Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

IMF Special Issues, February 28, 2006

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• Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo
• Published: February 28, 2006
• Series: IMF Special Issues
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058

Executive summary and context

• Publication date: February 28, 2006
• Authors: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo
• Pages: 100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058
• ISBN: 9781589064942
• Stock No: ISIEA2006001
• Core observation: Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals.

Main findings

• Growth-supporting role of institutions and policies:
  • Evidence finds an important growth-supporting role for particular kinds of institutions and policies.
• Limits of current understanding:
  • The paper highlights aspects of growth that are still not well understood.
• Distributional focus:
  • The paper includes policy guidance for ensuring that the poor benefit from growth.

Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)

• Subjects:
  • Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Production, Total factor productivity
• Keywords:
  • Africa, conflict country, country, country case studies, Dem. rep., Global, growth in sub-Saharan Africa, growth opportunity, growth rate, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, ISI, policy, Poverty reduction, SI, Sub-Saharan Africa, sub-Saharan Africa country, sub-Saharan Africa data, Total factor productivity, World Bank's country policy

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• Formats referenced on the page: Link to Abstract; PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy
• Citation example provided on page: Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, and Catherine A Pattillo. Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed 9/21/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064942.058

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