For the last three years.

For the last three years, the African disclosure Bank (ADB) has published an invaluable, comparative analysis of Africa's economic performance. The aim of the document--African Economic foresight (AEO)--is to assess annual economic changes in succession the continent in order to gauge whether the continent is progressing or regressing.

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How does single in kind measure change? What do 'facts and figures' disclose us? The authors of the ADB report appear to have kept the adage 'there are lies, damned lies and statistics' firmly in mind in the preparation of their report. Statistics, as we know, can not and nothing else hide ...