Author/Editor: Enrique Gelbard, Corinne Deléchat, Ejona Fuli, Mumtaz Hussain, Ulrich Jacoby, Dafina Glaser, Marco Pani, Gustavo Ramirez, Rui Xu.

Release Date:June, 2015

This paper analyzes the persistence of fragility in some sub-Saharan African states and the multiple dimensions of state weakness that are simultaneously at play. This study also provides an overview more...

Author/Editor: Sanjeev Gupta, Kevin Joseph Carey, Ulrich Jacoby.

Release Date:October, 2007

What is the impact on trade in sub-Saharan Africa of the recent rapid growth in China and other Asian countries, and the associated commodity price boom? This paper looks at how trading patterns more...