This report was produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region under the overall guidance of Hafez Ghanem and Ousmane Diagana. The team for this edition of Africa’s Pulse was led by Albert G. Zeufack and Cesar Calderon. The core team included Alain Ntumba Kabundi, Megumi Kubota, Vijdan Korman, and Catalina Cantu Canales.

Valuable contributions to the report were provided by Henry Eshemokhai Aviomoh, Christian Bodewig, Andrew Burns, Amy Copley, Amit Dar, Aparajita Goyal, Yuto Kanematsu, Patrick Alexander Kirby, Luis Camilo Osorio Florez, Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Dena Ringold, Kaltrina Temaj, Thi Thanh Thanh Bui, and Jingran Wang.

Comments were received from Mehwish Ashraf, Cindy Audiguier, Ellysar Baroudy, Cornelius Fleischhaker, Paulo Guilherme Correa, Jose Luis Diaz Sanchez, Wolfgang Fengler, Alexandre Henry, Woubet Kassa, Marilyne Florence Mafoboue Youbi, Nyda Mukhtar, Dusimani Sihle Ngwenya, Nicola Smithers, Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Vincent De Paul Tsoungui Belinga, and Djedje Hermann Yohou.

Communications, media relations, and stakeholder engagement were led by Keziah Muthembwa with a team including Amy Adkins, Samuel Kwadwo Owusu Baafi, Patricia Maria Riehn Berg, Marie Duffour, Ruti Ejangue, Rama George-Alleyne, Alexandre Hery, Pabsy Pabalan Mariano, Loy Nabeta, Daniella van Leggelo Padilla, Rose-Claire Pakabomba, Aby K. Toure, Elena Lucie Queyranne, and the World Bank’s External Affairs teams in Africa (ECRAE and ECRAW). Beatrice Berman and Kenneth Omondi provided production and logistical support.

The report was edited by Sandra Gain. The online and print publication was produced by Bill Pragluski, and the cover design was by Rajesh Sharma.