Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that ...

It is possible for Sub-Saharan Africa’s poor to get access to affordable electricity and for the utilities that supply power to be profitable at the same time. For Africa’s power sector to work for ...

The October 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports a fragile economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa, with growth projected at 3% in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2023, driven by increased private consumption ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 99/51 "Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in the original ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Demographic Research Vol. 42, JANUARY - JUNE 2020 Migrant-based youth bulges and social co... BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced relatively ...

Land is a vital resource that sustains livelihoods across Sub-Saharan Africa, but also one that is heavily prone to corruption. According to Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, ...

Despite rapid growth in many African economies over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world’s poorest region. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a third of the population ...

From 2001 to 2010, six of the 10 fastest-growing economies of the world were in Africa, signifying what is possible. African growth then slowed, but the World Bank estimates that sub-Saharan ...

Indeed, throughout sub-Saharan Africa, road accidents are catching up with AIDS and malaria as leading causes of death—and police statistics that Kariuki has seen indicate that in Kigali about ...

The PwC 2025 Global CEO Survey has revealed that 63% of CEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly optimistic about the future of the global economy. At the same time, half (50%) of this cohort have ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans.