika Khek oversaw publication and dissemination of the book and its companions.
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