Africa

Civil Society Analysis

• Extractive Industries and Energy Projects in Africa, last updated May 14, 2007 (BIC website) (MS Excel 304 KB)
• IFI Country Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview, Schedule and Contacts, Bank Information Center, updated November 2006 (Acrobat pdf 386 KB)
• G8 Summit 2004: Africa's Cheque Remains Unsigned & Uncashable, Joint statement from African NGOs and unions prior to the 2004 Summit, Sea Islands, USA 8-12th June, 2004
• Statement of the Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES), May 2, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 28KB)
• Statement of the African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society on the Extractive Industries Review, March 2004 (Acrobat pdf 130KB)
• Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor, Catholic Relief Services, June 2003 (CRS website)
• Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, Scott Pegg, IUPUI, April 2003 (Acrobat pdf 1 MB). Also available: Français (560 KB)
• Declaration on Africa’s Development Challenges (50 Years is Enough Network website)

Press

• World Bank lending to Africa plummets Government Accountability Project, March 14, 2007 (GAP website)
• Chad says wants to use oil money to buy weapons Reuters, April 19, 2006 (ABC News website)
• Africa's Positive Growth Has Vindicated IMF, World Bank, Says De Rato by Mwila Nkonge and Joe Kaunda March 15, 2006 (AllAfrica website)
• Groups appeal to World Bank unit over Newmont mine by Lesley Wroughton, January 30, 2006 (Reuters website)
• Kenya gets $25 million loan from World Bank despite corruption row by Jeevan Vasagar in Nairobi and Michela Wrong, January 26, 2006 (The Guardian website)
• Why a World Bank oil project has run into the sand by David White, January 22, 2006 (Financial Times website)
• Breaking the Oil Curse The New York Times, December 16, 2005 (New York Times website)
• Row brews in Chad over management of oil revenue by Stephanie Hancock, October 25 2005 (Reuters website)

Official webpages

• World Bank's Africa webpage
• IFC's Africa webpage
• World Bank Africa Action Plan
• African Development Bank website

Other Useful Web Pages

• www.allafrica.com - AllAfrica.Com provides comprehensive news coverage of current affairs and development issues in Africa
• Pambazuka News - A weekly publication concerning social justice issues in Africa

IFIs in africa news briefings