Beyond the Crisis: Sustaining Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa, International Monetary Fund, Economic Development, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics

Event Summary

The International Monetary Fund has just released its semi-annual Regional Economic Outlook for Africa which contains findings that indicate sub-Saharan Africa’s economic activity has slowed sharply with the onset of the global financial crisis. As the world economy stages a tentative recovery, what does this mean for the region? Can sub-Saharan Africa capitalize on a recovery and regain the momentum of the past decade?

Event Information

When

Thursday, November 19, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Where

Saul/Zilkha Rooms
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Event Materials

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

Email: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

On November 19, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings hosted Antoinette Sayeh, director of the African Department of the IMF, for a discussion of the findings of the Regional Economic Outlook for Africa. Panelists include Andrew Baukol from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Stephen Hayes from the Corporate Council on Africa. Brookings Senior Fellow Mwangi Kimenyi provided introductory remarks and moderated the discussion.

Participants

Introduction and Moderator

Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Featured Speaker

Antoinette Sayeh

Director, Africa Department
International Monetary Fund

Panelists

Andrew Baukol

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Stephen Hayes

President
The Corporate Council on Africa

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Beyond the Crisis: Sustaining Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa