TNPSC Thervupettagam

IMF report on Sub-Sahara Africa

May 18 , 2023 430 days 301 0
  • The IMF recently released a report titled, ‘Geoeconomic Fragmentation: Sub-Saharan Africa Caught between the Fault Lines’.
  • Economic and trade alliances with new economic partners, China, India and others, have benefited sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Escalation of current geopolitical tensions would see countries in sub-Saharan Africa hit by higher import prices or even lose access to key export markets.
  • This would mean that half of the region’s international trade value could be impacted.
  • Sub-Saharan African region could lose an estimated $10 billion of foreign direct investment and official development assistance inflows.

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