Useful sources about Africa

A 2014 annual report by UNICEF’s Schools for Africa initiative examines some of the education outcomes the campaign achieved in improving African education standards.

The UN Public Administration Network library provides resources on public administration policy, restructuring of civil services and policies on pay and promotion.

A report on African urban planning covering broad topics such as the low urban development trap, densification and urban scale. It is part of a volume in the African Regional Studies Program focused on policy relevance and application.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment reports examine the impact of climate change across the world. The IPCC is currently in its sixth assessment cycle. It was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

The UN Economic Commission for Africa's review report on waste management in Africa. It includes major trends and emerging issues on waste management and actions taken across the continent.

An article in the open-access International Journal of Waste Resources that contains data on types of waste, trends in solid waste management, solid waste composition, transportation and challenges in Africa.

UNICEF’s database on child marriage in Africa provides statistics, reports, brochures, videos and journal articles on marriage before the age of 18.

This scorecard, developed in 2016 by AIDS Accountability International, gives a brief assessment of child marriage in Africa. The scorecard examines data on reported child marriage prevalence, the minimum age of sexual consent, policies on legal marital age and education budgets across the continent.