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Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook forthe region … 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 …
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.The special topic of this issue of Africa's Pulse argues that the digital economy can unlock new pathways forinclusive growth …Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have decelerated from 2.5 percent in 2017 to 2.3percent in 2018 … 2018 October issue of Africa's Pulse {0.4 percentage points lower). Thisslowdown was more pronounced in the first half of …
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progress is Sub-Saharan Africa. The people of Africa are hard at work building a more hopeful future for their continent. There … good plans and good ideas. For Africa and the poorest countries in the world a critical source of development funding comes … responded with an 'Africa Action Plan.' Wolfowitz briefly discussed four key areas of focus: Education, Health, Private Sector …
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Favorable global economic conditions supported a turnaround in economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, easing …
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The rapid technological advancement is now disrupting the global economy and creating new business and development …-shaping consumer behavior, social interaction, businesses and governments. The digital economy (DE), which encompasses a wide range of … global context, digital transformation of the economy has become a major objective for the government of Senegal (GoS). This …
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The rapid transformation of agri-food value chains in Africa and other developing countries hasimportant implications …
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This paper uses the night lights (satellite imagery from outer space) approach to estimate growth in and levels of subnational 2013 gross domestic product for 47 counties in Kenya and 30 districts in Rwanda. Estimating subnational gross domestic product is consequential for three reasons. First,...
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This paper presents evidence suggesting that the relationship between income and economic structure is shifting over time, with countries across the income distribution uniformly increasing the share of labor in service sectors and an increasingly less stark relationship between manufacturing...
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This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …
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Despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and …-enhancing factors like the use of fertilizers has remained flat for decades. Africa's large infrastructure, technology, and policy gaps … environment for more innovation and technology adoption, to provide the chance for Africa to experience major positive …
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