Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
In recent years the sub-Saharan African region has experienced strong real GDP growth and substantial trade integration. However, growth in sub-Saharan Africa’s trade volumes has not kept up with growth in t...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Sub-Saharan African countries have in general run procyclical fiscal policies since 2000. This is not surprising in light of the fact that the majority of them are low-income and/or resource-dependent econom...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
This chapter examines the experience of three countries to establish and implement fiscal frameworks aimed at generating financial savings for rainy days: Nigeria, Botswana, and Chile....
Volume: 16
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
Economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa has weakened markedly. To be sure, growth—at 3¾ percent this year and 4¼ percent in 2016—still remains higher than in many other emerging and developing regions of the...
Volume: 16
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513563541.087
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
Dealing with the Gathering Clouds
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has weakened markedly, and is now expected at 3¾ percent this year and 4¼ percent in 2016, from 5 perce...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
The focus of this paper is to analyze the link between the fiscal policy stance and economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2014, a period marked by relatively high rates of growth, a substa...
Volume/Issue: 2018/1
Series: Spillover Notes
Author(s):
Francisco Arizala
,
Matthieu Bellon
,
Margaux MacDonald
,
Montfort Mlachila
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484367148.062
ISBN: 9781484367148
After close to two decades of strong economic activity, overall growth in sub-Saharan Africa decelerated markedly in 2015-16 as the largest economies experienced negative or flat growth. Regional growth started rec...
