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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066397.086
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Sub-Saharan Africa's growth performance during the past three years has been the best in more than three decades, and higher oil revenues and increased debt relief have been used to make progress toward the Millenn...

Oil Exporters' Economic Development in an Interdependent World »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Amuzegar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 1983
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557750785.084
ISBN: 9781557750785
Keywords: opec, oil exporting, exporting developing countries, oil exports, oil exporting countries
Not unpredictably, there is a complex energy bind as we approach the end of the twentieth century. The oil importing industrial countries have anchored their industries, their means of transportation, their home co...

III. Macroeconomic Challenges for Africa’s Oil Producers: How to Seize the Opportunities and Avoid the Pitfalls »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Introduction In the past three years buoyant oil prices, and in some countries increasing oil production, have allowed OPCs in SSA to substantially increase their oil exports and thu...

II. Developments in 2006 and Prospects for 2007 »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Developments in 2006 Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2006 remained robust at 5.4 percent, after growth of 6 percent in 2004 and 2005 (Table 2.1). Growth moderated in o...

Statistical Appendix »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Estimates and projections used in this report are based on data provided by IMF country desks as of March 29, 2007. Projections are staff estimates. The database covers 44 countries of the African Department...

V. Local-Currency Government Debt Markets in Africa: Experiences and Policy Challenges »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Introduction In past decades the debate on debt in Africa focused almost exclusively on external debt. More recently large-scale debt relief under the HIPC Initiative and the MDRI im...

Appendix I. Additional Tables and Figures »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Table A1. Time Period Covered in Poverty Assessments by Country Country Surv...

IV. Sub-Saharan Africa’s Emerging Export Pattern »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Sub-Saharan African
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066397
Keywords: debt, domestic debt, debt management, exchange rate regime, exporting countries
Introduction The share of SSA in global trade (exports plus imports) has declined from about 4 percent in 1970 to about 2 percent at present (Figure 4.1). This long-term decline is t...

Supplementary Note 4 World Oil Situation »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 1985
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1985
ISBN: 9781451922998
Keywords: exporters, exporting countries, inflation, exports of goods, oil exporting countries
The period from 1979 to 1984 witnessed a remarkable transformation of the world energy situation. Following the large increases in oil prices in the early part of this period, the trends toward conservation...

Chapter III Medium-Term Scenarios »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 1985
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1985
ISBN: 9781451922998
Keywords: exporters, exporting countries, inflation, exports of goods, oil exporting countries
The purpose of this chapter is to present a medium-term scenario for the world economy to 1990, based on a “best estimate” of likely policies in member countries. A central aim of this “baseline” scenario is...