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Executive Summary »
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
Time for a Policy Reset Economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa has weakened markedly, but, as usual, with a large variation in country circumstances. Growth for the...

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...

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
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498388139.086
ISBN: 9781498388139
Keywords: Commodity price fluctuations, Terms of trade, financial development, commodity, exchange, debt, exchange rate
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole has fallen to its lowest level in 15 years, though with large variation among countries in the region. The sharp decline in commodity prices has severely strained ma...

Back Matter »
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
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole has fallen to its lowest level in 15 years, though with large variation among countries in the region. The sharp decline in commodity prices has severely strained ma...

Front Matter »
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
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole has fallen to its lowest level in 15 years, though with large variation among countries in the region. The sharp decline in commodity prices has severely strained ma...

Statistical Appendix »
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
Unless otherwise noted, data and projections presented in this Regional Economic Outlook are IMF staff estimates as of 25 March, 2016, consistent with the projections underlying the April 2016 World Economic...

1. Time for a Policy Reset »
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
Economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 slumped to its lowest level in some 15 years. Output expanded by 3.4 percent, just a little above population growth, down from 5 percent in 2014 and the still...

2. Weathering the Commodity Price Slump »
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
The dependence on natural resource exports has made nearly half of sub-Saharan African countries vulnerable, one way or another, to the ongoing decline in commodity prices. But how much and how deeply countr...