Tag: GDP
Debt relief needed to help Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's heavy debt burden can only be tackled through international debt forgiveness, according to the International Monetary Fund.
An IMF staff paper published,...
Ghana sees 20 pct growth in 2011: central bank
Oil will help raise Ghana's economic growth rates to 20 percent next year, the deputy governor of the central bank said, hinting...
Liberia sees growth at 7 pct: minister
Liberia's economy will grow 7 percent this year and it hopes for a recovery that will bring jobs and cash after foreign...
IMF urges Senegal to rein in spending to cut deficit
The International Monetary Fund urged Senegal to rein in public spending to bring its public deficit down to 4 % of gross...
Ivory Coast growth could fall to 3 pct: IMF
The International Monetary Fund said that Ivory Coast's economic growth could fall to 3 percent this year, after weeks of political instability...
Rwanda forecasts 7 pct economic growth
Rwanda's economy should grow by 7 percent this year, accelerating from around 5.5 percent growth in 2009, as mineral exports and the...
Nigeria on course for 6.1 pct growth: minister
Nigeria is on track to meet targets of 6.1 percent growth and 11.2 percent inflation this year, Minister of State for Finance...
Egypt sees GDP growth at 5.5 pct
Egypt's economy, buoyed by rising exports, could grow by 5.5 percent in fiscal 2010/11 and attract $10 billion in foreign direct investment...
Libya plans 32 pct budget spending increase
Oil producer Libya plans to increase budget spending by 32% to a record 58 billion dinars ($46.6 billion) this year, a government...
Nigeria growth, spending on track: finance minister
Nigerian government spending has not slowed in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua and the economy is on course to grow a...
SONA doesn’t do defence
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was much in evidence ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
This high visibility did...
