Sustaining And Accelerating Pro Poor Growth In Africa

Download or read book Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa written by Catherine A. Pattillo and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines whether the improvements in economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa since the mid 1990s are sustainable and explores which strategies have been most effective in contributing to poverty reduction objectives. Topics considered include: key factors which have contributed to the recent improvement in growth performance; differences in performance across subgroups and countries in the region; incidence and timing of growth accelerations; links with changes in fiscal policy and financial development, economic infrastructure and political institutions; and lessons on the macroeconomic policies that have proved most effective for raising the incomes of the poor.