African Development Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on issues and partnerships for development in Africa. For related web links, see Regional Resources: Africa and AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa Web Links.
These links complement USIP Special Report:
Smart Partnerships for African Development: a New Strategic Framework.
Government Agencies, International Organizations and Regional Initiatives
African Development Bank Group
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Web site of ECOWAS, available in English, French and Portuguese (under development), with a description and structure of the organization, country profiles of each of the fifteen member countries, with publications, press releases, meetings and conferences.
International Monetary Fund
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
The web site is organized into sections for initiatives on political and economic governance, infrastructure, human resources, capital flows, market access, environment, news and country information.
Transparency International
- Transparency International
Web site of the organization has news and information on its mission and activities; a knowledge center features publications, surveys (including the Bribe Payers Index and the Corruption Perceptions Index), reports (The Global Corruption Report) and links to related web sites.
United Nations
- International Conference
on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, March 18-22, 2002
Web site for the U.N. conference contains archived webcasts, speeches
and statements (in video and text), documents, a daily journal and
conference calendar.
- The Secretary-General
Home Page
Chronicles the activities of the U.N. Secretary-General, including
schedule, travel, statements, speeches, a biography of the current
Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, with links to the Millennium
Report, 2000 and the Global
Compact, engaging business leaders in partnerships for good
practices in global development.
- United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
Web site contains several sections on UNDP by region (including
Africa), strategic
partnerships with other agencies, featured conferences and reports,
speeches, statements, UNDP's role in the World
Summit on Sustainable Development, among other issues.
United States
- African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA)
U.S. Department of Commerce web site covering all aspects of the
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), including reports, statistics,
news of legislation, the text of the AGOA acts, amendments and forums, trade links, and additional resources.
- Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
The web site of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a government corporation set up to administer the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), provides an overview and background information on its mission and work. The site also includes FAQs, documents, reports, press releases,
speeches and testimony, fact sheets, country data and guidance for developing proposals.
- USAID: Sub Saharan Africa Overview
Web site of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contains an overview of information on activities in Africa, regional activities and initiatives, country information, testimony, speeches, press releases, policy papers, etc. Search capability is included.
- U.S. Department of State
- Bureau of African Affairs
Includes links to official statements, press briefings, fact sheets,
and links to other related Internet sites. Includes an index for
individual country profiles and a link to the archives
1997-2000.
- U.S. Department
of State: International Information Programs: Africa
Extensive coverage of topical issues, links to reports, fact sheets,
the Washington File database, U.S. embassies, news and links to
related web sites.
- U.S.
Department of State: International Information Programs: Sustainable
Development
Includes sections on economic development, environmental protection,
social development and good governance. Links to an archive of U.S.
policy texts on sustainable development and related web sites.
World Bank
Maps and Guides
- CIA
World Factbook
Country information for each country, including those in Africa,
covering the geography, people, economy, government, and infrastructure.
Includes a map of each country.
- Maps of
Africa
Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the
University of Texas at Austin includes maps for African countries
produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
- ReliefWeb
Map Centre: Africa
Maps from the ReliefWeb
Map Centre include maps for specific emergencies, development and economic activities, as well as links
to maps for each country.
- Your Nation
An interactive database with information derived from the CIA
World Factbook, Your Nation allows the user to compare or rank
statistics for any two countries or display a statistical summary
for an individual country. Settings are customizable.
Media and News Sources
- allAfrica.com
Current news stories on Africa from various Africa-related wire
services and other organizations. Contains brief summary with a link to the full text,
as well as links by topic, region and country. Special sections
include: The United States
and Africa and special
reports Includes a special section on NEPAD, The
New Partnership for Africa's Development; AGOA, the African Growth and Opportunity Act; and Sustainable Africa, a section on sustainable development.
- BBC
News | Africa |
Current news from the BBC on Africa. Also includes several links to country profiles on individual countries. A search on "NEPAD" produces stories on The New Partnership for Africa's Development.
- OneWorld Africa
A guide to current news stories, with in-depth issues and analysis on Africa contributed
by One World partners. An advanced search function allows customized searches by topic, region or country, language and date.
- Pan-Africa Full Coverage on Yahoo! News:
Numerous links to news sources, stories from various wire services,
reports in audio and video, and related web sites.
Selected Documents and Political Resources
Updated: July 25, 2005
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