World Bank Publications on Africa 2010-2011

World Bank Publications on

Africa 2010-2011

Africa Development Forum This series focuses on issues of significant relevance to Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development. Its aim is both to record the state of the art on a specific topic and to contribute to ongoing local, regional, and global policy debates. It is designed specifically to provide practitioners, scholars, and students with the most up-to-date research results while highlighting the promise, challenges, and opportunities that exist on the continent.

Challenges for African Agriculture

Gender Disparities in Africa’s Labor Market

Edited by Jean-Claude Deveze

Edited by Jorge Saba Arbache, Alexandre Kolev & Ewa Filipiak

Presents the key demographic, economic, and environmental challenges for agriculture and proposes courses of action for Africa to be successful in its agricultural transitions. It addresses improvement and normalization of the land tenure structures, reinforcement of innovation processes, and development of regional agricultural markets, among other issues.

Nov 2010 | 296 pages | 978-0-8213-8481-7 | Paperback $35.00

Fills an important gap in the knowledge about gender inequality in the labour market in Africa by providing a comparative analysis of survey data for 24 countries. It uses a comprehensive set of labour market indicators disaggregated by location, age groups, etc.

Aug 2010 | 452 pages | 978-0-8213-8066-6 | Paperback $25.00

Africa Development Indicators 2010

Silent and Lethal: How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa’s Development Efforts The opening articles of the print edition focus on behaviours that are difficult to observe and quantify, but whose impact on service delivery and regulation has adverse long-term effects on households.

The Single User CD-ROM is included with the print edition, and is also available for Multiple User applications.

The CD-ROM editions offer a comprehensive database with year-by-year time series of most indicators going back to 1970. The database contain over 1,200 indicators of macroeconomic, sectoral, and social data for over 50 African countries and 20 regional country groups. It includes the most updated data and useful features.

May 2010 | 214 pages 978-0-8213-8202-8 | Print + Single User CD-ROM | $100.00 978-0-8213-8204-2 | Multiple User CD-ROM | $50.00

The Little Data Book on Africa 2010 A pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2010 that contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick reference for users of the ADI book and ADI Online. The country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member countries in Africa.

Apr 2010 | 128 pages | 978-0-8213-8255-4 | Paperback $15.00

Africa’s Infrastructure Series Africa’s infrastructure sectors lag well behind those of the rest of the word, and the gap is widening. Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa’s prosperity, and now is the time to begin the transformation. These books are the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa’s infrastructure sectors.

Africa’s Infrastructure

Africa’s Power Infrastructure

Africa’s Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

A Time for Transformation

Improving Investment, Connectivity, Reliability, and Efficiencies

Access, Affordability, and Alternatives

By Anton Eberhardt & Maria Shkaratan

Presents a quantitative snapshot of water and sanitation sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the challenges to coverage expansion in the past decade between 1995-2005 in the context of financing, institutional reforms, and efficiency improvements.

Edited by Vivien Foster & Cecilia M. Briceño-Garmendia

By Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee & Elvira Morella

This volume represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors – information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation.

Looks at policies and investment strategies that renew efforts to reform state-owned utilities, build on the lessons of private participation in infrastructure projects, retarget electrification strategies, expand regional power trade, and mobilize new funding resources.

Jan 2010 | 384 pages | 978-0-8213-8041-3 Paperback $39.95

Charts the history of the ICT revolution in Africa and discusses how telecommunications has been transformed from a luxury enjoyed by the few, to a part of everyday life across the region.

Describes the nature, extent, and condition of the SubSaharan African road, rail, air, maritime, and waterway transport networks. It is based on a comprehensive new collection of physical and financial data collected under the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostics program.

Apr 2011 | 250 pages | 978-0-8213-8454-1 | Paperback $30.00

Jan 2011 | 440 pages | 978-0-8213-8456-5 | Paperback $30.00

Mar 2011 | 320 pages | 978-0-8213-8455-8 | Paperback $30.00

Africa’s ICT Infrastructure Edited by Mark Williams

Jan 2011 | 328 pages | 978-0-8213-8457-2 | Paperback $30.00

Africa’s Transport Infrastructure Mainstreaming Maintenance and Management

By Ken Gwilliam

Biofuels in Africa Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges

By Donald Mitchell

The objective of this volume is to deepen understanding of the potential of biofuels in Africa and to examine the domestic and foreign policies that influence that potential. It examines the important characteristics of biofuels within the African context, evaluating the market opportunities and economic viability of biofuels, and examining domestic and foreign policies.

