World Bank2014-09-182014-09-182011-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20242This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following heading: recent global economic trends and prospects; factors driving the region performance; risk to economic prospects; and rising commodity prices.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTUREANIMAL FEEDANNUAL CHANGEASSET MARKETSAVERAGE PRICEBASIS POINTSBILLBONDBUFFERSCAPACITY CONSTRAINTSCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL MARKETSCASSAVACENTRAL BANKCEREAL IMPORTSCEREAL PRICESCEREALSCHANGES IN PRICESCLEAN WATERCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOCOACOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMODITY EXPORTCOMMODITY EXPORTSCOMMODITY MARKETSCOMMODITY PRICECOMMODITY PRICE BOOMCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPETITIVENESSCONSOLIDATIONCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INFLATIONCORNCOTTON PRICESCURRENT ACCOUNTCURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCEDEMAND FOR FOODDEPRECIATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDIRECTION OF TRADEDIVERSIFICATION OF EXPORTSDOMESTIC COMPETITIONDOMESTIC DEMANDDOMESTIC MARKETSDOMESTIC PRICEDOMESTIC PRICESDOMESTIC PRODUCTIONDRAG ON GROWTHDUTCH DISEASEECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC RECOVERYEDIBLE OILSEMERGING MARKETEMERGING MARKET COUNTRIESEMERGING MARKETSENERGY PRICESEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATE REGIMEEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORT COMMODITIESEXPORT EARNINGSEXPORT REVENUESEXPORTEREXPOSUREEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME TEMPERATUREFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL FLOWSFISCAL BALANCESFISCAL DEFICITSFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD GRAINSFOOD IMPORTSFOOD MARKETSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD RATIONSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUBSIDIESFOOD SUBSIDYFOOD TRANSFERSFOODSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFUEL PRICESGLOBAL CAPITALGLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETSGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL MARKETSGRAINSGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PERFORMANCESGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHIGH-INCOME COUNTRIESHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURESIMPORTIMPORT DEMANDIMPORT REQUIREMENTIMPORT TARIFFSINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOMESINFLATIONINFLATION RATEINFLATION RATESINFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONSINFLATIONARY PRESSUREINFLATIONARY PRESSURESINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL CAPITALINTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL PRICEINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT DECISIONSINVESTMENT SPENDINGLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMACROECONOMIC VULNERABILITIESMAIZEMAJOR CURRENCIESMARKET PRICESMARKETINGMERCHANDISEMERCHANDISE EXPORTSMERCHANDISE IMPORTSMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMONETARY POLICYNATURAL DISASTERSNOMINAL EXCHANGE RATEOIL EXPORTERSOIL EXPORTING COUNTRIESOIL IMPORTERSOIL PRICEOIL PRICESOIL SECTOROTHER CURRENCIESOUTPUTPALM OILPETROLEUM PRICESPOLITICAL CYCLEPOLITICAL TURMOILPOLITICAL UNRESTSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRICE CHANGESPRICE FLUCTUATIONSPRICE INCREASEPRICE INCREASESPRICE INDEXPRICE SERIESPRICE VOLATILITYPRIMARY COMMODITIESPRIMARY COMMODITYQUOTASREGIONAL GROWTHREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRETAILRETAIL PRICESRICESAFETY NETSSALESSHORTFALLSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOVEREIGN DEBTSPARE CAPACITYSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSUBSTITUTESUGARSUPPLY CONSTRAINTSSUPPLY SHOCKSSUPPLY SIDESUPPLY-SIDETOTAL EXPORTSTOTAL IMPORTSTRADE POLICIESTRADE SHOCKTRADE STATISTICSTRADING PARTNERSTRANSPORTATION COSTSUNCERTAINTYVEGETABLESVOLATILITYVULNERABILITY TO SHOCKSWHEATWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWORLD PRICEWORLD PRICES10.1596/20242