World Bank2014-09-182014-09-182013-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20238This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following headings: Sub-Saharan African countries continue to grow at a steady pace; the region's decade-long economic expansion appears sustainable; and for newly resource-rich countries, strong governance will be key to harnessing resource wealth for developmenten-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE TERMSACCESS TO SANITATIONAGRARIAN STRUCTUREAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREANNUAL GROWTHBANK LENDINGBASE YEARBONDSBUSINESS CYCLESCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL INFLOWSCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCAPITAL MARKETSCASH CROPSCASH TRANSFERSCHANGES IN POVERTYCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCONFLICTCONSUMER DEMANDCONSUMER DURABLESCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMER SPENDINGCONSUMERSCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION LEVELSCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACROP PRODUCTIONCROP YIELDSDATA QUALITYDEBTDECLINE IN POVERTYDEFLATORSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING REGIONSDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDIVERSIFICATIONDOMESTIC DEMANDDURABLE GOODSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC BOOMECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EXPANSIONECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC RECOVERYECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMICSECONOMIES OF SCALEEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONENERGY SUBSIDIESEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETSEXPORTSEXTERNALITIESEXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIESFARM EMPLOYMENTFARMERSFINANCIAL CONDITIONSFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL MARKETSFISCAL POLICIESFISCAL POLICYFIXED EFFECTSFOOD CROPSFOOD MARKETSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAPLESGDPGDP PER CAPITAGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL LEVELGLOBAL MARKETSGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH PATTERNGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH POTENTIALGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHIGH INEQUALITYHIGHER INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEY INSTRUMENTHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOMEINCOME GROWTHINCOME MEASURESINCOME POVERTYINCREASED INVESTMENTINCREASING INEQUALITYINEQUALITY LEVELSINEQUALITY REDUCTIONINFANT MORTALITYINFLATIONINFLATION RATESINFLATIONARY PRESSURESINTERACTION TERMINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATESINTRAREGIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT RATEIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELAND TENURELIFE EXPECTANCYLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACRO STABILITYMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDIUM TERMMILKMONETARY POLICYMULTIPLIER EFFECTSNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNTNATURAL RESOURCESNET EXPORTSOIL EXPORTERSPAYROLL TAXESPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPHYSICAL SECURITYPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION POLICIESPRICE INCREASESPRICE VOLATILITYPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRO-POORPROFIT MARGINPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGRAPID GROWTHREAL GDPREAL INCOMEREDUCED POVERTYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREGIONAL FOODREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL MARKETSREGIONAL PRICEREGIONAL TRADEREMOTE AREASRICH COUNTRIESRISING DEMANDRURALRURAL POVERTYRURAL PUBLICSANITATIONSAVINGSSEASONAL VARIATIONSSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSUBSISTENCETAXATIONTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHTRADE POLICIESTRANSACTION COSTSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESURBAN GROWTHWAGE EMPLOYMENTWEALTHWELFARE INDICATORSAfrica's Pulse, April 2013 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa's Economic Future