With tables on HIV/AIDS, communications, transportation, household welfare and hundreds of other development indicators from more than 50 African countries, the new edition of the African Development Indicators (ADI) 2003 released this week provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database and covering a period of 21 years, the African Development Indicators (ADI) 2003 aims at assisting practitioners and policy makers to better understand today’s regional economic, social and environmental trends and issues.