Regional Economic Outlook

Regional Economic Outlook, October 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa: A Difficult Road to Recovery

October 22, 2020

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Regional Economic Outlook, October 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa: A Difficult Road to Recovery, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2020) accessed December 21, 2024

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Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling to navigate an unprecedented health and economic crisis—one that, in just a few months, has jeopardized decades of hard-won development gains and upended the lives and livelihoods of millions.

Subject: Climate change, COVID-19, Crisis recovery and resolution planning, Debt service, Economic and Financial Topics, Economic recession, External debt, Health, Inflation, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt, Regional Economic Outlook

Keywords: Africa, Commodity-exporting country, COVID-19, Crisis, Debt service, Exchange market pressure index, Financial crisis, Financial support, Financing difficulties, Financing gap, Food price inflation, Global, Governance reform, IMF role, IMF staff calculation, Inflation, International community, Market terms, Oil prices, Pandemic, Policy challenge, Policy mix, Recession, Recovery, REO, Reopening, Sub-Saharan Africa, Transfer program, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    REO

  • Stock No:

    REOAFREA2020002

  • ISBN:

    9781513557601

  • ISSN:

    2707-8086