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  "title": "Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa",
  "publication": "IMF Special Issues, February 28, 2006",
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  "summary": "Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals.",
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      "heading": "Executive summary and context",
      "content": "- Publication date: February 28, 2006\n- Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo\n- Pages: 100\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058\n- ISBN: 9781589064942\n- Stock No: ISIEA2006001\n- Core observation: Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals."
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      "heading": "Main findings",
      "content": "- Growth-supporting role of institutions and policies:\n  - Evidence finds an important growth-supporting role for particular kinds of institutions and policies.\n- Limits of current understanding:\n  - The paper highlights aspects of growth that are still not well understood.\n- Distributional focus:\n  - The paper includes policy guidance for ensuring that the poor benefit from growth."
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      "content": "- Subjects:\n  - Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Production, Total factor productivity\n- Keywords:\n  - Africa, conflict country, country, country case studies, Dem. rep., Global, growth in sub-Saharan Africa, growth opportunity, growth rate, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, ISI, policy, Poverty reduction, SI, Sub-Saharan Africa, sub-Saharan Africa country, sub-Saharan Africa data, Total factor productivity, World Bank's country policy"
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    "Published: February 28, 2006",
    "Series: IMF Special Issues",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058",
    "Publication date: February 28, 2006",
    "Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo",
    "Pages: 100",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058",
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    "Stock No: ISIEA2006001",
    "Core observation: Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals.",
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    "Limits of current understanding:",
    "Distributional focus:",
    "Subjects:",
    "Keywords:",
    "Formats referenced on the page: Link to Abstract; PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy",
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