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3. Sub-Saharan Africa’s Natural Resource Exporters: Recent Performance and Policy Challenges »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2012, Sub-Saharan Africa : Sustaining Growth amid Global Uncertainty
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2012
ISBN: 9781616352493
Keywords: exchange rate, exporters, exchange rate pegs, banking, inflation
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY Exhaustible natural resources account for a large share of output and export earnings in many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Rising wor...

A View from the Paris Club »
Source: Policies for African Development : From the 1980s to the 1990s
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1992
ISBN: 9781557752321
Keywords: debt, debt relief, payments, debt service
The question I would like to broach this morning concerns the Paris Club’ s handling of the debts of African countries, in terms of present status as well as on a more forward-looking level. This, indeed, is...

Chapter 2. Is There a Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa? »
Source: Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa's Natural Resource Wealth
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Charlotte Lundgren , Alun Thomas , and Robert York
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484369326
Keywords: Natural resources, Fiscal policy, Fiscal sustainability, Public investment, Tax revenues, Transparency, Tax administration, Sub-Saharan Africa, natural resource, extractive industries
With both a long history of natural resource extraction in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and—until recently—relatively poor economic performance, it is fair to ask if the region has suff...

Statistical Appendix »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2012, Sub-Saharan Africa : Sustaining Growth amid Global Uncertainty
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2012
ISBN: 9781616352493
Keywords: exchange rate, exporters, exchange rate pegs, banking, inflation
Unless otherwise noted, data and projections presented in this Regional Economic Outlook are IMF staff estimates as of April 20, 2011, consistent with the projections underlying the April 2012 World Economic...

I Overview »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and exchange liberalization, often in...

An Unofficial View »
Source: Policies for African Development : From the 1980s to the 1990s
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1992
ISBN: 9781557752321
Keywords: debt, debt relief, payments, debt service
G. K. Helleiner * The most important element in the emerging consensus on the requirements for economic development for sub-Saharan Africa is the adoption by po...

1. Sustaining Growth amid Global Uncertainty »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2012, Sub-Saharan Africa : Sustaining Growth amid Global Uncertainty
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2012
ISBN: 9781616352493
Keywords: exchange rate, exporters, exchange rate pegs, banking, inflation
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record strong economic growth, despite the weaker global economic environment. Regional output rose by 5 perc...

I Clarity of Roles and Responsibilities »
Source: Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007)
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 October 2007
ISBN: 9781589064638
Keywords: fiscal policy, eiti, fiscal transparency, fiscal regime, resource-rich countries
20. Much of resource revenue management hinges on the relationships between the government, national resource companies (NRCs), and international companies. These relationships must be clearly defined for al...

CHAPTER 4 Economic Diversification in Resource-Rich Countries »
Source: Beyond the Curse : Policies to Harness the Power of Natural Resources
Series: Books
Author(s): Amadou Sy , Rabah Arezki , and Thorvaldur Gylfason
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 January 2012
ISBN: 9781616351458
Keywords: natural resource, copper, inflation, commodity prices
INTRODUCTION Developing countries as a whole have been remarkably successful in diversifying their economies and their export structures. This process of diversification has taken ma...

A View from the IMF »
Source: Policies for African Development : From the 1980s to the 1990s
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1992
ISBN: 9781557752321
Keywords: debt, debt relief, payments, debt service
The Context for Adjustment The performance of the African economies in the last two decades, and of sub-Saharan Africa in particular, has been disappointing. 1...