LEADER 05859oam 22013334 450 001 9910823383203321 005 20240410162019.0 010 $a1-4552-9124-2 010 $a1-4527-0392-2 010 $a1-283-53720-6 010 $a1-4519-7820-0 010 $a9786613849656 035 $a(CKB)2470000000001352 035 $a(EBL)3012463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3012463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3012463 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10300243 035 $a(OCoLC)928193406 035 $a(IMF)REOEE2006001 035 $a(IMF)REOEA2006001 035 $a(EXLCZ)992470000000001352 100 $a20020129d2006 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRegional Economic Outlook, May 2006, Sub-Saharan Africa 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (132 p.) 225 1 $aRegional Economic Outlook 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58906-526-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aOverview. Recent developments and short-term prospects ; Scaling up aid : macroeconomic challenges ; The financial sector ; Fiscal decentralization -- Recent Developments and short-term prospects. Developments in 2005 ; Oil exporters ; Oil importer ; Official grants and multilateral debt relief ; Outlook for 2006 -- Scaling up aid : macroeconomic implications. Real exchange rate ; Sterilization of aid inflows and inflation ; Impact on revenues ; Impact on growth ; Other fiscal issues ; Governance and growth ; Debt sustainability and management ; Conclusions -- Financial sectors : issues, challenges, and reform strategies. Key characteristics ; economics challenges ; Financial sector reforms ; Elements of a forward-looking reform strategy -- Fiscal decentralization. Objectives ; Features; Impact of fiscal decentralization ; Challenges and ways forward. 330 3 $aPrepared by the Policy Wing of the IMF African Department, and published twice a year in English and French, Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes economic performance and short-term prospects of the 44 countries covered by the Department. Topics examined in recent volumes include responses to exogenous shocks, growth performance and growth-enhancing policies, the effectiveness of regional trade arrangements, macroeconomic implications of scaled-up aid, financial sector development, and fiscal decentralization. Detailed country data, grouped by oil-exporting and -importing countries and by subregion, are provided in an appendix and a statistical appendix, and a list of relevant publications by the African Department is included. 410 0$aRegional Economic Outlook 606 $aBanks and Banking$2imf 606 $aForeign Exchange$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aPublic Finance$2imf 606 $aIndustries: Financial Services$2imf 606 $aFinance: General$2imf 606 $aBanks$2imf 606 $aDepository Institutions$2imf 606 $aMicro Finance Institutions$2imf 606 $aMortgages$2imf 606 $aEnergy: Demand and Supply$2imf 606 $aPrices$2imf 606 $aNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General$2imf 606 $aFinancial Institutions and Services: General$2imf 606 $aFinancial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation$2imf 606 $aCurrency$2imf 606 $aForeign exchange$2imf 606 $aPublic finance & taxation$2imf 606 $aBanking$2imf 606 $aFinance$2imf 606 $aExchange rate arrangements$2imf 606 $aOil prices$2imf 606 $aConventional peg$2imf 606 $aFloating exchange rates$2imf 606 $aExpenditure$2imf 606 $aFinancial services$2imf 606 $aFinancial sector$2imf 606 $aEconomic sectors$2imf 606 $aFiscal federalism$2imf 606 $aFiscal policy$2imf 606 $aFinancial services industry$2imf 606 $aBanks and banking$2imf 606 $aExpenditures, Public$2imf 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions$vStatistics 607 $aSouth Africa$2imf 615 7$aBanks and Banking 615 7$aForeign Exchange 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aPublic Finance 615 7$aIndustries: Financial Services 615 7$aFinance: General 615 7$aBanks 615 7$aDepository Institutions 615 7$aMicro Finance Institutions 615 7$aMortgages 615 7$aEnergy: Demand and Supply 615 7$aPrices 615 7$aNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General 615 7$aFinancial Institutions and Services: General 615 7$aFinancial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation 615 7$aCurrency 615 7$aForeign exchange 615 7$aPublic finance & taxation 615 7$aBanking 615 7$aFinance 615 7$aExchange rate arrangements 615 7$aOil prices 615 7$aConventional peg 615 7$aFloating exchange rates 615 7$aExpenditure 615 7$aFinancial services 615 7$aFinancial sector 615 7$aEconomic sectors 615 7$aFiscal federalism 615 7$aFiscal policy 615 7$aFinancial services industry 615 7$aBanks and banking 615 7$aExpenditures, Public 676 $a330.967 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund. 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823383203321 996 $aRegional Economic Outlook, May 2006, Sub-Saharan Africa$94090713 997 $aUNINA