The Africa Competitiveness Report 2000/2001

by World Economic Forum

• ISBN13: 9780195143041
• ISBN10: 0195143043
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The biennial Africa Competitiveness Report 2000/2001 (ACR) is a major research activity of the World Economic Forum. Oxford is pleased to make available for the first time a reasonably priced paperback edition of this invaluable resource. Africa Competitiveness Report 2000/2001 offers objective and subjective rankings of 24 African countries with an analysis of their competitive strengths and weaknesses. Each African country is given a four page profile that offers a succinct analysis of the political, economic, and social factors that affect each country's competitiveness. The countries are then ranked on numerous variables organized in the following six categories: openness, government, finance, infrastructure, labor, and institutions. Like its parent volume, the annual Global Competitiveness Report , this Report opens with essays by respected and well-known scholars who offer synthetic, evaluative treatments of African competitiveness. Africa Competitiveness Report 2000/2001 will be of great interest to students and professionals interested in finance, international management, marketing, development economics, and African studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(3)
Klaus Schwab
Competitiveness Rankings	9	(7)
Executive Summary	16	(6)
Lisa D. Cook
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Electronic Commerce in Africa	22	(4)
Lisa D. Cook
Geoffrey S. Kirkman
Business, AIDS, and Africa	26	(12)
David Bloom
Lakshmi Reddy Bloom
Financial Development and the Liberalization of Financial Services Trade	38	(8)
Peter Cornelius
The Case for Increased Debt Forgiveness	46	(14)
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Maciej Cuchra
Sara E. Sievers
African Economies without Raw Materials	60	(6)
Andrew M. Warner
Mozambique: Optimism, Growth, and Investment	66	(4)
Lisa D. Cook
Corruption, Foreign Investment, and Growth	70	(10)
Johann Graf Lambsdorff
Peter Cornelius
Measuring Democracy's Dividends: The Case of Nigeria	80	(4)
Lisa D. Cook
Methodology	84	(161)
Lisa D. Cook
Sara E. Sievers
Country Profiles
Angola
Sean Cleary
Botswana
Ita Mannathoko
Burkina Faso
Gustave Nebie
Cameroon
Prosper Biabo
Cote d'lvoire
Aminata Maiga
Egypt
Noha El-Mahdy
Sahar Tohamy
Ethiopia
Berhanu Nega
Ghana
Sara E. Sievers
Kenya
Francis M. Mwega
Lesotho
Sara E. Sievers
Madagascar
Pepe Andrianomanana
Malawi
Watipaso Mkandawire
Mauritius
J. Gilbert Gnany
Morocco
Fouzi Mourji
Mozambique
Antonio Franco
Namibia
Lisa D. Cook
Namibian Counterparts
Nigeria
Pat Utomi
Senegal
Hamet Ndour
Seychelles
Laura N. Beny
Lisa D. Cook
South Africa
Melvin Ayogu
Geeta Singh
Swaziland
Sibusiso C. Sibandze
Tanzania
S.M. Wangwe
Tunisia
Tahar Ben Amor
Uganda
Louis Kasekende
Zambia
Gideon M. Phiri
Bwalya K. E. Ng'andu
Zimbabwe	87	(158)
Isaac Takawira
Data	245	(44)
Supporting Companies	289