JUNE 2010 - Guide

Scoring for Africa

Scoring for Africa illustrates key development issues between countries competing in the World Cup. For each selected game, the guide provides a brief overview of the relationship or “match history” between the competitors identifying “attempts on target” and “attempts off target” from a development perspective. It goes on to present a “game plan” that outlines policy recommendations and possible areas for action.

The guide compiles a series of statistics to show how the teams rank in the global tables of economic and social development, women’s empowerment and governance.

The indicators and indexes used are:

Indicator/Index	Source
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)	IMF World Economic Outlook (2009). Actual and *estimated figures.
Life Expectancy	World Bank Database(2008 data)
Population	World Bank Database (2008 data)
Major Exports	BBC Country Profiles
External Debt	World Bank Database External Debt stock total (2008), OECD Central Government Debt stock (2008).
Official Development Assistance (ODA)	OECD ODA by donor (2009), World Bank Database Net ODA received (2008), OECD ‘non-OECD countries ODA disbursement’ (2008)
Education	World Bank Database (2008 and 2009)
CO2 Emissions	Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT)
Freedom	Freedom House Index (2009)
% of Parliamentarians that are Women	Inter-Parliamentary Union (2010 data)
Human Development Index	UNDP Human Development Report (2009)
Global Competitiveness Rank	World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report (2010)
Doing Business Rank	World Bank Doing Business Report (2010)
Corruption Perception Rank	Transparency International (2009)
Environment Performance Index (EPI)	Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (2010)
Gender Gap Rank	World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report (2009)
World Ranking of Women in National Parliaments	Inter-Parliamentary Union (2010 data)
FIFA Rank	Cape Town Magazine World Cup Team Profiles (2010)

The selected matches include two games for each of the African teams playing in the group stage, namely:

Group A
11/06 South Africa – Mexico
22/06 France – South Africa

Group B
12/06 Argentina – Nigeria
22/06 Nigeria – South Korea

Group C
18/06 England – Algeria
23/06 Algeria – USA

Group D
13/06 Serbia – Ghana
23/06 Ghana – Germany

Group E
14/06 Japan – Cameroon
24/06 Cameroon – Netherlands

Group G
20/06 Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire
25/06 Côte d'Ivoire – North Korea

A summary table with the statistical data for all of the teams playing in the world cup is and supplementary information including a match calendar and a tournament tree can be found at the end of the guide.

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Scoring for Africa