This unfavourable comparison highlights the urgent need for sub-Saharan Africa to restart the ‘high growth spells’ which had characterised the pre-2015 period – yet which, according to IMF research, tended to be shorter in duration and more vulnerable to an eventual crash than in other regions.3 According to that same research, both exogenous and internal factors influence the shift to a higher growth 3 See the article titled ‘Restarting sub-Saharan Africa’s growth engine’ in the IMF’s Regional  Economic Outlook published in May 2017 (Chapter 2).
Decisions on the final proposals and their calibration will be made only after an analysis of the impact assessments that are currently underway, and comments received on the consultative documents. The domestic outlook The domestic outlook also looks increasingly more promising, but risks remain.