Infrastructure need

摘要

Despite the weak outlook for advanced industrialised economies, IHS Global Insight expects GDP growth in Southern Africa this year to be close to the pre-crisis rates of 2008. Growth in both the oil and non-oil sectors, combined with robust demand from fast-growing emerging markets will see GDP grow +5.2% this year, up from a lacklustre +2% in 2009 and +4.6% in 2010. But disparities within the region will persist with the greatest growth being seen for oil and metals exporters. In South Africa, the region's largest economy, real GDP growth is expected to grow +3.5% in 2011, up from +2.8% in the previous year. Robust real output performance in South Africa, Nigeria, and Angola - the region's first-, second-, and third-largest economies, respectively — are a clear indication of economic rebound in sub-Saharan Africa.