African Investment Environment & Capital Flows -- Reports

Links to recent reports by African & international organizations on: the business, economic, and financial environments in African countries; capital flows and foreign & domestic investment; etc.

Africa Centre for Investment Analysis

Proceedings - Fifth Annual Africa Development Finance Conference

African Finance Journal

African Finance Association

African Capital Markets Forum - Quarterly Newsletter & Reports

African Development Bank

African Development Report 2004

African Economic Outlook 2003-2004

Publications Economic Research Papers

African Economic Research Consortium - Publications

African Finance & Economics Association

Journal of African Finance and Economic Development

African Stock Markets Handbook - 2004. UNDP

Africa Policy Outlook 2004. January 2004. Africa Action

Africa Policy Outlook 2003. March 2003. Africa Action

Arab Human Development Report 2003 & 2002. United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Commission on Capital Flows to Africa

Report: A Ten-Year Strategy for Increasing Capital Flows to Africa. June 2003

Increasing Capital Flows to Africa. Susan E. Rice. The Brookings Institution. 23 October 2003

Focus, Sep-Oct 2003 - Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies. Plan Seeks to Boost African Investment

Corporate Council on Africa

Increasing Capital Flows to Africa Conference - Presentations. February 2004

Africa 2004

2003 AGOA Forum. December 2003

2003 US-Africa Business Summit. June 2003

The Economist

Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa. 15 January 2004.

Global Coalition for Africa

2002-03 Annual Report: African Social and Economic Trends

2001-02 Annual Report: The Private Sector -- the Missing Link in African Development Strategies?

Harvard Business School Africa Business Conferences - Special Reports, organized by the Africa Business Club

Building the African Dream. March 24, 2003
Africa Inc.: A New Frontier for Business. March 25, 2002

Entrepreneurial Ventures in Africa: Creating, Growing, and Running the African Company. April 9, 2001

Africa in the New Millennium. April 25, 2000

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Business in Africa

The UNCTAD-ICC Project on Investment Guides and Capacity-building for LDCs

International Finance Corporation

IFC Annual Report 2003: Sub–Saharan Africa

IFC Annual Report 2003: Middle East and North Africa

IFC in Sub-Saharan Africa. Solomon Asamoah, IFC. Mozambique Investment Forum, October 2003.

IFC Work on Country Investment Climates. Frank Lysy, IFC. July 15, 2002.

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Country Information Links Database: Africa and the Middle East

Transparency International

Global Corruption Report 2004

TI Corruption Perceptions Index
The Kenya Bribery Index 2004

Government of Kenya Statement on Kenya Bribery Index 2004

Global Corruption Report
TI Global Corruption Barometer survey

National Integrity Systems Country Studies

CORISweb - Transparency International's Corruption Online Research and Information System

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

World Investment Report 2004

The Least Developed Countries Report 2004

Management of Capital Flows: Comparative Experiences and Implications for Africa. September 2003

Trade and Development Report 2003 -- Capital Accumulation, Growth and Structural Change. October 2003

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Human Development Report 2004

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Striving for Good Governance in Africa. Synopsis-African Governance Report 2005

African Development Forum IV - Governance for a Progressing Africa. 2004.

Economic Report on Africa 2004

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa. 2004.

Africa Networking: Development Information and Governance. June 2004

Economic Report on Africa 2003

Trade Competitiveness Index. Forthcoming

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2003

World Bank

African Development Indicators 2004

The World Bank in Africa

Building State Capacity in Africa

Doing Business in 2005: Removing Obstacles to Growth

Investment Climate Assessments: Resources

Investment Climate Assessments: Country Reports - Africa

Rapid Response Unit - Papers & Links on Investment Climate and Privatization

World Business Environment Survey (WBES) 2000

Global Development Finance 2004

Global Development Finance 2003 - Striving for Stability in Development Finance

Global Development Finance 2002 - Financing the World's Poorest

Global Economic Prospects 2004: Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda

Press Release: Sub-Saharan Africa.

Global Economic Prospects 2003: Investing to unlock global opportunities
Global Economic Prospects 2002: Making trade work for the world's poor

Poverty Progress Report 2004

World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone. World Bank.

World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work For Poor People

World Bank Institute - Presentations, Reports, Papers, Etc. on Governance

World Bank Institute - Governance Indicators

World Economic Forum

Africa Competitiveness Report 2004

Global Governance Initiative - 2004 Annual Report

Africa Economic Summit 2003 - Africa Agenda Monitor

Arab World Competitiveness Report 2002-2003

Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004

World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power.