Dec 2010 | 210 pages | 978-0-8213-8516-6 | Paperback $30.00

Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture

Migration, Remittances, and Development in Africa Seeks to improve our understanding of migration and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa, including their magnitude, causes, and impacts on poverty reduction.

Drawing on extensive survey literature and intensive research based on primary data collected through household surveys, analysis of remittance markets, focus group meetings with diaspora groups, and consultations with embassies and government departments, this is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration, remittances, and other diaspora resources for the development of Sub-Saharan Africa.

May 2011 | 150 pages | 978-0-8213-8257-8 | Paperback $39.95

A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications

Remittance Markets in Africa

By C. Martin Webber & Patrick Labaste

Edited by Sanket Mohapatra & Dilip Ratha

The development and business communities recently have experienced a tremendous resurgence of interest in promoting value chains development as a way to add value, lower transaction costs, diversify rural economies, and contribute to increasing rural household incomes. Using real examples, this guide is designed for those who want to know more about value chain-based approaches and how to use them in ways that can contribute to sound operational decisions, improved market linkages, and results for enterprise and industry development.

Presents findings of surveys of remittance service providers conducted in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and in three key destination countries. It looks at issues relating to costs, competition, innovation and regulation, and discusses policy options for leveraging remittances for development in Africa.

Jan 2010 | 208 pages | 978-0-8213-7952-3 Paperback $40.00 Agriculture and Rural Development Series

Demanding Good Governance Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa Edited by Mary McNeil & Carmen Malena

Presents case studies from a cross-section of countries, drawing on initiatives launched and implemented both by civil society groups and by local and national governments in countries with a wide range of political contexts and cultures. The case studies demonstrate that, although social accountability approaches are strongly influenced by many underlying legal, social, cultural, and economic factors, they can still be implemented in difficult political environments.

Jun 2010 | 264 pages | 978-0-8213-8380-3 Paperback $25.00

BESTSELLERS

Jan 2011 | 420 pages | 978-0-8213-8475-6 | Paperback $39.95 Directions in Development Series

Open Skies for Africa Implementing the Yamoussoukro Decision

By Charles E. Schlumberger

Africa has suffered several decades of inefficient air services, mostly provided by uncompetitive flag carriers.

To foster liberalization and development of the air transport sector, African states adopted the Yamoussoukro Decision in 1999. This book reviews progress made in implementing the decision, and gives recommendations for the way forward.

Jun 2010 | 260 pages | 978-0-8213-8205-9 Paperback $30.00 Directions in Development Series

Social and Poverty Analysis in Conflict-Affected Countries

Africa at a Turning Point?

Growth, Aid, and External Shocks Edited by Delfin Sia Go & John Page 2008 | 520 pages | 978-0-8213-7277-7 | Paperback $49.95

Africa’s Silk Road China and India’s New Economic Frontier

By Harry G. Broadman 2006 | 384 pages | 978-0-8213-6835-0 | Paperback $25.00

Africa’s Future, Africa’s Challenge Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Edited by Marito H. Garcia et al 2008 | 556 pages | 978-0-8213-6886-2 | Paperback $25.00 Directions in Development Series

Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond

By Michael L. Morris et al 2009 | 232 pages | 978-0-8213-7941-7 | Paperback $30.00

Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa Edited by Kym Anderson & William A. Masters 2009 | 660 pages | 978-0-8213-7652-2 | Paperback $39.95

Youth in Africa’s Labor Market Edited by Marito H. Garcia & Jean Fares 2008 | 328 pages | 978-0-8213-6884-8 Paperback + CD-ROM $20.00 Directions in Development Series

Tools and Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa Edited by Vincent Fruchart, Per Egil Wam & Quentin Wodon

Examines the interplay of violent conflict, poverty, and social dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa and discusses qualitative and quantitative tools. It presents case studies that shed new light on how violent conflicts disrupt lives, derail development, distort societal relations, and sow the seeds of new conflicts.

Mar 2011 | 240 pages | 978-0-8213-7643-0 | Paperback $29.50

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