The Gambia: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Policy Diagnostic
Technical Assistance Reports, February 21, 2025
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- Published: February 21, 2025
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229002066.019
Climate risks and vulnerabilities
- Sea level rise poses substantial risks.
- The country is exposed to natural disasters that could become more frequent and intense.
- Recurring droughts and floods impose large economic and welfare losses.
- Increasing temperature and decreasing rainfall will challenge the heavy reliance on rain-fed agriculture.
- Salinization and degradation of soil is expected to intensify, which, together with declining agricultural productivity, leads to increased deforestation.
- Groundwater depletion is an emerging risk.
- Water access, as well as agricultural expansion, are the main drivers of climate related challenges.
- Lack of efficient land policy, planning and forest protection leads to the expansion of agricultural and livestock activities to forest areas.
- Demand for water and electricity is expected to grow, but private investment in these sectors is lacking.
Fiscal and policy assessment
- The mission reviewed the current fiscal policies supporting climate action, including mitigation and adaptation policies and the institutional framework.
- The mission provided recommendations to support the long-term climate resilience of The Gambia’s economy.
Key thematic areas covered
- Agricultural sector
- Climate change
- Climate finance
- Climate policy
- Economic sectors
- Environment
Keywords and focus topics (as listed)
- accelerated depreciation
- Agricultural sector
- B. land management
- cadastral map
- Climate Adaptation
- climate adaptation policy
- Climate change
- climate change management
- Climate finance
- Climate Mitigation
- climate mitigation policy
- Climate policy
- Climate Policy
- climate Policy Assessment tool
- climate policy diagnostic
- Climate resilience
- disaster risk financing instrument
- financial situation
- fiscal consolidation effort
- Fiscal Policy
- forest management
- Gambian government
- Global
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- IMF resident representative
- IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department
- land area
- Natural disasters
- policy consideration
- The Gambia.
- transfer program
- West Africa
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