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Guinea-Bissau : Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

World Bank Group - 2016

Guinea-Bissau is fighting a battle against poverty, low growth, and political fragility. Each of these areas presents both a formidable challenge as well as an opportunity for serious, long-lasting and much-needed change. Poverty is entrenched, inequality is high and other human development...

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Guinea-Bissau Public Expenditure Review : Managing Public Finance for Development

World Bank Group - 2019

Guinea-Bissau is a small state in West Africa with a population of around 1.8 million. It is rich in natural resources (fisheries, forestry and agriculture) and biodiversity. Economic activity is, however, dominated by the production and sale of unprocessed cashew, which is also the main source...

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Guinea-Bissau Public Expenditure Review : Seizing the Moment - Managing Public Finance for Development

World Bank Group - 2018

Guinea-Bissau is a small state in West Africa with a population of around 1.8 million. It is rich in natural resources (fisheries, forestry and agriculture) and biodiversity. Guinea-Bissau is host to a large variety of ethnic groups, languages and religions, with communal and ethnic-based...

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Guinea-Bissau : Service Delivery Indicators Report - Health

World Bank Group - 2019

Guinea-Bissau meets many, if not all, criteria that characterize health systems in fragile states. The country's health system faces persistent challenges related to low public spending, poor infrastructure, inadequate supply of health workers, inadequate clinical and managerial training...

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Guinea-Bissau : Health Labor Market Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

This report provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the labor market for health workers in Guinea-Bissau. It provides the evidence base for a new strategic plan for health workforce development. The report analyzes three dimensions: (i) workers' demographics, motivations, aspirations and...

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Escaping the Low-Growth Trap : Guinea-Bissau Country Economic Memorandum

World Bank Group - 2020

Guinea-Bissau's massive economic potential has not so far translated into better livelihoods for its population. Growth per capita has averaged less than 1 percent per year over 2000-2019. This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the factors behind the economic stagnation. An interplay of...

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Guinea-Bissau Economic Update, Spring 2024 : Retiring the Fiscal Risk

World Bank Group - 2024

The Guinea-Bissau Economic Update monitors significant recent economic developments in the country, highlighting the key structural challenges Guinea-Bissau faces in its pursuit of inclusive and sustained growth

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Guinea-Bissau Digital Economy Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2022

Many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including Guinea-Bissau, lack the requisite enabling environment to capture a larger fraction of the global digital economy or benefit from its gains and are thus at increasing risk of being left behind. Rapid digital transformation is reshaping the...

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Angola Agriculture Support Policy Review : Realigning Agriculture Support Policies and Programs

World Bank Group - 2021

This report assesses agriculture policy support estimates in Angola. These estimates represent the monetary value … realigning agriculture policies and programs in Angola towards greater sector competitiveness and fast economic recovery from the …

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Angola Systematic Country Diagnostic : Creating Assets for the Poor

World Bank Group - 2018

Angola is endowed with significant natural wealth, but it will need to better manage these resources and reinvest them …, and Angola has suffered periods of fiscal contraction due to fluctuations in commodity prices. Although the country has … a window of opportunity for political and economic reform that will allow Angola to put itself on a path toward …

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