Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future

This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following headings: economic prospects for Sub-Saharan Africa remain strong, but growth is vulnerable to a sharp decline in commodity prices; the region's progress on reducing poverty has been s...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Newsletter
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABUNDANCE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATES AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AVERAGE INEQUALITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARK BONDS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP YIELDS DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DEFLATORS DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RENTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL FLOWS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL STABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FORECASTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH INCOME GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASED INVESTMENT INEQUALITY CHANGE INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LANDHOLDINGS LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MEDIUM TERM MERGERS MICRO MODEL MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS NONFARM INCOME OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POINT DECLINE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLICY STANCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS POVERTY TARGET POVERTY THRESHOLD PRICE DECLINES PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC INVESTMENT RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP RECESSION REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL PRODUCTION REMITTANCES RICH COUNTRIES RICH ECONOMIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOME RURAL PEOPLE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHORTAGES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBREGIONS SUBSISTENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS VOLATILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGES WAR WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WORLD ECONOMY
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topic	ABUNDANCE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATES AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AVERAGE INEQUALITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARK BONDS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP YIELDS DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DEFLATORS DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RENTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL FLOWS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL STABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FORECASTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH INCOME GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASED INVESTMENT INEQUALITY CHANGE INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LANDHOLDINGS LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MEDIUM TERM MERGERS MICRO MODEL MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS NONFARM INCOME OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POINT DECLINE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLICY STANCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS POVERTY TARGET POVERTY THRESHOLD PRICE DECLINES PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC INVESTMENT RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP RECESSION REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL PRODUCTION REMITTANCES RICH COUNTRIES RICH ECONOMIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOME RURAL PEOPLE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHORTAGES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBREGIONS SUBSISTENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS VOLATILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGES WAR WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WORLD ECONOMY
spellingShingle	ABUNDANCE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATES AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AVERAGE INEQUALITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARK BONDS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP YIELDS DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DEFLATORS DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RENTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL FLOWS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL STABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FORECASTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH INCOME GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASED INVESTMENT INEQUALITY CHANGE INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LANDHOLDINGS LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MEDIUM TERM MERGERS MICRO MODEL MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS NONFARM INCOME OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POINT DECLINE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLICY STANCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS POVERTY TARGET POVERTY THRESHOLD PRICE DECLINES PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC INVESTMENT RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP RECESSION REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL PRODUCTION REMITTANCES RICH COUNTRIES RICH ECONOMIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOME RURAL PEOPLE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHORTAGES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBREGIONS SUBSISTENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS VOLATILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGES WAR WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WORLD ECONOMY World Bank Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
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description	This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following headings: economic prospects for Sub-Saharan Africa remain strong, but growth is vulnerable to a sharp decline in commodity prices; the region's progress on reducing poverty has been slow, hindered by high inequality; and faster reduction in poverty will require growth with equity.
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author	World Bank
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title	Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
title_short	Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
title_full	Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
title_fullStr	Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
title_full_unstemmed	Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future
title_sort	africa's pulse, october 2013 : an analysis of issues shaping africa's economic future
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18362833/africas-pulse http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20237
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spelling	okr-10986-202372021-04-23T14:03:54Z Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future World Bank ABUNDANCE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATES AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AVERAGE INEQUALITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARK BONDS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHANGES IN POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP YIELDS DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DEFLATORS DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RENTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL FLOWS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL STABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FORECASTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH INCOME GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASED INVESTMENT INEQUALITY CHANGE INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LANDHOLDINGS LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MEDIUM TERM MERGERS MICRO MODEL MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS NONFARM INCOME OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POINT DECLINE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLICY STANCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS POVERTY TARGET POVERTY THRESHOLD PRICE DECLINES PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC INVESTMENT RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP RECESSION REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL PRODUCTION REMITTANCES RICH COUNTRIES RICH ECONOMIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOME RURAL PEOPLE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHORTAGES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBREGIONS SUBSISTENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS VOLATILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGES WAR WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WORLD ECONOMY This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following headings: economic prospects for Sub-Saharan Africa remain strong, but growth is vulnerable to a sharp decline in commodity prices; the region's progress on reducing poverty has been slow, hindered by high inequality; and faster reduction in poverty will require growth with equity. 2014-09-18T18:41:37Z 2014-09-18T18:41:37Z 2013-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18362833/africas-pulse http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20237 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Newsletter Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa's Pulse, October 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future

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