Despite a more favorable external environment, marked by the rebound in global growth, fast-increasing oil prices, and unprecedented Fund financial support, CEMAC is ending 2021 in a fragile external position. Net external reserves fell throughout 2021 to reach their lowest level in decades, and...

What is the impact on trade in sub-Saharan Africa of the recent rapid growth in China and other Asian countries, and the associated commodity price boom? This paper looks at how trading patterns (both destinations and composition) are changing in sub-Saharan Africa. Has the region managed to...

"Examines the more dynamic role Asian nations are playing within the G-20 and in multilateral organizations concerned with governance of global economic and financial affairs, brought about by the rapid development of Asian economies in recent decades"--Provided by publisher