I. Authorities are planning for fiscal challenges of secession


II. Key concerns for pro-poor spending in the period of fiscal adjustment


III. Sudan’s official nominal exchange rate appreciates in April and May, though a significant gap remains against the parallel market rate


IV. Sustained pressures in food prices continue to keep inflation in double-digits


V. North and South agreed to the so-called “zero-option approach” regarding debt


VI. Recent gains in gold production drive increases in non-oil exports