IMF Report: Regional Economic Outlook Sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 13:56
English
Date: 14/11/2014
Theme: Veille

 

The International Monetary Fund published last October its new Regional Economic Outlook, "SubSaharan Africa: Staying the Course". Pierrick Baraton, Impact Assesment Officer at I&P, summarized the report.

 

 

 

Overall, Sub-Saharan Africa still offers encouraging growth prospects. Growth is expected to remain strong, at about 5% in 2014 and 5,75% in 2015. 

 However, this scenario of solid growth is predicated on a number potent downside risks, including notably:

  • Ebola outbreak
  • Homegrown fiscal vulnerabilities in a few countries 
  • External Risks (slowdown in emerging markets that might lead to a reduced appetite for investment) 

 

Read the Full Report (English)

Read I&P's summary (in French)