Regional Economic Outlook, April 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-04-15

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 151357597X

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Sub-Saharan Africa is still contending with an unprecedented health and economic crisis. In the months since the October 2020 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, the region has confronted a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave that swiftly outpaced the scale and speed of the first. While this episode has eased for now, many countries are bracing for further waves, particularly as access to vaccines remains scant.

Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 25

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s recovery has been abruptly interrupted. Last year, activity finally bounced back, lifting GDP growth in 2021 to 4.7 percent. But growth in 2022 is expected to slow sharply by more than 1 percentage point to 3.6 percent, as a worldwide slowdown, tighter global financial conditions, and a dramatic pickup in global inflation spill into a region already wearied by an ongoing series of shocks. Rising food and energy prices are impacting the region’s most vulnerable, and public debt and inflation are at levels not seen in decades. Against this backdrop, and with limited options, many countries find themselves pushed closer to the edge. The near-term outlook is extremely uncertain as the region’s prospects are tied to developments in the global economy and with a number of countries facing difficult sociopolitical and security situations at home. Within this challenging environment, policymakers must confront immediate socioeconomic crises as they arise, while also endeavoring to reduce vulnerabilities to future shocks, building resilience. Ultimately, however, the region’s safety and prosperity will require high-quality growth and the implementation of policies that will set the stage for a sustainable recovery, helping countries move away from the edge.

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1513536834

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Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to throw the region off its stride, reversing the encouraging development progress of recent years. Furthermore, by exacting a heavy human toll, upending livelihoods, and damaging business and government balance sheets, the crisis threatens to retard the region’s growth prospects in the years to come. Previous crises tended to impact affect countries in the region differentially, but no country will be spared this time.

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2019-04-12

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1484396863

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The economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to continue, but at a slower pace than envisaged in October 2018. This weaker outlook reflects domestic and external challenges. On the external side, the global expansion is losing momentum, including in China and the euro area, trade tensions remain elevated, global financial conditions have tightened, and commodity prices are expected to remain low. On the domestic front, security challenges, climate shocks, and policy uncertainty are hampering investment and weighing on economic prospects in several countries. Under current policies, medium-term average growth for the region is expected to continue to fall well short of what is needed to absorb the new entrants to the labor force and to deliver limited gains in living standards.

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2012, Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2012, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2012-05-17

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1616352493

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Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record strong economic growth, despite the weaker global economic environment. Regional output rose by 5 percent in 2011, with growth set to increase slightly in 2012, helped by still-strong commodity prices, new resource exploitation, and the improved domestic conditions that have underpinned several years of solid trend growth in the region's low-income countries. But there is variation in performance across the region, with output in middle-income countries tracking more closely the global slowdown and with some sub-regions adversely affected, at least temporarily, by drought. Threats to the outlook include the risk of intensified financial stresses in the euro area spilling over into a further slowing of the global economy and the possibility of an oil price surge triggered by rising geopolitical tensions.

Regional Economic Outlook, October 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-10-21

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1513592610

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La planète reste aux prises avec la pandémie de COVID-19 et avec une accélération apparente des changements climatiques, qui toutes deux soulignent la nécessité de renforcer la coopération et le dialogue à l’échelle mondiale. Les solutions à ces défis mondiaux doivent mobiliser tous les pays et toutes les régions, surtout l’Afrique subsaharienne, qui possède la population la moins vaccinée au monde, un potentiel très prometteur en matière d’énergies renouvelables et des écosystèmes critiques. La croissance de l’Afrique subsaharienne devrait s’établir à 3,7 % en 2021 puis à 3,8 % en 2022. Cette reprise suit la forte contraction observée en 2020 et est la bienvenue, mais elle reste la plus lente parmi toutes les régions. En particulier, les perspectives économiques présentent des divergences à trois niveaux : entre l’Afrique subsaharienne et les autres régions, au sein de l’Afrique subsaharienne et au sein des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne. Ces divergences tiennent à des campagnes de vaccination plus lentes, à un espace budgétaire plus restreint et à des disparités régionales sur le plan de la résilience. Les perspectives demeurent extrêmement incertaines et risquent d’être révisées à la baisse. La reprise dépend notamment du rythme de la pandémie mondiale et de la campagne de vaccination dans la région, ainsi que de la hausse des prix des denrées alimentaires, et est aussi exposée aux perturbations de l’activité mondiale et des marchés financiers. Le potentiel de l’Afrique subsaharienne reste intact. La région se trouve à un moment critique pour opérer des réformes audacieuses et porteuses de transformations afin d’exploiter ce potentiel.