Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Exploring the Transmission Channels and Impacts on sub-Saharan African Economies

Ho, Sin-Yu (2016): Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Exploring the Transmission Channels and Impacts on sub-Saharan African Economies.

Abstract

Over the past decade sub-Saharan African countries have made remarkable gains in promoting growth alongside economic stability. However, with the outbreak of the financial and economic crisis in advanced economies, will these hard-won economic gains in the region be threatened? In this paper, we seek to provide an overview of how sub-Saharan African countries are exposed to the crisis through both financial and real transmission channels, and to critically assess the impact of the crisis on different economies. To accomplish this task, we first provide an overview of the recent economic development of sub-Saharan African countries, and a brief discussion of the sources and the development of the crisis. We then proceed to explore the direct financial transmission channels of the crisis and their impacts on sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, we explore the indirect real transmission channels of the crisis and how the sub-Saharan African economies are impacted by them. Thereafter, we identify a couple of policy implications.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Global financial and economic crisis; transmission mechanisms; sub-Saharan Africa
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F0 - General > F02 - International Economic Order and Integration; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G01 - Financial Crises; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G15 - International Financial Markets

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