Supporting an Upswing in Africa Through Good Economic Policies
By Antoinette Sayeh Ensuring that sub-Saharan Africa emerges strongly from global recession will require both a sustained recovery in the global economy and sound domestic policies. The good news is...
View ArticleIMF Helping Africa Through the Crisis
By Antoinette Sayeh I believe that Africa’s needs must be fully reflected in any global response to this unprecedented recession. With similar intentions, leading policymakers and stakeholders in...
View ArticleIMF—Delivering on Promises to Africa
By Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund This week, I’m on my third visit to sub-Saharan Africa within a year. And what a difference a year has made! This time...
View ArticleBeyond Growth: the Importance of Inclusion
By Antoinette Sayeh (Version in Français) Economists care about growth. Governments care about what it can achieve: more jobs and more income for more people. An increasing number of African...
View ArticleShared Frustrations: How to Make Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa More...
By Antoinette M. Sayeh (Version in Français) Suddenly it’s the thing everyone is talking about. Income inequality. Not just between countries, but inequality within countries. In North Africa and the...
View ArticleAfrica: Second Fastest-Growing Region in the World
By Antoinette M. Sayeh Sub-Saharan Africa is the second fastest-growing region of the world today, trailing only developing Asia. This is remarkable compared to the current complicated state of the...
View ArticleAfrica’s Success: More Than A Resource Story
By Antoinette M. Sayeh When meeting with people outside Africa, I’m often asked whether Africa’s growth takeoff since the mid-1990s has been simply a “commodity story”—a ride fueled by windfall gains...
View ArticleThe New Frontier: Economies on the Rise
By Min Zhu (Version in 中文,Français, Português, and Español) There is a group of fast-growing low-income countries that are attracting international investor interest—frontier economies. Understanding...
View ArticleHow Low-Income Countries Can Diversify and Grow
By Chris Papageorgiou, Lisa Kolovich, and Sean Nolan (Version in Español) Low-income countries have spent a lot of time thinking about how they can achieve faster growth, and we have done some...
View ArticleMoving On Up: The Growth Story of Frontier Economies
By Min Zhu (version in Español) The growth story for frontier economies isn’t the same as China’s in the last two decades, or the United States a hundred years ago. These fast growing, low-income...
View ArticleBuilding A Monetary Union in Africa
By iMFdirect It’s like the European Union but for East Africa. In this podcast by the IMF, find out how Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi stand to benefit from the creation of the East...
View ArticleCapacity Development in Africa: the Faces behind the Numbers
By Carla Grasso Versions in: عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Português (Portuguese), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish) If there’s one thing all economists can...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africa Growth Lowest in 20 Years
by iMFdirect The IMF’s latest regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa shows growth at its lowest level in more than 20 years. In this podcast, the African Department’s new Director, Abebe...
View ArticleAfrica: Second Fastest-Growing Region in the World
By Antoinette M. Sayeh Sub-Saharan Africa is the second fastest-growing region of the world today, trailing only developing Asia. This is remarkable compared to the current complicated state of the...
View ArticleAfrica’s Success: More Than A Resource Story
By Antoinette M. Sayeh When meeting with people outside Africa, I’m often asked whether Africa’s growth takeoff since the mid-1990s has been simply a “commodity story”—a ride fueled by windfall gains...
View ArticleThe New Frontier: Economies on the Rise
By Min Zhu (Version in 中文,Français, Português, and Español) There is a group of fast-growing low-income countries that are attracting international investor interest—frontier economies. Understanding...
View ArticleHow Low-Income Countries Can Diversify and Grow
By Chris Papageorgiou, Lisa Kolovich, and Sean Nolan (Version in Español) Low-income countries have spent a lot of time thinking about how they can achieve faster growth, and we have done some...
View ArticleMoving On Up: The Growth Story of Frontier Economies
By Min Zhu (version in Español) The growth story for frontier economies isn’t the same as China’s in the last two decades, or the United States a hundred years ago. These fast growing, low-income...
View ArticleBuilding A Monetary Union in Africa
By iMFdirect It’s like the European Union but for East Africa. In this podcast by the IMF, find out how Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi stand to benefit from the creation of the East...
View ArticleCapacity Development in Africa: the Faces behind the Numbers
By Carla Grasso Versions in: عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Português (Portuguese), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish) If there’s one thing all economists can...
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