Author: World BankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea
Author: World BankRepublic of Guinea , Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Guinea-Bissau Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Guinea-Bissau Country Economic Memorandum
Author: WeltbankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
After decades of turmoil and instability, a period of calm and progress evolved in Guinea-Bissau in 2009. A military coup in April 2012 interrupted it. A fresh start is needed to alter the dynamics that kept Guinea-Bissau poor. In 2013, Gross National Income per capita was US$590. Average economic growth barely kept pace with population growth. In 2010, poverty at the national poverty line of US$2 a day was 70 percent; extreme poverty at US$1 a day was 33 percent. These numbers have increased from their 2002 levels and they are estimated to have increased further since 2010. It is time to make a fresh start and turn the page on anemic growth and poverty. Guinea-Bissau s elections of May and June 2014 are described by many observers as the freest and fairest in the country s history. Voter registration and turnout were at record-levels. The conditions for progress and stability are favorable. Guinea-Bissau is a rural economy, almost entirely dependent on a single cash crop: cashew. It is the main source of income for most of the country s poor. Cashew nuts are Guinea-Bissau s main export, accounting for 85 to 90 percent of the country s total exports. The balance of payments is dominated by cashew, on the export side, and food and fuel, among imports. The economy is open, with exports and imports by land and sea amounting to more than 70 percent of GDP. Shocks to cashew, rice and oil prices have a considerable effect on the current account balance. Official Development Assistance (ODA) makes a critical contribution to supporting the state budget. In 2011, Guinea-Bissau ranked 20th among the world s most aid dependent countries. Recently, policy mistakes aggravated an already dire situation. However, the 2014 cashew campaign was been better than the 2013 campaign, and the prospects for a pick-up in growth have improved.
Escaping the Low-growth Trap
Author: Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Liberia. Ministry of Planning and Economic AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liberia
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Guinea
Author: International Monetary Fund StaffPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1475508948
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Country Economic Memorandum for Sao Tome and Principe - Background Note 4
Author: Patrice De ViviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sao Tome and Principe is surrounded by oil-producing neighbors, but haven't found commercially viable oil in its territory so far. Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is surrounded by major oil producing countries including Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, but there has not been any commercial oil or gas discoveries in the country's waters yet. STP is exploring for oil in two different zones under different jurisdiction: the Joint Development Zone (JDZ) with Nigeria, and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). There are talks as well for a joint exploration zone with Equatorial Guinea. The purpose of this note is to update the status of oil and gas exploration in STP and provide a probability and timeline for eventual discoveries and commercial production. The answers to these questions are key to the country's long-term development prospects, as it would alter dramatically STP's development path.
The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in ECOWAS
Author: Timothy M ShawPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349232777
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Both political economy and foreign policy have been transformed in the sixteen states of West Africa at the start of the 1990s because of interrelated external factors (end of the Cold War and start of a New International Division of Labour) and internal factors (national structural adjustment programmes). Sixteen leading analysts of new regional relations, of both cooperation and conflict, offer original revisionist insights into ECOWAS and ECOMOG, debt and democracy, reform and resistance. The mixture of case studies and comparative analyses constitutes a comprehensive overview of West African actors, issues, structures, perspectives and possibilities at the end of the century, with relevance for development discourses and directions in other peripheral regions. Together these offer timely redefinitions and reconceptualisations of central notions like civil society, diplomacy, foreign policy, peacekeeping, security, and self-reliance for political economies and cultures throughout the South.
Structural Adjustment Reconsidered
Author: David E. SahnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521665131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In this 1998 study the authors isolate the effect of specific policy measures associated with adjustment programs in ten African countries.