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Appendix 5Business and Economic Environment »
Source: Sub-Saharan Africa : Financial Sector Challenges
Series: Books
Author(s): Catherine Pattillo , Anne Gulde , Kevin Carey , Smita Wagh , and Jakob Christensen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065659
Keywords: banking, microfinance, financial services, banking sector
This appendix gives further background on the legal and economic environment in which financial sectors in sub-Saharan Africa operate. Poor legal and instit...
Appendix I Hydrocarbon- and Mineral-Rich Countries, 2000–05 »
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
Table 1. Hydrocarbon-Rich Countries, 2000–05 1, 2...
Official Debt Reduction: Toronto Terms, Trinidad Terms, and Netherlands Initiative »
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
Francesco Abbate and Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen * The Setting In 1988, Paris Club creditors introduced the “Toronto terms,” a major policy adv...
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...
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...