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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Macroeconomy
Tanzania: Economic Profile
Tanzania: Reduced but Resilient Growth in 2011
East African Community (EAC) Macro View for 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
Africa’s Expanding Middle Class
SSA Consumer Market Dented By Inflation?
African Telecom Sector: Big Boom?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Markets : Demographics : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Sectors and Industries :
Ghana: Economic Profile
Oil Production Ensuring Strong Growth for Ghana in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
Zimbabwe: Economic Profile
Zimbabwe: New Growth or Old Bad Habits?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Monetary Policy and Inflation : Past Financial Crisis : Systemic Risk, Vulnerabilities and Asset Bubbles :
Botswana: Economic Profile
Botswana: Will Diamonds Brighten the Growth Outlook?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Other Commodities :
Nigeria: Economic Profile
Fuel Subsidy Reform Scaled Back as Strikes Threaten Nigeria's Oil Supply
Will Nigeria's Aggressive Hike Support the Naira?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
Sub-Saharan Africa Currency Trends
Will Nigeria's Aggressive Hike Support the Naira?
Is South Africa Intervening to Curb Rand Strength?
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Currencies : Monetary Policy and Inflation :
Angola: Economic Profile
Angola: Strong Growth Threatened by Weak Institutions?
Sub-Saharan Africa's Slow Return to Global Markets
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy :
Kenya: Economic Profile
Will 1225 bps of Cumulative Rate Hikes Stop Outflows From Kenya?
Kenya: Improving Fundamentals Threatened by Drought
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
East Africa
East African Monetary Policy: Will Regional Coordination Improve Conditions?
East African Fiscal Policy: Still Expansionary
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Fiscal Policy :
Rwanda: Economic Profile
Rwanda: Economic Success Story Marred by Contracting Political Space
East African Community (EAC) Macro View for 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy :
Africa Economic Profile
Strong Growth for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011
Are Africa-EU Relations Weakening?
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Current Financial Crisis : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Systemic Risk, Vulnerabilities and Asset Bubbles :
Zambia: Economic Profile
Zambia’s Economy: Continued Resilience in 2011?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
Frontier Markets
Frontier Markets: How Correlated with Global Markets and Each Other?
Russia, CIS and the Caucasus : Sub-Saharan Africa : Europe : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Capital Flows, FDIs, Capital Controls : Equity : Trade and External Balance :
The IMF in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa Falls Off Millennium Development Goals Wagon
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Development Challenges : IMF and International Economic Institutions :
Regional Development Banks
New Role and Funding For the African Development Bank?
Multilateral Institutions Step Up Support to Eastern European Corporates and Banks
Sub-Saharan Africa : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Europe : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Development Challenges : IMF and International Economic Institutions :
Markets
Africa’s Expanding Middle Class
SSA Consumer Market Dented By Inflation?
African Telecom Sector: Big Boom?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Markets : Demographics : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Sectors and Industries :
Botswana: Economic Profile
Botswana: Will Diamonds Brighten the Growth Outlook?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Other Commodities :
Africa's Resources
Coup in Niger: Uranium Market Implications?
Mining and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Markets : Commodities : Energy : Oil and Energy : Other Commodities :
Sub-Saharan Africa Currency Trends
Will Nigeria's Aggressive Hike Support the Naira?
Is South Africa Intervening to Curb Rand Strength?
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Currencies : Monetary Policy and Inflation :
Zambia: Economic Profile
Zambia’s Economy: Continued Resilience in 2011?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Macroeconomy : Markets : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle :
Nigeria: Energy Sector
Nigeria: SWF and PIB Advancement, Bongo Spill Setback
Will Renewed Violence in the Niger Delta Impair Oil Output?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Markets : Commodities : Energy : Energy Security and Policy : Oil : Oil and Energy :
Geostrategy
Sub-Saharan Africa: Domestic Politics
Election Cycles in SSA: Mixed Progress for Democracy
Ivory Coast: Ouattara Tasked With Economic Rebuilding
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Development Challenges : Foreign and Domestic Political Risk :
BRICs in Africa
India's Growing Economic Interests in Africa: Following China's Footsteps?
