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Prospects for Southern Africa in 2017

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PROSPECTS 2017
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Southern Africa AF Angola Botswana Lesotho Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe China IMF-World Bank United States PROSPECTS 2017

Topical: economy politics corruption debt election government oil opposition party protest
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2016), "Prospects for Southern Africa in 2017", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB216013

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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Prospects for Southern Africa in 2017.

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While there are few polls in 2017, incumbent presidents in Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe will struggle to stifle opposition both within and outside party ranks. Regionally, GDP growth will remain depressed while energy and metal prices are forecast to improve marginally. Normal to above-normal rainfall in the October-March season is expected to break the drought across most of the region.

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