(AGENPARL) - Roma, 28 Aprile 2022 - (AGENPARL) – gio 28 aprile 2022 [Regional Economic Outlook Reports](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/reorepts.aspx)
[Open in your browser](Http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2022/04/28/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2022?cid=em-COM-123-44706)
Http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2022/04/28/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2022?cid=em-COM-123-44706
[Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2022](Http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2022/04/28/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2022?cid=em-COM-123-44706)
APRIL 28, 2022
Http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2022/04/28/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2022?cid=em-COM-123-44706
The economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa surprised on the upside in the second half of 2021, prompting a significant upward revision in last year’s estimated growth, from 3.7 to 4.5 percent. This year, however, that progress has been jeopardized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine which has triggered a global economic shock that is hitting the region at a time when countries’ policy space to respond to it is minimal to nonexistent. Most notably, surging oil and food prices are straining the external and fiscal balances of commodity-importing countries and have increased food security concerns in the region.
[READ MORE](Http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2022/04/28/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2022?cid=em-COM-123-44706)
YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN:
[COUNTRY INFO](http://www.imf.org/en/Countries)
[IMF VIDEOS](http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/index.aspx)
[DATA TOOL](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD)
[NEWS AND INTERVIEWS](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx)
[IMF BLOG](https://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/)
[F&D MAGAZINE](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/index.htm)
[EVENTS](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars)
[PODCASTS](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Podcasts)
[NEWSLETTER](http://www.imf.org/newsletter)
FOLLOW US ON: