1、THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE AFRICA REGIONTACKLING INEQUALITY TO REVITALIZE GROWTHAND REDUCE POVERTY IN AFRICAAPRIL 2024|VOLUME 29AN ANALYSIS OF ISSUES SHAPING AFRICAS ECONOMIC FUTUREACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis report was produced by the Office of the Chief Economist

2、 for the Africa Region under the overall guidance of Victoria Kwakwa and Ousmane Diagana.The team for this edition of Africas Pulse was led by Andrew L.Dabalen and Cesar Calderon.The core team included Megumi Kubota,Vijdan Korman,Nicholas Woolley,Sena Kimm Gnangnon,and Ayan Qu(section 1),and Nistha

3、Sinha and Gabriela Inchauste(section 2).Valuable contributions to the report were provided by Mariela Caycho Arce,Dawit Mekonnen,Dominik Peschel,and Mellany Geraldine Pintado Vasquez(section 1),and Aziz Atamanov,Tom Bundervoet,Elwyn Davies,Elizabeth Foster,Alastair Haynes,Ruth Hill,Christopher Hoy,J

4、eremy Lebow,Ambar Narayan,Hugo opo,Olive Nsababera,Ana Maria Oviedo,Regina Pleninger,Mariano Sosa,Liliana Sousa,Daniel Valderrama,and Haoyu Wu(section 2).This report was peer reviewed byDominik Peschel(section 1)andRinku Murgai(section 2).Specific comments were received fromUmutesi Angelique,Helene

5、Ba,Mamadou Tanou Balde,Matheus Bueno,Flore de Prneuf,Rosa Brito Delgado,Maria Elkhdari,Jakob Engel,Elizabeth Mary Foster,Chadi Bou Habib,Nazmus Sadat Khan,Stuti Khemani,Simeon Koffi,Wilfred A.Kouame,Dorsati Madani,Naomi Muthoni Mathenge,Patrick John McCartney,Emmanuel A.Mungunasi,Stanley Kasanga Mut

6、inda,Miguel Angel Saldarriaga Noel,Hayaan Nur,Daniel Pajank,Jorge Tudela Pye,Sajjad Ali Shah,Joseph Simumba,Fulbert Tchana Tchana,Claudia Noumedem Temgoua,Sherin Varkey,and Precious Zikhali.Communications,media relations,and stakeholder engagement were led by Flore de Prneuf with the External and Co