World Bank2014-09-182014-09-182011-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20241This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following heading: recent economic trends; and the challenge of employment in Africa: raising the productivity of the informal sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGADVANCED COUNTRIESADVERSE EFFECTSAGRICULTUREANNUAL GROWTHASSETSBASIS POINTSBINDING CONSTRAINTBONDSBORROWINGBUFFERSBUSINESS PRACTICESCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER DURABLESCONSUMERSCONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTSCREDIT RATINGCURRENT LABOR FORCEDEBTDEBT CRISISDEBT RELIEFDEPRECIATIONSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDISPOSABLE INCOMEDOMESTIC PRICESDOWNSIDE RISKSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSECONOMIC DOWNTURNECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTECONOMIC EXPANSIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OUTLOOKECONOMIC RECOVERYECONOMIC TRENDSELASTICITYEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT TRENDSENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESEXCHANGE RATEEXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICIESEXPORT EARNINGSEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT REVENUESEXPORTSEXPOSUREEXTERNAL SHOCKSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTOR POLICIESFINANCIAL SERVICESFISCAL BALANCEFISCAL BALANCESFISCAL CONSOLIDATIONFISCAL DEFICITFISCAL POLICIESFISCAL POLICYFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFORECASTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFRANC ZONEGDPGDP PER CAPITAGLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTSGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL RISKSGOVERNMENT REGULATIONGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH RATEHIGH-INCOME COUNTRIESINCOMEINCOME ELASTICITYINCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMANDINCOME GROWTHINCOMESINFLATIONINFLATION RATESINFLATIONARY PRESSURESINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINVESTOR CONFIDENCEJOB CREATIONLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLESS DEVELOPED ECONOMYMACROECONOMIC EFFECTSMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMETALSMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMINERAL PRICESMOBILE PHONEMONETARY EXPANSIONOILOIL EXPORTSOIL IMPORTERSOIL PRICESOIL SECTOROTHER CURRENCIESOUTPUTOUTTURNSPEGPOLICY MAKERSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOWER OUTAGESPRICE CHANGESPRICE INDEXPRICE MOVEMENTSPRICE STABILITYPRIMARY COMMODITIESPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROFIT MARGINSPURCHASING POWERRAPID GROWTHREAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATEREAL GDPREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREMITTANCESRISK PREMIUMSSAVINGSSELF EMPLOYEDSLOWDOWNSOVEREIGN DEBTSTOCK MARKETSTOTAL INVESTMENTTRADING PARTNERSUNCERTAINTIESUNCERTAINTYUNEMPLOYEDWEALTH10.1596/20241