How to restart Africa’s growth engine

Policy changes are needed for sub-Saharan Africa to realise its tremendous growth potential.

Date: 2017-06-22

Time: 14:00 to 16:00

Venue: Conference room, ISS Pretoria, Block C, Brooklyn Court

RSVP: Anu Klaassens, Phone: +27 12 346 9500, Email: [email protected]

Event map: https://issafrica.org/contact-us

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For many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 2016 was a difficult year. Regional economic growth dipped to 1.4% – the lowest in more than two decades. Most oil exporters were in recession and conditions in other resource-intensive countries remained difficult. By comparison, countries that aren’t reliant on resources continued to grow robustly.

Growth is expected to increase by a modest 2.6% in 2017, but this falls short of past trends and is too low to put sub-Saharan Africa back on a path of rising living standards.

This seminar will launch the International Monetary Fund’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa: ‘Restarting the Growth Engine’.

Chair: Zachary Donnenfeld, ISS

Speakers:

Montie Mlachila, International Monetary Fund

Mohammed Nalla, Public Investment Corporation