Departmental Papers

Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa's Fragile States

By Enrique A Gelbard, Corinne C Delechat, Ejona Fuli, Mumtaz Hussain, Ulrich Jacoby, Dafina Glaser, Marco Pani, Gustavo Ramirez, Rui Xu

June 25, 2015

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Enrique A Gelbard, Corinne C Delechat, Ejona Fuli, Mumtaz Hussain, Ulrich Jacoby, Dafina Glaser, Marco Pani, Gustavo Ramirez, and Rui Xu. Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa's Fragile States, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 24, 2024

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Summary

This paper analyzes the persistence of fragility in some sub-Saharan African states and the multiple dimensions of state weakness that are simultaneously at play. This study also provides an overview of the analytics of fragility, conflict, and international engagement with fragile states before turning to an assessment of the current state of affairs and the areas in which there has been progress in building resilience. The paper also looks at the role of fiscal policies and institutions and analyzes growth accelerations and decelerations. Seven country case studies help identify more concretely some key factors at play, and the diversity of paths followed, with an emphasis on the sequencing of reforms. The paper concludes with a summary of the main findings and policy implications.

Subject: Environment, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Natural resources, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Capital expenditure, Central bank, Debt relief, Development aid, DP, DPPP, Exchange rate, Foreign exchange, Global, Government effectiveness, IMF staff calculation, Natural resource, Natural resources, Private sector, Real GDP, Sub-Saharan Africa, Terms of trade, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    99

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Departmental Paper No. 2015/007

  • Stock No:

    BRSSAFSEA

  • ISBN:

    9781513550015

  • ISSN:

    2616-5333

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