The role of the private sector is particularly significant inAfrica-the focus of this report. Africa's population is expectedto increase to 1.7 billion in 2030. By 2050, the continent will be home to 2.4 billion people-a quarter of the world's future population. A growing and rapidly urbanizing...

Sierra Leone's devastating 11-year civil war destroyed much of its infrastructure, and left its economy in tatters. In 2004, two years after the end of the war, Sierra Leone asked the investment climate (IC) advisory services of the World Bank Group to help create a better business and...

Sustainable investment (SI) has a strong niche foothold in Sub-Saharan Africa, anchored in the region's largest investment market, South Africa. Yet more work is needed, at policy and portfolio levels, to grow this investment theme. This report recommends measures to expand SI in Sub-Saharan...