African Statistical Yearbook 2013

Download or read book African Statistical Yearbook 2013 written by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs, significantly improve the availability and quality of the data, and lead to better monitoring of development initiatives on the continent. The data in this issue of the Yearbook are arranged generally for the years 2004-2012, or for the last eight years for which data are available. It is published in a single volume consisting of two parts: a set of summary tables followed by country profiles.