Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa
ISBN-10
1589064941
ISBN-13
9781589064942
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
100
Language
English
Published
2006-02-28
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Authors
Mr.Sanjeev Gupta, Ms.Catherine A. Pattillo, Mr.Kevin Joseph Carey

Description

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Economists have placed increasing emphasis on understanding the policies that promote sustained jumps in medium-term growth, and the paper applies this approach to African countries. The evidence presented finds an important growth-supporting role for particular kinds of institutions and policies, but also highlights aspects of growth that are still not well understood. The paper includes policy guidance for ensuring that the poor benefit from growth.

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