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2. The Impact of Global Financial Stress on Sub-Saharan African Banking Systems »
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 In the last few years, the world has experienced three episodes of global financial stress. The most significant took place after the collaps...

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...

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...

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...

12 Private Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview of Trends and Determinants »
Source: External Finance for Low-Income Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 1997
ISBN: 9781451957198
Keywords: debt, external debt, creditors, debt relief, debt overhang
The surge in private capital flows to developing countries during the 1990s has largely bypassed sub-Saharan Africa. In sharp contrast to the earlier lending boom of 1977–82, when s...

6 An Analysis of External Debt and Capital Flight in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: External Finance for Low-Income Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 1997
ISBN: 9781451957198
Keywords: debt, external debt, creditors, debt relief, debt overhang
The African debt crisis, like its Latin American counterpart, started in the early 1980s and still continues. Debt was a big issue in the 1980s when the international financial system appeared threatened by...

5 Debt Overhang and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: External Finance for Low-Income Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 1997
ISBN: 9781451957198
Keywords: debt, external debt, creditors, debt relief, debt overhang
There has been significant progress in the past several years toward establishing a common understanding and appreciation of the critical features and severity of the African debt problem. It is now widely a...

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...