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The Africa Competitiveness Report 2007




Finance, infrastructure, institutions crucial to making Africa more competitive

A new report from World Economic Forum, World Bank and African Development Bank takes stock of African competitiveness.

African businesses can become far more competitive, but African governments and their international partners will need to improve access to finance, rebuild infrastructure and strengthen institutions.

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The Africa Competitiveness Report 2004




The Africa Competitiveness Report 2004-the third in the series-highlights the prospects for growth, obstacles to improving competitiveness and the need to accelerate the pace of economic change.

Analysis of over 100 indicators reveals regional trends and detailed country profiles show the performance of 25 African economies.

As well as using official economic and social statistics, the indicators used offer unique qualitative data on issues such as corruption, the impact on business of HIV/AIDS, infrastructure and access to financing.

Public Institutions Index 2003


The Public Institutions Index is derived from the results of the Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey  (EOS). The Index presents the perceived level of corruption and the rule of contracts and law.

In 2003 a record number of responses were received to the EOS: almost 8,000 responses from 106 countries. Close to 2,000 of these were from Africa.


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  Rankings 2007
Africa Competitiveness Report Top Ten
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country
Tunisia
South Africa
Mauritius
Egypt
Morocco
Libya
Algeria
Botswana
Namibia
Kenya
Score
4.72
4.42
4.22
4.09
4.02
4.00
3.98
3.83
3.76
3.61

Report 2007 links

 Download the Competitiveness Report 2007
 World Economic Forum on Africa 2007
 Report cover photo


  Download file in PDF format Report 2004 Downloads
Africa Report 2004
 Rankings (1pg; 220k)
 Preface (3pgs; 220k)
 Executive Summary (14pgs; 228k)
 Full report (220pgs; 2.77mb)
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