## Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

_IMF Special Issues, February 28, 2006_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo
- Published: February 28, 2006
- Series: IMF Special Issues
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058

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### Executive summary and context
- Publication date: February 28, 2006
- Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo
- Pages: 100
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058
- ISBN: 9781589064942
- 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.

### Main findings
- Growth-supporting role of institutions and policies:
  - Evidence finds an important growth-supporting role for particular kinds of institutions and policies.
- Limits of current understanding:
  - The paper highlights aspects of growth that are still not well understood.
- Distributional focus:
  - The paper includes policy guidance for ensuring that the poor benefit from growth.

### Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subjects:
  - Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Production, Total factor productivity
- Keywords:
  - 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

### Access and formats
- Formats referenced on the page: Link to Abstract; PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy
- Citation example provided on page: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, and Catherine A Pattillo. Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed 9/21/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058

*Source: Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa (IMF Special Issues), February 28, 2006.*

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