With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers have an increasingly critical role to play. They have also begun to focus on the...

The World Bank Africa Database, which is a component of Africa Development Indicators, offers a comprehensive database of about 1,200 indicators of macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. Time series of many indicators go back to 1965. Also included are...