Guinea-Bissau : Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
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, ine...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26557777/guinea-bissau-turning-challenges-opportunities-poverty-reduction-inclusive-growth-systematic-country-diagnostic-scd http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24695 |
| Summary: | 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 outcomes are weak with many of the key
indicators worsening over time. Fragility is intrinsically
linked to low growth and lack of inclusiveness. Nonetheless,
the country has potential for unlocking income-generating
opportunities for growth. The diagnostics framework of this
Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is based on three
interrelated themes: (i) inclusiveness of growth; (ii)
overall economic growth and macro context; and (iii)
sustainability risks, including the overarching issue of fragility. |
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