Africa: China's New Economic Frontier?
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy :
Africa’s Expanding Middle Class
SSA Consumer Market Dented By Inflation?
African Telecom Sector: Big Boom?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Markets : Demographics : Growth Outlook and Business Cycle : Sectors and Industries :
The African Union (AU)
Somalia: Instability, Extremism, and Drought
Egypt : South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Defense Policy and Terrorism : Development Challenges : Energy Security and Policy : International Organizations :
Millennium Development Goals
Did the Financial Crisis Slow Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goals?
Sub-Saharan Africa Falls Off Millennium Development Goals Wagon
Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Development Challenges :
Food Supply Vulnerabilities
Will Rising Food Prices Lead to Inflation and Social Unrest in Africa?
Forget the Drought, Do Floods Threaten China's Food Supply?
China : Northeast Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges : Diseases and Natural Disasters : Energy Security and Policy :
Rwanda: Economic Profile
Rwanda: Economic Success Story Marred by Contracting Political Space
East African Community (EAC) Macro View for 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy :
Sudan: Civil Conflict and FDI
South Sudan: Crude Production Halts and Security Deteriorates Without Oil-Sharing Deal
Timeline: Sudan's Troubled History
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Development Challenges : Foreign and Domestic Political Risk : Foreign Policy and Geostrategic Risks :
Nigeria: Domestic Politics
Nigeria's Troubling Divides: Subsidy Protests Unifying Groups Against the Government?
Will Renewed Violence in the Niger Delta Impair Oil Output?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Energy Security and Policy : Foreign and Domestic Political Risk :
Nigeria: Energy Sector
Nigeria: SWF and PIB Advancement, Bongo Spill Setback
Will Renewed Violence in the Niger Delta Impair Oil Output?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Markets : Commodities : Energy : Energy Security and Policy : Oil : Oil and Energy :
The IMF in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa Falls Off Millennium Development Goals Wagon
South Africa : Sub-Saharan Africa : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Development Challenges : IMF and International Economic Institutions :
Food Subsidies
Food Outsourcing, GM Crops, Bilateral Agricultural Treaties: Innovative Solutions to Ease Global Food Shortages?
What Can Be Done To Resolve The Food Crisis?
Gulf Cooperation Council : Other South Asia : South Asia : Sub-Saharan Africa : Advanced Economies : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Development Challenges : Energy Security and Policy :
Food Insecurity
Impending Food Crisis?
Sub-Saharan Africa : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Climate Change and Natural Resources : Energy Security and Policy : Foreign Policy and Geostrategic Risks :
Regional Development Banks
New Role and Funding For the African Development Bank?
Multilateral Institutions Step Up Support to Eastern European Corporates and Banks
Sub-Saharan Africa : Asia/Pacific : Emerging Markets : Europe : Frontier Markets : Middle East and Africa : Geostrategy : Macroeconomy : Development Challenges : IMF and International Economic Institutions :
Sub-Saharan Africa Outlook: Shifting Into a Lower Gear
The global slowdown will dampen external demand, affecting Africa’s export revenues, terms of trade and fiscal accounts. Domestic consumption should remain the main force behind economic activity, supported by government spending, but the region will not be immune from the downturn. Persistent inflation eliminates the possibility of monetary easing, and aggressive hikes across many frontier markets will exacerbate the slowing of domestic demand.
Read the latest Sub-Saharan Africa Outlook
Economic Research
Economic Research
Sub-Saharan Africa's Vulnerabilities to EZ Crisis: Beyond Trade and Aid
By Oct 26, 2011
Economic Research
Sub-Saharan Africa Monetary Dynamics: Balancing Growth and Inflation
By Jul 26, 2011
Economic Research
Current Account Deficit Alert: Domestic Policies, not Foreign Capital, Will Shield Brazil, India, Turkey and South Africa
By Jun 2, 2011
Economic Research
Middle East Turmoil and Contagion: A Geoeconomic Tsunami for the Global Economy?
