Database on Fiscal Revenues

New database on fiscal revenues for 50 African governments from 1996 to 2008. The database is the result of a joint effort between the AfDB’s statistics department and the OECD Development Centre and will be updated annu

Jean-Philippe Stijns, Conference on EU-Africa: Partnership for Development and Security, Belgian House of Representatives

Speech given on the occasion of the Belgian EU / WEU Presidency High-Level Conference on EU-Africa: Partnership for Development and Security.

DEV Position Paper No. 1: Taxation in Africa: The path to economic independence

The global economic crisis has made it painfully clear that Africa is over-dependent upon external financial flows. Public resource mobilisation, namely taxation, is a precondition to Africa achieving greater economic independence.

African Economic Outlook 2010

The 2010 African Economic Outlook finds the continent reeling from the effects of the world’s deepest and most widespread recession in half a century. Just how hard was the region hit? What are the prospects for recovery? This edition features an in-depth study of Taxation and Aid in Africa.

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AEO 2010 Multilingual summary English

AEO 2010 Multilingual summary English

AEO 2010 in 60 seconds

The 2010 African Economic Outlook finds the continent reeling from the effects of the world's deepest and most widespread recession in half a century.

AEO finds Africa hit by the crisis but set to rebound

The 2010 African Economic Outlook was launched at the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on May 24.

A telecoms deal for Africa's poorest

Laura Recuero Virto, an economist at the OECD Development Centre, says the Bharti Airtel - MTN deal should bring down prices for African consumers.

Africaneconomicoutlook.org

The Development Centre's award-winning website keeping its finger on the economic pulse of Africa.

China in Africa: Debunking myths and debating truths

In the context of its ongoing work on new trade and development partners in Africa, the Development Centre hosted a presentation and debate of Asia/Africa expert Deborah Brautigam’s new book The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa.