Imports and growth in Africa (English)

Broad comparisons show that growth is linked to imports, but country coomparisons over short periods show the link to be more flexible than fixed. In these stringent times, the big question for African countries is whether they can reduce their historically high import dependence? Or put differently, can they resume growth without substantially increasing imports? What emerges from this analysis is that some policy changes and structural adjsutments...

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Lopez, Ramon;

Thomas,Vinod;
Document Date
1988/06/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS20
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Imports and growth in Africa
Keywords
level of foreign exchange reserve

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Lopez, Ramon; Thomas,Vinod.

Imports and growth in Africa (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 20 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/815671468767431752

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