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1. A Synchronized Global Upturn and the Outlook for the United States and Canada »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018–19 have improved across all regions, reinf...

5. Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: Gains during the Commodity Boom but an Uncertain Outlook »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Latin America has made impressive progress in reducing inequality and poverty since the turn of the century, although it remains the most unequal region in the world. The declines in inequality...

1. Restoring the Conditions for Strong and Sustainable Growth »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2017, Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): Céline Allard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 May 2017
ISBN: 9781475574463
The sub-Saharan African economic outlook remains clouded. Growth slowed sharply in 2016, averaging 1.4 percent, the lowest in two decades. About two-thirds of the countries in the region, together accounting...

3. Financial Development And Sustainable Growth »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2016, Sub-Saharan Africa : Time for a Policy Reset
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 May 2016
ISBN: 9781498388139
Keywords: Commodity price fluctuations, Terms of trade, financial development, commodity, exchange, debt, exchange rate
Financial development is important for promoting strong and stable economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. It entails the wider use of existing financial instruments as well as the creation and adoption of ne...

3. Inequality and Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2015 : Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 October 2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; commodity exporters; oil-exporting countries; competitiveness; trade integration; income inequality; gender inequality
Sub-Saharan Africa has among the highest levels of inequality—both income and gender—in the world, even after accounting for the lower levels of per capita income in the region. With growing international ev...

3. Global Value Chains: Where Are You? The Missing Link in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Trade Integration »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa : Navigating Headwinds
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 April 2015
ISBN: 9781498329842
Keywords: trade, income, exchange, prices, gdp
This chapter reviews the extent and strength of integration of sub-Saharan Africa into the global economy, with a special focus on trade and participation in global value chains. It evaluates ho...

2. Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 April 2014
ISBN: 9781484342886
Keywords: inflation, exchange rate, exchange rate pegs, central bank
Introduction Over the last 20 or so years, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have enjoyed robust and sustained economic growth. Sound economic policies, stronger institutions, and...

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014: Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Inclusive Growth »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 April 2014
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475578942.086
ISBN: 9781475578942
The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent econo...

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 April 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484342886.086
ISBN: 9781484342886
Keywords: inflation, exchange rate, exchange rate pegs, central bank
The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent econo...

1. Sustaining Growth Amid Shifting Global Forces »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 April 2014
ISBN: 9781484342886
Keywords: inflation, exchange rate, exchange rate pegs, central bank
Introduction and Summary Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa remains robust and is expected to pick up in 2014. After expanding by 4.9 percent in 2013, output looks...