## Regional Economic Outlook, October 2014: Staying the Course

_Sub-Saharan Africa, October 20, 2014_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 20, 2014
- Series: Sub-Saharan Africa
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498386456.086

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### Key findings and outlook
- Growth in much of Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to remain strong.
- Primary drivers of growth:
  - Efforts to invest in infrastructure.
  - Strong agricultural production.
- Regional risks and shocks:
  - The current Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone is exacting a heavy toll, with spillovers to neighboring countries.
  - External threats to the region's overall positive outlook include global financial conditions and a slowdown in emerging market growth.

### Analytical themes and policy-relevant subjects
- Environment
- Exchange rates
- Expenditure
- Foreign exchange
- Infrastructure
- National accounts
- Natural resources
- Private investment
- Public debt
- Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
- Public investment spending

### Keywords and topical coverage
- access economy
- Africa
- country
- country assistance framework
- country group
- country policy
- depreciation rate
- Exchange rates
- fiscal policy
- fragile country
- Global
- Infrastructure
- infrastructure investment
- Natural resources
- oil-exporting country
- Private investment
- Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
- Public investment spending
- REO
- Southern Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa

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## References

- [https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa)
- [South Africa and the IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/country/ZAF/index.htm)
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- [Environment](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Environment)
- [Exchange rates](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Exchange+rates)
- [Expenditure](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Expenditure)
- [Foreign exchange](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Foreign+exchange)
- [Infrastructure](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Infrastructure)
- [National accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=National+accounts)
- [Natural resources](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Natural+resources)
- [Private investment](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Private+investment)
- [Public debt](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Public+debt)
- [Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Public+investment+and+public-private+partnerships+%28PPP%29)
- [Public investment spending](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/publications-by-subject?subject=Public+investment+spending)
- [Development Committee: The Managing Director's Written Statement
October 20, 2025](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2025/10/20/development-committee-the-managing-director-s-written-statement-571316)
- [The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda, Fall 2025: Navigating a World In Transition
October 16, 2025](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2025/10/14/the-managing-director-s-global-policy-agenda-fall-2025-navigating-a-world-in-transition-570971)
- [Progress Report to the IMFC on the Activities of the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF
October 16, 2025](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2025/10/16/progress-report-to-the-imfc-on-the-activities-of-the-independent-evaluation-office-of-the-571242)
- [Setting Up Fiscal Rules in Lesotho: Kingdom of Lesotho
October 14, 2025](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2025/10/14/setting-up-fiscal-rules-in-lesotho-kingdom-of-lesotho-571221)

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