World Bank2014-09-182014-09-182013-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20237This Africa's pulse newsletter includes the following headings: economic prospects for Sub-Saharan Africa remain strong, but growth is vulnerable to a sharp decline in commodity prices; the region's progress on reducing poverty has been slow, hindered by high inequality; and faster reduction in poverty will require growth with equity.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUNDANCEADVERSE EFFECTSAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL WORKFORCEANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE GROWTH RATESAVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOMEAVERAGE INEQUALITYBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBENCHMARKBONDSCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL MARKETSCENTRAL BANKCENTRAL REGIONCENTRAL REGIONSCHANGES IN POVERTYCLIMATE CHANGECOMPETITIVENESSCONFLICTCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION GROWTHCOUNTRY INEQUALITYCREDIT CONSTRAINTSCROP YIELDSDEBTDECLINE IN POVERTYDEFLATORSDEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING REGIONSDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISTRIBUTION OF ACCESSDOMESTIC DEMANDDOMESTIC INDUSTRIESDOMESTIC PRICESDROUGHTECONOMETRIC ANALYSESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC EXPANSIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OUTLOOKECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC RECESSIONECONOMIC RENTSEMPIRICAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTUREESTIMATION TECHNIQUESEXPORT GROWTHEXPORTSEXTERNAL SHOCKSEXTREME POVERTYFARMERFARMERSFINANCIAL CONDITIONSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL MARKETSFISCAL FLOWSFISCAL POLICYFISCAL STABILITYFOOD COMMODITIESFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD IMPORTSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PROCESSINGFOOD PRODUCTSFORECASTSGDPGDP PER CAPITAGINI COEFFICIENTGINI INDEXGLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTSGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL POVERTYGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATIONGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH INCOMEGROWTH PATTERNGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHIGH GROWTHHIGH INEQUALITYHIGH INFLATIONHOUSEHOLD BUDGETSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME DISTRIBUTIONSINCOME GAINSINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCREASE IN INCOMEINCREASED INVESTMENTINEQUALITY CHANGEINEQUALITY REDUCTIONINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL TRADELANDHOLDINGSLIQUIDITYLONG-TERM GROWTHLOW INEQUALITYMACROECONOMIC VOLATILITYMEDIUM TERMMERGERSMICRO MODELMONETARY POLICIESMONETARY POLICYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RESOURCESNET EXPORTSNONFARM INCOMEOIL EXPORTEROIL EXPORTERSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPOINT DECLINEPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY STANCEPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY STATUSPOVERTY TARGETPOVERTY THRESHOLDPRICE DECLINESPRICE INDEXESPRICE LEVELSPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY INCREASESPUBLIC INVESTMENTRAPID GROWTHREAL GDPRECESSIONREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYREGIONAL INCOMEREGIONAL PRODUCTIONREMITTANCESRICH COUNTRIESRICH ECONOMIESRURALRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL INCOMERURAL PEOPLESAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSELF-EMPLOYMENTSHORTAGESSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SPENDINGSOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICSSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONSUBREGIONSSUBSISTENCETELECOMMUNICATIONSUNEQUAL DISTRIBUTIONURBAN AREASVOLATILITYWAGE EMPLOYMENTWAGESWARWELFARE IMPLICATIONSWORLD ECONOMY10.1596/20237