This paper conducts a systematic growth and fiscal analysis to determine: (1) the growth potential of Benin's ambitious scaling-up of investment, and (2) how the government can generate the necessary fiscal space needed to increase investment without jeopardizing Benin's solid macroeconomic...

Le document se propose de realiser une analyse systematique de la croissance et du budget pour repondre a deux questions : (1) Quel est le potentiel de croissance de cette ambitieuse augmentation des investissements ? (2) Comment le gouvernement peut-il menager l'espace budgetaire necessaire...

There is significant room to improve public investment efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in sub-Saharan African countries is lagging vis-a-vis peers such as emerging and developing Asia as well as Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region's infrastructure is perceived as being...