01738cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001223 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451973518 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Hernandez-Cata, Ernesto. Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Can be Done? / Ernesto Hernandez-Cata. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (27 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper argues that sub-Saharan Africa's growth performance needs to be improved substantially in order to raise standards of living to an acceptable level and achieve a visible reduction in poverty. The paper provides a broad overview of the explanations for sub-Saharan Africa's unsatisfactory growth performance in the past, paying particular attention to the empirical literature. It argues that growth has been hampered by economic distortions and institutional deficiencies that have increased the risk of investing in Africa, and lowered the rates of return on capital and labor as well as the growth of total factor productivity. Mode of access: Internet IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 2000/004 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/2000/004/003.2000.issue-004-en.xml IMF e-Library