In an attempt to drum up interest in its debut dollar bond issue, Kenya became the latest country in Africa to announce revisions to its measured GDP yesterday. Measured GDP has been revised up by around 20%, which in the process has helped to “improve” some of its key macro-indicators. But as ever, it is important to note that this is an accounting exercise, which changes little on the ground.
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