Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development

From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from neglect, and there were urgent calls to invest...

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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-252622021-04-23T14:04:29Z Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development World Bank Group economic growth export diversification pro-poor growth macroeconomic policy agricultural policy inclusive growth exchange rates inflation services trade oil mining From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from neglect, and there were urgent calls to invest natural resource rents into economic diversification efforts. Relief to Sudan’s external debt crisis will be critical. The country economic memorandum (CEM) starts out with a series of simulations and a review of recent key literature on growth and diversification with the aim of defining a suitable approach for growth and diversification for Sudan. The sectoral structure of Sudan’s economy shows the growing importance of agriculture, less importance of extractives, and relative stability of other sectors (manufacturing, services) by 2030. Looking at other economies that were successful in their diversification efforts shows that they were able to broaden their endowments base by maximizing a triad of institutions to deliver services that ultimately increase productivity. The CEM finds that there is a case for Sudan to approach growth through diversification from two angles: the production and the endowment base, both of which rely on the effective utilization of key institutions. This analysis therefore uses a sectoral focus and looks at agriculture as sources for diversification, but also makes the case that trading of goods and services - especially of the higher value-added kind - can be a means to grow the endowment base of the country. 2016-10-25T16:58:50Z 2016-10-25T16:58:50Z 2015-09-30 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26809375/sudan-country-economic-memorandum-realizing-potential-diversified-development-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25262 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Africa Sudan
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topic economic growth
export diversification
pro-poor growth
macroeconomic policy
agricultural policy
inclusive growth
exchange rates
inflation
services trade
oil
mining
spellingShingle economic growth
export diversification
pro-poor growth
macroeconomic policy
agricultural policy
inclusive growth
exchange rates
inflation
services trade
oil
mining
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Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
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description From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from neglect, and there were urgent calls to invest natural resource rents into economic diversification efforts. Relief to Sudan’s external debt crisis will be critical. The country economic memorandum (CEM) starts out with a series of simulations and a review of recent key literature on growth and diversification with the aim of defining a suitable approach for growth and diversification for Sudan. The sectoral structure of Sudan’s economy shows the growing importance of agriculture, less importance of extractives, and relative stability of other sectors (manufacturing, services) by 2030. Looking at other economies that were successful in their diversification efforts shows that they were able to broaden their endowments base by maximizing a triad of institutions to deliver services that ultimately increase productivity. The CEM finds that there is a case for Sudan to approach growth through diversification from two angles: the production and the endowment base, both of which rely on the effective utilization of key institutions. This analysis therefore uses a sectoral focus and looks at agriculture as sources for diversification, but also makes the case that trading of goods and services - especially of the higher value-added kind - can be a means to grow the endowment base of the country.
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title Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
title_short Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
title_full Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
title_fullStr Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
title_full_unstemmed Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
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