Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Can be Done? /

This paper argues that sub-Saharan Africa's growth performance needs to be improved substantially in order to raise standards of living to an acceptable level and achieve a visible reduction in poverty. The paper provides a broad overview of the explanations for sub-Saharan Africa's unsati...

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Hoofdauteur: Hernandez-Cata, Ernesto
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Reeks:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 2000/004
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF
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