Regional Economic Outlook, October 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa

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Specific contributions were made by Tidiane Kinda, Montfort Mlachila, and Rasmané Ouedraogo.Natasha Minges was responsible for document production, with production assistance from Charlotte Vazquez. The editing and production were overseen by Joanne Creary Johnson of the Communications Department.• In tables, a blank cell indicates "not applicable," ellipsis points (. . .) indicate "not available," and 0 or 0.0 indicates "zero" or "negligible." Minor discrepancies between sums of constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.• An en dash (-) between years or months (for example, 2009-10 or January-June) indicates the years or months covered, including the beginning and ending years or months; a slash or virgule (/) between years or months (for example, 2005/06) indicates a fiscal or financial year, as does the abbreviation FY (for example, FY2006).• "Billion" means a thousand million; "trillion" means a thousand billion.• "Basis points" refer to hundredths of 1 percentage point (for example, 25 basis points are equivalent to ¼ of 1 percentage point).