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Table 1-5. Variation in annual growth rates in total spending in 27 sub-Saharan African countries, 1991-2000.

Positive
Stagnating
Negative
(%)
South Africa
1.8
Benin
-0.7
Burundi
-16.2
Mauritania
3.7
Kenya
0.6
Congo
-12.7
Gabon
4.1
Mali
1.1
Sudan
-11.0
Botswana
5.6
Ghana
1.1
Niger
-8.4
Mauritius
6.2
 
Madagascar
-7.9
Nigeria
6.3
 
Zambia
-7.3
Ethiopia
7.1
 
Gambia
-7.1
 
 
Malawi
-5.5
     
Togo
-4.4
        Côte d’Ivoire
-3.4
        Burkina Faso
-3.2
        Senegal
-3.1
        Guinea
-2.8

Note: Stagnating countries have annual growth rates between -1.5 and 1.5%.
Annual growth rates are calculated using the least-squares regression method.
Source: Beintema and Stads, 2006.

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