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SOPHIA CHEN

SOPHIA CHEN is a Deputy Division Chief of Regional Studies in the IMF African Department.

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Outlooks

Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook

SOPHIA CHEN, ANDREW TIFFIN November 13, 2024

With sub-Saharan Africa soon to have one of the largest working-age populations in the world, removing barriers to business growth and encouraging higher productivity industries will help provide the employment opportunities it needs. Wenjie Chen and Andrew Tiffin produce the Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. In this podcast, they say implementing reforms that create sufficient jobs will improve prospects for the region.

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Outlooks

Wenjie Chen on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Latest Outlook

SOPHIA CHEN April 25, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa is slowly emerging from four turbulent years with higher growth expected for nearly two thirds of countries. But while inflation has almost halved and debt has broadly stabilized, economies still face financing shortages and impending debt repayments. Wenjie Chen is deputy head of the team that publishes the Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. In this podcast, she says the surging global demand for minerals could help the region overcome the ongoing funding squeeze.

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Outlooks / Economic growth

Wenjie Chen on the Latest Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa

SOPHIA CHEN November 3, 2022

Economic outlooks don’t come easy in the current environment but the latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa proved to be particularly challenging.

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Inclusion and gender

Wenjie Chen: Real-Time Data Shows Widening Gender Gap

SOPHIA CHEN December 17, 2020

Tourism, hospitality, and other contact-intensive sectors with higher shares of female workers came to a dead stop shortly after Covid-19 infections started to spread.

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