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African Transformation Report
African Transformation Reports (ATRs) explore key levers of economic transformation and analyze their binding constraints. Each report outlines transformation themes and challenges and provides policy recommendations. ATRs are grounded in original analysis and draw on best practices from across Africa and around the world.
Reports
Gender Equality and Economic Transformation: Lessons From Africa
The 2025 African Transformation Report from ACET explores how closing gender gaps fuels Africa’s economic transformation. Using the African Transformation Index (ATI) and the Gender Inequality Index (GII), the report highlights persistent barriers and the policies that work. Analyzing power, policy, and perceptions, the report provides actionable insights for lawmakers, businesses, and development partners. Africa must harness the power of inclusion for sustainable transformation.
African Transformation Report 2021:
Integrating to Transform
Integrating to Transform explores the critical need for African countries to work together beyond trade to tackle shared challenges, harness regional opportunities, and enable economies to scale. One of the key areas for collaboration is climate-smart agriculture, which will help African farmers increase productivity and build resilience.
African Transformation Report 2017:
Agriculture Powering Africa’s Transformation
Agriculture Powering Africa’s Transformation sets out a bold new agenda for African development, powered by a revolution in agriculture. The report unveils a radical program of reforms to trigger economic transformation far beyond the farming industry.
African Transformation Report 2014:
Growth with DEPTH
African economies need more than growth—if they are to transform, they need growth with DEPTH.
