
(AGENPARL) – gio 28 aprile 2022 [Regional Economic Outlook Reports](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/reorepts.aspx)
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[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.
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