## Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2007 -- Table of Contents

_Sub-Saharan Africa, October 19, 2007_

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- Published: October 19, 2007
- Series: Sub-Saharan Africa

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### Overview and Key Projections
- 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.

### Events and Notices
- 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.

### Main Report Structure (Selected Headings)
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
- I. Overview
  - Main Developments and Outlook for 2007
  - Macroeconomic Policy Issues
  - Prospects for 2008
  - Medium-Term Policy Challenges
- II. The Creation of Fiscal Space for Priority Spending: Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
  - Experience with Sources of Fiscal Space
  - Experience with the Use of Fiscal Space
  - Planning for the Medium Term in Theory and Practice
  - Country Case Studies
- Appendix
- Statistical Appendix
  - Sub-Saharan Africa: Country Groupings
  - Data and Conventions
  - List of Tables
  - References
  - Publications of the IMF African Department, 2003–07

### Tables (Selected)
- 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

### Figures (Selected)
- 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

### Boxes (Selected Analytical Topics)
- 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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## References

- [Webcast](https://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.asp?eventID=911)
- [Transcript](https://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2007/tr071020.htm)
- [Press Release:](https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2007/pr07237.htm)
- [Regional Economic Outlooks](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/reorepts.aspx)
- [World Economic Outlook:](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/index.htm)
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