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100	1		_aChuhan-Pole, Punam. _922387
245	1	0	_aAfrica's Pulse Fall 2014 / _cChuhan-Pole, Punam
264		1	_aWashington, D.C., _bThe World Bank, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (49 pages)
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aAfrica's Pulse
520	3		_aAfrica's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region. It also includes a section focusing on a topic that represents a particular development challenges for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa's economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic prospects remain broadly favorable. External risks of higher global financial market volatility and lower growth in emerging market economies weigh on the downside. In several Sub-Saharan African countries, large budgetary imbalances are a source of vulnerability to exogenous shocks and underscore the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers in these countries. The Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll on affected countries and, if not rapidly contained, the risk of wider contagion grows. Without a scale-up of effective interventions, growth would slow markedly not only in the core countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone), but also in the sub region as transportation, cross-border trade, and supply chains are severely disrupted. In Sub-Saharan Africa, growth in agriculture and services is more effective at reducing poverty than growth in industry. Structural transformation has a role to play in accelerating poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing agricultural productivity will be critical to fostering structural transformation. Boosting rural income diversification can facilitate this transformation, as well. Investments in rural public goods and services (for example, education, health, rural roads, electricity and ICT), including in small towns, will be conducive to lifting productivity in the rural economy. Although Sub-Saharan Africa's pattern of growth has largely bypassed manufacturing, growing the region's manufacturing base, especially by improving its fundamentals, lower transport cost, cheaper and more reliable power, and a more educated labor force, will benefit all sectors.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aMacroeconomics and Economic Growth _922388
650		4	_aPoverty Reduction _922389
650		4	_aRegional Economic Development _922390
650		4	_aRural Poverty _922391
650		4	_aShared Growth _922392
650		4	_aWorld Bank _922393
700	1		_aChuhan-Pole, Punam. _922387
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9781464804687
830		0	_aAfrica's Pulse _922394
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library. _922395
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0468-7
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