Title Regional Economic Outlook, May 2005 : Sub-Saharan Africa

Published Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (96 pages) Series Regional Economic Outlook Regional Economic Outlook Contents PREFACE -- OVERVIEW -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SHORT- TERM PROSPECTS -- RESPONDING TO EXOGENOUS SHOCKS -- SUSTAINING GROWTH IN AFRICA -- MAKING REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS MORE EFFECTIVE IN AFRICA -- APPENDIX -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- PUBLICATIONS OF THE IMF AFRICAN DEPARTMENT, 2003-05 Summary Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa Prepared by the Policy Wing of the IMF African Department, this first, annual issue of Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes economic, trade, and institutional issues in 2004, and prospects in 2005, for the 42 countries covered by the Department (for data reasons, Eritrea and Liberia are excluded). Topics examined include responses to exogenous shocks, growth performance and growth-enhancing policies, and the effectiveness of regional trade arrangements. Detailed aggregate and country data (as of February 24, 2005) are provided in an appendix and a statistical appendix, and a list of relevant publications by the African Department is included Analysis Accession agreements Apparel exports Average tariffs Balance of payments Bargaining power Barriers to competition Black market premium Business cycles Clothing exports Commodity prices Competition for market Competitive gains Competitive real exchange rate Cotton exports Currency convertibility Currency unions Current account balance Current account deficit Direction of trade statistics Dollar exchange rate Domestic competition Domestic demand Domestic investment Domestic market Domestic prices Domestic producers Domestic production Domestic savings Domestic taxes Dynamic gains Economic community Economic cooperation Economic growth Economic integration Economic liberalization Effective exchange rate Effective exchange rates Exchange arrangements Exchange controls Exchange markets Exchange rate Exchange rate appreciation Exchange rate arrangements Exchange rate depreciation Exchange rate fluctuations Exchange rate policies Exchange rate regime Exchange rate regimes Exchange rate volatility Exchange rates Export companies Export competition Export costs Export demand Export diversification Export earnings Export growth Export losses Export orientation Export performance Export price Export prices Export processing Export processing zone Export production Export products Export ratios Export revenue Export tax Export value Export volumes Exporter Exporters Exporting countries Exporting country Exporting firms External shocks External tariff External tariffs External trade External trade barriers Extractive industries Extractive industries transparency initiative Factor accumulation Fixed capital formation Fixed exchange rate Fixed exchange rate regime Flexible exchange rate Flexible exchange rate regimes Floating exchange rate Floating exchange rate regime Floating exchange rate regimes Floating exchange rates Foreign exchange Foreign exchange market Foreign exchange markets Foreign investment Free trade Free trade agreements Gdp growth Gdp growth rates Gdp per capita Global integration Global market Global merchandise Global production Global trade Growth analysis Growth model Growth rate Growth rates High trade barriers Higher oil prices Impact of trade Import costs Import demand Import prices Import value Imported inputs Importing countries Income losses International competition International competitiveness International financial International financial institutions International standards International trade International trade policy Intraregional trade Investment goods Liberalization of trade Market exchange rates Merchandise exports Merchandise trade Monetary union Most-favored-nation Most-favored-nation tariffs Multilateral efforts Multilateral liberalization Multilateral trade Multilateral trade liberalization Multilateral trade negotiations Multiple memberships National oil National oil companies Neighboring countries Net inflows Nominal exchange rate Non-oil commodity Non-oil commodity prices Nondiscriminatory basis Nontariff barriers Oil and gas Oil companies Oil exports Oil import Oil importers Oil imports Oil markets Oil price changes Oil prices Oil producers Oil revenues Oil sector Oil- producing countries Oil-importing countries Oil-producing countries Opec Open economies Organization of petroleum exporting countries Output growth Per capita growth rate Per capita income Petroleum exporting countries Petroleum exports Petroleum prices Petroleum product pricing Petroleum products Political business cycles Political economy Political integration Preferential access Preferential market access Preferential trade Preferential trade agreements Price for oil Price liberalization Producer prices Real effective exchange rate Real effective exchange rates Real exchange rate Real exchange rate appreciation Real exchange rate depreciation Real gdp Real per capita income Reducing trade barriers Reduction of barriers Regional integration Regional trade Regional trade agreements Regional trade arrangements Regional trade integration Round agreement Rules of origin Tariff cuts Tariff equivalent Tariff levels Tariff lines Tariff reductions Tax incentives Terms of trade Textile imports Total exports Total factor productivity Trade agreements Trade arrangements Trade barriers Trade creation Trade data Trade diversion Trade facilitation Trade growth Trade integration Trade intensity Trade liberalization Trade negotiations Trade openness Trade partners Trade performance Trade policies Trade policy reform Trade reform Trade reforms Trade regimes Trade share Trade shock Trade tax revenue Trade taxes Trade variables Trade-distorting policies Trading partners Trading patterns Transport costs Unilateral liberalization Uruguay round World demand World economy World exports World market World markets World output World price World prices World trade World trade organization Congo, Democratic Republic of the Equatorial Guinea Notes Print version record Subject Economic Growth. Exchange Rate Regime. Exchange rate. Floating Exchange Rate Regime. Floating Exchange Rate. Oil-Producing Countries. Congo, Democratic Republic of the. Equatorial Guinea. Form Electronic book Author International Monetary Fund. African Department. ISBN 1589064437 9781589064430

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