Regional Economic Outlook, October 2018, Sub-Saharan Africa Capital Flows and The Future of Work
The macroeconomic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa continues to strengthen. Growth is expected to increase from 2.7 percent in 2017 to 3.1 percent in 2018, reflecting domestic policy adjustments and a supportive external environment, including continued steady growth in the global economy, higher comm...
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Washington, D.C.
International Monetary Fund
2018
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| Series: | Regional Economic Outlook
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| Collection: | International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The macroeconomic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa continues to strengthen. Growth is expected to increase from 2.7 percent in 2017 to 3.1 percent in 2018, reflecting domestic policy adjustments and a supportive external environment, including continued steady growth in the global economy, higher commodity prices, and accommodative external financing conditions. Inflation is abating; and fiscal imbalances are being contained in many countries. Over the medium term, and on current policies, growth is expected to accelerate to about 4 percent, too low to create the number of jobs needed to absorb anticipated new entrants into labor markets |
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| Physical Description: | 71 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781484376874 |