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...

Author/Editor: Catherine A. Pattillo, Anne Marie Gulde, Kevin Joseph Carey, Smita Wagh, Jakob Christensen.

Release Date:August, 2006

Financial sectors in low-income sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's least developed. In fact, assets in most low-income African countries are smaller than those held by a single more...

Author/Editor: Catherine A Pattillo, Anne Marie Gulde, Kevin J Carey, Smita Wagh, Jakob E Christensen.

Release Date:August, 2006

Financial sectors in low-income sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's least developed. In fact, assets in most low-income African countries are smaller than those held by a single more...

Author/Editor: Kevin Joseph Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo.

Release Date:February, 2006

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Economists have placed increasing emphasis on more...

Author/Editor: Evan Tanner, Kevin Joseph Carey.

Release Date:November, 2005

If permanent output is uncertain, tax smoothing can be perilous: both debt levels and tax rates are difficult to stabilize and may drift upwards. One practical remedy would be to target the debt. more...

Author/Editor: Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo, Kevin Joseph Carey.

Release Date:October, 2005

Are improvements in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-1990s sustainable? What types of growth strategies contribute the most to reducing poverty? This paper examines these questions in more...