Regional economic outlook
Subtitle: Sub-Saharan Africa: building momentum in a multi-speed world
Series: World economic and financial surveys; World economic and financial surveys
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781484354599; 9781484365151
Subjects: Economic forecasting; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: Annotation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; In Brief; 1. Building Momentum in a Multi-Speed World; Introduction and Summary; Robust Performance and Strong Outlook; Tables; 1.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Real GDP Growth; Figures; 1.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Food and Nonfood Inflation; Boxes; 1.1. Revisions to National Accounts Estimates among Sub-Saharan African Countries; 1.2. Changing Monetary Policy Frameworks in East Africa; 1.2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Other Macroeconomic Indicators; 1.2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Overall Fiscal Balance, 2007-14; title: 1.3. Sub-Saharan Africa: General Government Debt, 2007-141.3. Debt Trends in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries; 1.4. Sub-Saharan Africa: External Current Account Balance, 2004-14; 1.5. Sub-Saharan Africa: Exports and Imports by Regional Groups; 1.4. The Financing of Current Account Deficits in Low-Income Countries; 1.6. Sub-Saharan Africa: Stock Market Indices; 1.7. Sub-Saharan Africa: Reserve Coverage and Current Account Balance; 1.8. Selected Regions: Real GDP Growth, 2008-14; 1.9. Selected Regions: Inflation, 2008-14; 1.5. The Sectoral Distribution of Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: Risk Scenario Analysis1.10. Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth Prospects, 2013 and 2014; Policy Issues and Recommendations; 1.11. Sub-Saharan Africa: Downside Scenarios; Concluding Remarks; 2. Strengthening Fiscal Policy Space; Introduction and Summary; The Level of Public Debt as a Constraint on Financing Deficits; 2.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Density of Public Sector Debt, 2000-12; 2.2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Total Public Debt Accumulation Decomposition, 2000-12; 2.3. Sub-Saharan Africa: Change in Public Sector Debt, 2007-12; title: 2.4. Sub-Saharan Africa: Public Sector Debt in 2012 and Sustainability Thresholds2.1. Public Debt Sustainability Threshold; 2.5. Sub-Saharan Africa: Density of Public Sector Debt, 2012-17; 2.6. Sub-Saharan Africa: Public Sector Debt in 2012, 2017, and Sustainability Thresholds; Availability of Financing as a Constraint on Avoiding Procyclicality; 2.7. Sub-Saharan Africa: Composition of Government Deficit Financing, 2007-12; 2.8. Sub-Saharan Africa: Composition of Government Deficit Financing, 2008-12; 2.9. Sub-Saharan Africa: External Budget Support, 2007-12; title: 2.10. Sub-Saharan Africa: Composition of Credit, end-2012 or the Most Recent Year Available2.11. Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes in Government Deposits, 2000-12; 2.12. Sub-Saharan Africa: Government Deposits in Banking System and Foreign Reserves, end-2012 or the Most Recent Year Available; Strengthening Fiscal Positions Over the Medium-Term-To What End?; 2.2. Do Vulnerable Low-Income Countries Have Fiscal Policy Space?; 3. Issuing International Sovereign Bonds: Opportunities and Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction and Summary; 3.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Local Currency Bond Markets