Africa: World Bank Says Sub-Saharan Africa to Record Modest Recovery in 2017

11 October 2017

The World Bank has projected that Sub-Saharan Africa would record modest economic growth recovery of 2.4 per cent in 2017 after the region grew by just 1.3 per cent in 2016.

In its new Africa's Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies, the World Bank however warns that the pace of the recovery remains sluggish and will be insufficient to lift per capita income in 2017.

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