Guinea-Bissau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Publication Date:

March 11, 2005

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper analyzes recent economic developments in Guinea-Bissau. The paper highlights the structural problems that will need to be addressed over the next few years if Guinea-Bissau is to break through the downward spiral of declining economic activity, increasing poverty, and political instability. The paper examines the real, fiscal, and monetary sectors in Guinea-Bissau. It also provides an overview of recent developments in the balance of payments and highlights Guinea-Bissau’s severe external debt problem.

Series:

Country Report No. 2005/093

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

March 11, 2005

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451815771/1934-7685

Stock No:

1GNBEA2005002

Pages:

61

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