
Growth Breaks and Growth Spells in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2017/202
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Francisco Arizala , Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia , Charalambos Tsangarides , and Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 September 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314166.001
ISBN: 9781484314166
Keywords: Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros
This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960 through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and decelerations) and periods of sustained growth (growth spells). Gr...