Rail station site in Ethiopia. IMF urges public spending shift toward infrastructure investment (photo: Negeri/Reuters/ Newscom)
The IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa says growth in the region is currently at 5% and will continue to rise to 5¾ in 2015. The good news is overshadowed however in countries worst affected by the Ebola pandemic.
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