Sub-Saharan Africa
2008
April 12, 2008
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2008 -- Table of Contents
Description: The region's prospects continue to be promising, but global developments pose increased risks to the outlook. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa should again average about 6½ percent in 2008 with oil exporters leading the way; meanwhile, growth in oil importers is expected to taper off, though only modestly. With food and energy prices still rising, inflation is projected to average about 8½ percent this year for countries in the region, setting aside Zimbabwe. Risks in 2008 are tilted to the downside, but the region is better placed today to withstand a worsening of the global environment.
2007
October 19, 2007
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2007 -- Table of Contents
Description: The region's prospects look strong. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa should reach 6 percent in 2007 and 6¾ percent in 2008. The economic expansion is strongest in oil exporters but cuts across all country groups. This would extend a period of very good performance. In recent years, sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing its strongest growth and lowest inflation in over 30 years.
April 13, 2007
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2007 -- Table of Contents
Description: Sub-Saharan Africa's growth performance during the past three years has been the best in more than three decades, and higher oil revenues and increased debt relief have been used to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Despite spending pressures, most countries have managed to preserve macroeconomic stability with policies intended to support and sustain the region’s higher growth. This latest REO is complemented by analyses on the macroeconomic challenges for oil producers, changing trade patterns, including with China, and the development of government debt markets.
2006
September 15, 2006
IMF Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, October 2004
September 15, 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, September 2006 -- Table of Contents
Description: Prepared by the Policy Wing of the IMF African Department, and published twice a year in English and French, this report analyzes economic performance and short-term prospects of the 44 countries covered by the Department. Topics examined in recent volumes include responses to exogenous shocks, growth performance and growth-enhancing policies, the effectiveness of regional trade arrangements, macroeconomic implications of scaled-up aid, financial sector development, and fiscal decentralization. Detailed country data, grouped by oil-exporting and -importing countries and other analytical groupings as well as by subregion, are provided in a statistical appendix, and a list of relevant publications by the African Department is included.
July 19, 2006
Regional Economic Outlook--Sub-Saharan Africa, May 2006
2005
2004
October 15, 2004
IMF Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, June 2003
October 14, 2004