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  "title": "Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2007 -- Table of Contents",
  "publication": "Sub-Saharan Africa, October 19, 2007",
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  "summary": "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.",
  "publishDate": "2007-10-19",
  "series": "Sub-Saharan Africa",
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    {
      "heading": "Overview and Key Projections",
      "content": "- Growth in sub-Saharan Africa should reach 6 percent in 2007 and 6¾ percent in 2008.\n- The economic expansion is strongest in oil exporters but cuts across all country groups.\n- Recent years: sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing its strongest growth and lowest inflation in over 30 years."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Events and Notices",
      "content": "- Press Briefing on the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: October 20, 2007 (Webcast | Transcript).\n- Press Release: Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Economic Outlook.\n- World Economic Outlook: Globalization and Inequality, October 2007.\n- Email notification sign-up available for new series and/or country items."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Main Report Structure (Selected Headings)",
      "content": "- Preface\n- Abbreviations\n- Executive Summary\n- I. Overview\n  - Main Developments and Outlook for 2007\n  - Macroeconomic Policy Issues\n  - Prospects for 2008\n  - Medium-Term Policy Challenges\n- II. The Creation of Fiscal Space for Priority Spending: Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa\n  - Experience with Sources of Fiscal Space\n  - Experience with the Use of Fiscal Space\n  - Planning for the Medium Term in Theory and Practice\n  - Country Case Studies\n- Appendix\n- Statistical Appendix\n  - Sub-Saharan Africa: Country Groupings\n  - Data and Conventions\n  - List of Tables\n  - References\n  - Publications of the IMF African Department, 2003–07"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Tables (Selected)",
      "content": "- 1.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Selected Indicators, 2003-08\n- 2.1. Fiscal Space Indicators for Selected Countries, Changes, 2000–06\n- 2.2. Debt Service–to-GDP Ratios for Selected Countries, 2000–06\n- 2.3. Ghana: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space\n- 2.4. Malawi: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space\n- 2.5. Rwanda: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space\n- 2.6. Tanzania: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space\n- 2.7. Uganda: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Figures (Selected)",
      "content": "- A Comparison of Growth\n- 1.2. Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.3. Contribution to GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.4. Real per capita GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.5. Terms of Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.6. Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.7. Components of Official Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.8. Sub-Saharan Africa’s External Current Account Balance\n- 1.9. Trade Volume and Terms of Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.10. Sub-Saharan African Commodity Prices\n- 1.11. International Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.12. External Debt in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.13. Counterparts to Money Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.14. Credit to the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.15. Real Effective Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.16. Real Effective Exchange Rates in the CEMAC and the WAEMU\n- 1.17. Real Effective Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan African Countries with a Floating Regime\n- 1.19. Central Government Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.20. Central Government Primary Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.21. Central Government Social Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.22. Central Government Balance in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- 1.23. Low-Income Sub-Saharan African Countries: Government Financing of Fiscal Deficits\n- 1.24. Growth Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- Median Revenue-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries\n- Median Grants-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries\n- Median Expenditures-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries\n- Median Overall Deficit–to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries\n- Ghana: Total Official External Financing, 2005–09\n- 2.6a. Rwanda: Aid and Capital Expenditure\n- 2.6b. Rwanda: Government Revenue and Expenditure\n- Uganda: Net Donor Inflows\n- 2.8. Uganda: Government Expenditure and Revenue"
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      "heading": "Boxes (Selected Analytical Topics)",
      "content": "- Typology of Countries\n- Terms of Trade and Current Growth Episodes in Sub-Saharan Africa\n- Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Do We Stand on Gleneagles?\n- Private Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa\n- Foreign Exchange Reserve Adequacy in Africa\n- The Local Currency Debt Market in the West African Economic and Monetary Union\n- The Poverty and Social Impact of Increasing Fiscal Space Through Revenue Collection\n- Reforms at the Uganda Revenue Authority\n\nRegional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2007 -- Table of Contents\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Sreo1007f (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Sreo1007pdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- Webcast\n- Transcript\n- Press Release:\n- Regional Economic Outlooks\n- World Economic Outlook:\n- Ordering Information\n- Adobe Acrobat Reader\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa/issues/2017/01/07/regional-economic-outlook-sub-saharan-africa3"
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    "Published: October 19, 2007",
    "Series: Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "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.",
    "Recent years: sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing its strongest growth and lowest inflation in over 30 years.",
    "Press Briefing on the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: October 20, 2007 (Webcast | Transcript).",
    "Press Release: Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Economic Outlook.",
    "World Economic Outlook: Globalization and Inequality, October 2007.",
    "Email notification sign-up available for new series and/or country items.",
    "Preface",
    "Abbreviations",
    "Executive Summary",
    "I. Overview",
    "II. The Creation of Fiscal Space for Priority Spending: Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "Appendix",
    "Statistical Appendix",
    "1.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Selected Indicators, 2003-08",
    "2.1. Fiscal Space Indicators for Selected Countries, Changes, 2000–06",
    "2.2. Debt Service–to-GDP Ratios for Selected Countries, 2000–06",
    "2.3. Ghana: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space",
    "2.4. Malawi: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space",
    "2.5. Rwanda: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space",
    "2.6. Tanzania: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space",
    "2.7. Uganda: Sources and Uses of Fiscal Space",
    "A Comparison of Growth",
    "1.2. Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.3. Contribution to GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.4. Real per capita GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.5. Terms of Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.6. Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.7. Components of Official Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.8. Sub-Saharan Africa’s External Current Account Balance",
    "1.9. Trade Volume and Terms of Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.10. Sub-Saharan African Commodity Prices",
    "1.11. International Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.12. External Debt in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.13. Counterparts to Money Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.14. Credit to the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.15. Real Effective Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.16. Real Effective Exchange Rates in the CEMAC and the WAEMU",
    "1.17. Real Effective Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan African Countries with a Floating Regime",
    "1.19. Central Government Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.20. Central Government Primary Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.21. Central Government Social Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.22. Central Government Balance in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "1.23. Low-Income Sub-Saharan African Countries: Government Financing of Fiscal Deficits",
    "1.24. Growth Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "Median Revenue-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries",
    "Median Grants-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries",
    "Median Expenditures-to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries",
    "Median Overall Deficit–to-GDP Ratio for Selected Groups of African Countries",
    "Ghana: Total Official External Financing, 2005–09",
    "2.6a. Rwanda: Aid and Capital Expenditure",
    "2.6b. Rwanda: Government Revenue and Expenditure",
    "Uganda: Net Donor Inflows",
    "2.8. Uganda: Government Expenditure and Revenue",
    "Typology of Countries",
    "Terms of Trade and Current Growth Episodes in Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Do We Stand on Gleneagles?",
    "Private Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "Foreign Exchange Reserve Adequacy in Africa",
    "The Local Currency Debt Market in the West African Economic and Monetary Union",
    "The Poverty and Social Impact of Increasing Fiscal Space Through Revenue Collection",
    "Reforms at the Uganda Revenue Authority",
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