The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has said that inflation, debt, and forex crisis is pushing Nigerian and other African economies to the brink.
Georgieva disclosed this in a report titled, “Facing a Darkening Economic Outlook: How the G20 Can Respond“, on the IMF’s website.
The IMF Managing Director said that ministers of finance and central bank governors on the continent disclosed this to her this week.
She added that most countries on the continent could raise money from the global financial markets and do not have large domestic markets to turn to.
She stated: “The particularly difficult conditions in many African countries at this moment is important to consider. In my meeting with Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors from the continent this week, many highlighted how the effects of this, entirely exogenous, shock was pushing their economies to the brink.
“The effect of higher food prices is being felt acutely as food accounts for a higher share of income. Inflation, fiscal, debt and balance of payments pressures are all intensifying. Most are now completely shut out from global financial markets; and unlike other regions don’t have large domestic markets to turn to.
“Against this backdrop, they are calling on the international community to come up with bold measures to support their people. This is a call we need to heed.”
The report, which was released on Wednesday, is a backdrop to the meeting that G20 ministers and central bank governors will have in Bali later this week.
According to the MD of the Washington-based lender, the human and economic impact of the war in Ukraine has worsened with commodity price shocks and an increase in cost of living leading to a crisis for hundreds of millions of people.
She said inflation is now higher than expected and has broadened beyond food and energy prices which has prompted major central banks to announce further monetary tightening.
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