Economic Report on Africa 1991

Abstract

This Economic Report on Africa 1991 which provides an analysis of the main socio-economic trends and issues in the African region in 1990 and outlook for 1991 as well as updates the Preliminary Assessment of the Performance of the African Economy in 1990 and Prospects for 1991 which undertook in Addis Ababa on 15 January 1991. Since then, more data have become available and the overall picture presented in this Report, though not substantially different from the one in the Preliminary Assessment, is far less favorable or encouraging. The Economic Report on Africa 1991 focuses on particularly difficult year for Africa, marked by poor agricultural season, severe energy crisis for the oil importers and widespread political upheavals and turmoil in several countries on the continent.