01989cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019423 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498320498 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Arizala, Francisco. Regional Growth Spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa / Francisco Arizala, Matthieu Bellon, Margaux MacDonald. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working 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 documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic conditions of others. Estimates show that in the short run, positive idiosyncratic shocks to regional trading partners' growth significantly increase growth in the average sub-Saharan African country, while in the long-run the annual impact of growth in regional trading partner's is smaller in magnitude. Policy implications including the need to support further continent-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the benefits of these spillovers, while limiting exposure to the associated risks, are also proposed. Mode of access: Internet Bellon, Matthieu. MacDonald, Margaux. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/160 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/160/001.2019.issue-160-en.xml IMF e-Library