Transcript african competitiveness indicators

AFRICAN COMPETITIVENESS:A
FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
SYMPOSIUM ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION
IDENTIFYING INDICATORS FOR MONITORING
AID FOR TRADE
September 15-16, WTO, Geneva
Outline
 Introduction
 ACR-Pillars
 Infrastructure Situation in Africa
 Infrastructure in AfDB Interventions
 The Monitoring Agenda
 Other Areas of Focus in Future
Introduction
Africa's comparative growth performance, 1980-2007
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Developing Asia
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GDP growth (percent)
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Africa
Africa is experiencing renewed optimism due to a much better
regional economic climate despite recent challenges such as high food and oil prices.
But question remain as to how sustainable this growth will be over the longer run?
 One of the key messages is that African countries must become more competitive.
Africa Competitiveness Report (ACR) The Nine Pillars
Pillar on infrastructure
 Major focus of Bank: Quality of
infrastructure & connectivity
 Why infrastructure investment?
Facilitates regional integration
 Enables intra-regional trade
 Connects regions to global markets
 Attracts private sector investment
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Infrastructure Situation in Africa
 Infrastructure remains one of the top
business constraints in the region; 30%
of overall cost in some cases
 Only 30% of rural population in SSA have
access to all-season road
 Transport costs amongst highest in world
 28 countries affected by energy crisis
 Only 30% of African population have
access to electricity
ACR Infrastructure Scores, NA
Country/Economy
Rank
North Africa:
Algeria
80
Egypt
56
Libya
100
Morocco
61
Tunisia
37
North Africa average
Sub-saharan Africa average
Latin America/Caribbean average
Southeast Asia Average
Source: African Competitiveness Report,, 2007 (ACR)
Score
2.93
3.74
2.46
3.58
4.42
3.53
2.45
3.25
3.12
ACR Infrastructure Scores, SSA
Infrastructure
Country/Economy
Rank
Score
Angola
116
2.07
Benin
117
2.06
Botswana
67
3.38
Burkina Faso
113
2.15
Burundi
126
1.71
Cameroon
124
1.93
Chad
128
1.43
Ethiopia
105
2.34
Gambia
97
2.62
Kenya
89
2.75
Lesotho
121
2.00
Madagascar
119
2.03
Sub-saharan Africa average
2.45
Latin America/Caribbean average
3.25
Southeast Asia Average
3.12
ACR Infrastructure Scores, SSA
Infrastructure
Country/Economy
Rank
Score
Malawi
118
2.06
Mali
115
2.09
Mauritania
114
2.10
Mauritius
42
4.21
Mozambique
102
2.41
Namibia
45
4.16
Nigeria
108
2.26
South Africa
50
4.04
Tanzania
96
2.65
Uganda
122
1.99
Zambia
90
2.75
Zimbabwe
101
2.44
Sub-saharan Africa average
2.45
Latin America/Caribbean average
3.25
Southeast Asia Average
3.12
Infrastructure in AfDB Interventions
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Approvals for infrastructure projects in 2007
reached a record level of Appx US$3 bn (UA
1.93 billion), accounting for 74.8 percent of
total loan and grant approvals.
48% (energy); 39% (transport); & 13% (other)
Infrastructure represents large portion of AfT
Agenda
1st Global Review presents that infrastructure
represented 96% of Bank’s AfT allocation
Strong Regional Operations
 Regional activities: important for Bank - increase
competitiveness and productivity
 Multinational operations increased from USD290
million in 2006 to USD661 million in 2007 and doubled
in the recent replenishment
 Supporting development of intraregional and regional
transport networks i.e. in East African Community:
 Issaka (Tanzania) - Kigali (Rwanda) - Bujumbura
(Burundi) Railway Line
 Kisumu (Kenya) - Busia (Uganda) - Jinja (Uganda)
Northern Road Corridor
 Nyakanazi (Tanzania) - Kigoma (Tanzania)
Bujumbura (Burundi) - Kigali (Rwanda)
The Monitoring Agenda
Internal processes
 Flagship publication: African Competitiveness Report
– with WEF & WB (2007); African Development
Report 2009/2010 (Logistics); African Economic
Outlook with the OECD
 Ex-ante Development Impact Assessment; key
indicators infrastructure, imports, exports, intraregional trade
 Competitiveness & trade indicators specified - Logical
Framework of project documents & evaluation reports
 Data collection activities by the statistics department
– Data Platform
Other areas of focus
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary agenda
Trade facilitation: ports, customs, etc
Capacity building for trade negotiations:
African Legal Support Facility (AfDB)
Mainstream trade in Bank operations
Establish Africa AfT Website
Africa AfT Network -> OECD Knowledge
Network
Work with RECs
Promote Development Corridors & Spatial
Development Initiatives
Thank you