Record-breaking drought continues to scorch wide swaths of sub-Saharan Africa, from Somalia in the east to Niger in the west. Humanitarian groups say tens of millions are hungry and conditions are ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 99/51 "Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa." Citations for the research ... more than two- thirds of the countries in the study group ...

Climate-induced migration is becoming an urgent issue in Sub-Saharan Africa. Severe droughts ... disproportionately impacts vulnerable groups, including women, children, and the elderly.

High tax rates are another reason for the low level of private investment in sub-Saharan Africa. High tax and import duty rates combined with pressures from special interest groups have resulted in a ...