TY  - BOOK
AU  - Calderon,Cesar
AU  - Calderon,Cesar
TI  - Africa's Pulse, No. 18, October 2018 : : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Commodity Prices
KW  - Economic Growth
KW  - Fiscal Policy
KW  - GDP
KW  - Gross Domestic Product
KW  - Growth
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Macroeconomic Analysis
KW  - Metals Exporters
KW  - Monetary Policy
KW  - Oil Sector
KW  - Public Debt
N2  - Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook forthe region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a particular developmentchallenge for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region of theWorld Bank.Recent data point to a weakening of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018, according to the newAfrica's Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies conducted by the World Bank. Thegrowth slowdown can be attributed to the lower than expected performance of the large countries in theregion (South Africa and Nigeria). The downswing reflects poorer performance in agriculture followingdroughts and lower performance of commodity sectors
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-1365-8
ER  -