
Market in Maputo, Mozambique. Food price increases have contributed markedly to rising inflation in sub-Saharan Africa (photo: Trower/Harding/Corbis)
Africa Sustains Growth Despite Global Uncertainty
Despite the weaker global economic environment, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to continue growing strongly in 2012. GDP growth is forecast to increase slightly from the 2011 average of 5 percent, according to the IMF in its latest assessment of the region's economy. 
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