urbanrural disparity follows the concentration of industries and jobs in higherskill sectors which are usually located in urban areas while the majority of the population resides in rural areas depending on agriculture for subsistence undp according to the imf weakening of macroeconomic indicators including the inflation rate and public deficit have been due to overoptimistic revenue projections and increases in expenditure as well as a too accommodating monetary policy imf apart from the production of oil the macroeconomic outlook is affected by commodity prices and capital flows and the risk of too high public expenditures in relation to revenues