By Feb 23, 2011
Economic Research
Strength in Numbers: How Export Diversification Can Help African Economies
By Aug 24, 2010
Economic Research
Sovereign Wealth Funds Investing in Africa: A Part of Growing South-South Investment
By Apr 3, 2008
EconoMonitors
RGE Analysts
Nigeria Lifting Fuel Subsidies: Needed but Implementation to be Challenging
Jan 2, 2012
Emerging Markets Channel
Shared Frustrations: How to Make Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa More Inclusive
Oct 19, 2011
Geostrategy Channel
Acting Nigerian President Moves Quickly, Decisively to Get Country Back on Track
Mar 25, 2010
Geostrategy Channel
Fate of Foreign Oil Investors In Limbo Amid Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire Border Dispute
Mar 24, 2010
Daily Digest
Analysis
De-Fragmenting Africa: Deepening Regional Trade Integration in Goods and Services
World Bank February 2012
News
Nigeria: FG to Invest N4.46 Billion in Transport Sector By 2015
Leadership (Nigeria) Feb 07, 2012
News
Piracy Costing $6.9 Billion as Attacks Off Somalia’s Coast Climb to Record
Bloomberg Feb 08, 2012
News
Oil Corruption May Threaten Angola, Nigeria, Stifling Growth, Agency Says
Bloomberg Feb 08, 2012
News
Kenya: Non-performing loans rise by Sh3bn amid higher lending costs
Business Daily Feb 07, 2012
News
Nigeria: Boko Haram Names Negotiators, As Multiple Blasts Rock Kaduna
This Day (Nigeria) Feb 08, 2012
Analysis
Zimbabwe Monthly Economic Review Issue No. 6 January 2012
African Development Bank Jan 05, 2012
News
Uganda raises 2011/12 coffee export forecast to 3.2 million bags
New Times (Rwanda) Feb 07, 2012
News
Ghana’s Oil-Driven North-South Divide Erodes Support for President Mills
Bloomberg Feb 06, 2012
News
Nigeria: FG Approves Decentralisation of Agric Ministry Operations
This Day (Nigeria) Feb 07, 2012
Blogs
Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa: once rising, now stumbles
Christian Science Monitor Feb 06, 2012
Blogs
South Africa and Africa’s growth is interlinked, says Ernst & Young
How We Made it in Africa Feb 06, 2012
News
Uganda: New oil deals lift uncertainty among private sector players
Daily Monitor (Uganda) Feb 06, 2012
Analysis
What Does the ICC Decision Mean for Kenya?
Center for Strategic and International Studies Jan 31, 2012
Analysis
Senegal’s Democracy at the Crossroads
Center for Strategic and International Studies Jan 31, 2012
Analysis
Strategic Partnerships to Build African Scientific Capacity for Agriculture
Center for Strategic and International Studies Feb 04, 2012
Analysis
Controversies and Fear of Election-Related Violence Ahead of the Presidential poll in Senegal
Institute for Security Studies Feb 03, 2012
Analysis
Kenya: CPI and Inflation Rates for January 2012
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Jan 31, 2012
Analysis
Africa's Pulse: An analysis of issues shaping Africa’s economic future February 2012
World Bank February 2012
Blogs
Africa’s 2012 growth prospects appear bright, but downside risks could dampen momentum
Africa Can Feb 02, 2012
Research
Optimal public investment, growth, and consumption: Evidence from African countries - CSAE Working Paper WPS/2011-22
Centre for the Study of African Economies 2011
News
East Africa: Monitoring Software May Help Stabilise Food Prices
Science and Development Network (SciDev Net) Feb 01, 2012
News
Uganda: Growing import bill a threat to current gains - central bank
Daily Monitor (Uganda) Feb 02, 2012
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