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WASHINGTON, The World Bank says Ethiopia’s economy will be the most expansive on the continent for the year 2017 followed by Tanzania, Ivory Coast and Senegal in that order.
This view by the global finance outfit was contained in their Global Economic Prospect report released this month.
”Ethiopia is forecast to expand by 8.3 percent in 2017, Tanzania by 7.2 percent, Ivory Coast by 6.8 percent, and Senegal by 6.7 percent, all helped by public investment. However, some countries need to contain debt accumulation and rebuild policy buffers,” the report cautioned.
The World Bank further noted that growth in non-resource intensive countries was anticipated to remain solid, supported by infrastructure investment, resilient services sectors, and the recovery of agricultural production.
Whiles projecting a generally stable economic performance for most Sub-Saharan Africa economies, the report titled, ‘A Fragile Recovery,’ forecasted that economies will averagely ”pick up to 2.6 percent in 2017 and to 3.2 percent in 2018, predicated on moderately rising commodity prices and reforms to tackle macroeconomic imbalances.”
They stressed the challenges that the United States official development assistance slash will have on smaller economies and fragile states in the region as a major risk. The East Africa region they noted was also susceptible to whether-related risks.
”Worsening drought conditions will severely affect agricultural production, push food prices higher, and increase food insecurity in the sub-region,” they added.
Ethiopia overtakes Kenya as economic giant of East Africa
This forecast becomes the second stamp of approval on the Ethiopia economy in as many months. International Monetary Fund (IMF) figures released in April this year ‘crowned’ the country as the new economic giant of the East Africa region dethroning neighbouring Kenya.
Their annual economic output for 2017 was expected to hit $78 billion from $72 billion recorded last year. Ethiopia’s economic growth since 2015 has been pegged at 10.8% putting a significant gap between them and Kenya. In monetary terms, Ethiopia has opened a gap of over $29 million over Kenya.
Ethiopia’s economic growth is hinged on public-led spending on infrastructure and a strong demand by locals. It has also recently become an investor destination of choice for particularly Chinese investors.
Another factor believed to be driving the economy is the country’s large population � which is almost double that of Kenya.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Mr. Mduduzi Manana, MP will lead his Department in hosting the inaugural Higher Education and Training Youth Conference at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC), in KwaZulu-Natal from the 9th �11th June 2017.
Over one thousand eight hundred young people from across the country, will gather at the HEAIDS Youth Conference, to discuss youth economic empowerment, social inequality, HIV, STIs, TB, general health and other challenges affecting them. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Deputy Minister, Mr Buti Manamela along with several other government ministers will join young people and key decision makers from civil society and educational organisations as they create an open dialogue between those who make and enforce policy and those who it impacts.
Source: Government of South Africa
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