The Gambia : Fragility Risk and Resilience Assessment
This analysis explores the causes of state fragility in The Gambia and identifies priority policy actions to bolster macroeconomic stability and reinforce the resilience of public institutions. In countries in fragile situations, a carefully target...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/516021501649448939/Gambia-The-Fragility-risk-and-resilience-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28308 |
| Summary: | This analysis explores the causes of
state fragility in The Gambia and identifies priority policy
actions to bolster macroeconomic stability and reinforce the
resilience of public institutions. In countries in fragile
situations, a carefully targeted engagement strategy can
have a transformative impact, and appropriate external
assistance can mark the difference between the restoration
of a functional public sector and a descent into a vicious
cycle of institutional failure and conflict. Given the
pivotal importance of engagement in countries in fragile
situations, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the
World Bank’s Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global
Practice (MFM-GP) are striving to better understand the
factors driving fragility in The Gambia and formulate a
strategic approach to policy support, development
programming, and project design that reflects the country’s
unique political, economic, and institutional circumstances.
This report is the product of a collaboration between the
MFM-GP and the AfDB’s Transition Support Department. The
analysis was undertaken at a particularly critical moment in
The Gambia’s history, as the 22-year rule of former
President Yahya Jammeh gives way to the democratically
elected administration of President Adama Barrow. The new
government has struggled to address the political, social,
and economic turbulence generated by the transition, by a
legacy of mismanagement, and by climatic shocks. The World
Bank and AfDB teams conducted a joint Fragility and
Resilience Mission in Banjul and Dakar between February 24
and March 9, 2017. The mission’s objective was to evaluate
the rapidly evolving political and economic situation in the
aftermath of the presidential election and to discuss with
government and civil-society stakeholders the issues
identified in previous analyses. The mission findings formed
the basis for a comprehensive assessment of political,
social, and economic dynamics in The Gambia, including its
external and domestic vulnerabilities, the capacity
limitations of its public sector, potential sources of
conflict, and priority areas for engagement by the
international development community. |
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