Acknowledgments Africa Development Indicators is a product of the Africa Region of the World Bank. This report has been prepared by a core team led by Rose Mungai comprising Francoise Genouille and Ayago Esmubancha Wambile in the production of this book and its companions—Africa Development Indicators Online 2012/13, and The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/13 and The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/13. Yohannes Kebede coordinated the ADI Online Apps platform while Mapi Buitano coordinated the dissemination of the book and its companions. Aby Toure managed the communication aspect. Francoise Genouille coordinated all stages of production. The overall work was carried out under the guidance of Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the Africa Region. The technical box contributors were: • Andrew Dabalen and Rose Mungai (Africa New Dollar Per Day [PPP] Poverty Estimates [$1.25/day] in 2008 ) • DIME (What’s the Coolest Region for doing Impact Evaluation? It’s Africa) • Jos Verbeek and Jose Alejandro Quijada (Africa and the MDGs: 2015 and Beyond) • Markus Goldstein (Gender) • Rabia Ali and Jishnu Das (Gender Differences in Risks of Death: Africa’s Excess Female Mortality and Trends Over Time) • Sumila Gulyani, Ellen Bassett and Debabrata Talukdar (A Multidimensional Portrait of Poverty and Living Conditions in Slums)
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Punam Chuhan-Pole and Vijdan Korman (CPIA results for Africa) Azita Amjadi, Abdolreza Farivari, Shelley Lai Fu, Ugendran Machakkalai, Shanmugam Natarajan, and Malarvizhi Veerappan collaborated in the online data production. Mahyar Eshragh-Tabary, Masako Hiraga, Maurice Nsabimana, and Soong Sup Lee collaborated in the update of the live database. Software preparation and testing for mobile applications was managed by Shelley Lai Fu, with the assistance of Ramgopal Erabelly and Parastoo Oloumi. Federico Escaler and William Prince collaborated in the production of The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/13 and The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/13. Jeffrey Lecksell and Bruno Bonansea of the World Bank’s Map Design Unit coordinated preparation of the maps. Kenneth Omondi provided administrative and logistical support. The core would like to thank the many people who provided useful comments on the publication. Their feedback and suggestions helped improve this year’s edition. Staff from External Affairs oversaw printing and dissemination of the book and its companions. Several institutions provided data to Africa Development Indicators. Their contribution is very much appreciated. EEI provided design direction, editing, and layout, led by Sheila Gagen; Cindy Peters typeset the book.
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