01151nam a22001457a 4500 Africa Progress Panel Finance and Banking in Africa: Extracts from the Africa Progress Panel Report 2014 Policy Brief Geneva, Switzerland Africa Progress Panel 2014 56p. The Africa Progress Panel promotes Africa's development by tracking progress, drawing attention to opportunities and catalysing action. This report highlights the consequences of the deficits in finance and infrastructure for the most important development challenge facing Africa – strengthening the bridge that connects economic growth to the wellbeing of people. Many African governments are failing to convert the wealth created by economic growth into opportunities that all Africans can exploit to build a better future. Inequality is increasing. Poverty is not falling nearly as fast as it should, and Africa’s share of global malnutrition and child deaths is rising fast. Inequality, Economic Growth iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/APP_AR2014_EXTRACT2016_PRINT.pdf CF 565 565