African Economic Outlook 2017: Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation, 16th Edition

The African Economic Outlook 2017 presents the continent’s current state of affairs and forecasts its situation for the coming two years. This annual report examines Africa’s performance in crucial areas: macroeconomics, external financial flows and tax revenues, trade policies and regional integration, human development, and governance. For its 16th edition, the report takes a hard look at the role of entrepreneurs in Africa’s industrialisation process. It proposes practical steps that African governments can take to carry out effective industrialisation strategies. Policies aimed at improving skills, business clusters and financing could remove important constraints on African private enterprises. A section of country notes summarises recent economic growth, forecasts gross domestic product for 2017 and 2018, and highlights the main policy issues facing each of the 54 African countries. A statistical annex (available only on line) compares country-specific economic, social and political variables.

Table of Contents

PART I: Africa’s performance and prospects
Chapter 1: Africa’s macroeconomic prospects
Chapter 2: External financial flows and tax revenues for Africa
Chapter 3: Trade policies and regional integration in Africa
Chapter 4: Human development in Africa
Chapter 5: Political and economic governance in Africa
PART II: Entrepreneurship and industrialisation
Chapter 6: Improving entrepreneurship for industrialisation in Africa
Chapter 7: Designing, carrying out and assessing Africa’s industrialisation strategies
Chapter 8: Policies to promote entrepreneurship for Africa’s industrialisation
PART III: Country notes