Post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience: Leveraging Reforms for Growth and Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

February 19, 2021

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Paola Ganum, and Vimal V Thakoor. Post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience: Leveraging Reforms for Growth and Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

Covid-19 has exacerbated economic and social vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is a risk that growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary stimuli. Reforms could boost per capita growth by an additional 0.3-1.3 percentage points, relative to the 1.9 percent average since 2010. Such growth would reduce per capita income doubling time from 37 years to about 22 years. Low-income countries stand to gain the most from reforms. The largest gains come from governance, products markets, and factor accumulation. Importantly, these reforms can be implemented in the post-pandemic environment characterized by weaker social and distributional outcomes.

Subject: Commodity markets, Income, Labor market reforms, Labor markets, Structural reforms

Keywords: COVID-19, Demand management, Development, Frontier country, Governance reform, Growth, Labor market indicator, Labor market market index, Labor market rigidity, Per capita income, Political Economy, Product market efficiency, Product market reform, SSA countries' performance, SSA economy, Sub-Saharan Africa., WP

Publication Details

Pages:

33
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Working Paper No. 2021/045
Stock No:

WPIEA2021045
ISBN:

9781513570044
ISSN:

1018-5941

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