In particular, while the IMF concludes with negative projections of growth in advanced economies (a progressive slowdown is estimated from 2018 to 2020), in sub-Saharan Africa forecasts are quite optimistic, with an estimated growth which is expected to raise to 3.5 percent in 2019 and 3.7 percent in 2020 (from 3.0 percent in 2018), despite the downward revision of such projections compared with the October 2018 WEO forecasts, as a consequence of factors like the softening of oil prices (which will affect the economies of countries like Angola and Nigeria) or the policy uncertainty related to elections (like in South Africa).
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