World Bank (2015). Africa Development Indicators: Labor and Social Protection | Topic: Economic activity | World Development Indicator Attribute: Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector, 2010. Data-Planet™ Statistical Ready Reference by Conquest Systems, Inc. [Data-file]. Dataset-ID: 051-004-007.
Dataset: The 114 Labor and Social Protection indicators include metrics on economic activity (including labor participation rates, employment-population ratios, and child employment); labor force structure; migration (including international migrant and refugee populations and emigration rates); and unemployment.
For World Bank definitions of each indicator included here, see http://statisticaldatasets.data-planet.com/DSCites/ADILA.pdf .
The World Bank provides broad and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe as an aid to policymakers and advocacy groups in developing effective policies and monitoring the implementation of poverty reduction strategies and progress towards global goals. The dataset provided here contains over 1,600 indicators covering 53 African countries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators.
Data sources and years of coverage vary across indicators. Much of the data comes from the statistical systems of World Bank member countries. The quality of the data depends on how well these national systems perform. Errata announcements are posted periodically by the World Bank at http://data.worldbank.org/about/data-updates-errata.
Category: International Relations and Trade, Labor and Employment
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Founded in 1944 as a result of the Bretton Woods Conference, the World Bank is an independent specialized agency of the United Nations that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries in order to foster economic growth and reduce poverty. Today, the World Bank Group comprises five institutions owned by 187 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), which focuses on middle-income and creditworthy poor countries; the International Development Association (IDA), which focuses on least developed countries; the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
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