Côte d'Ivoire

As the world’s nations and businesses become increasingly interconnected, so too does the flow of global migration. According to the OECD’s “International Migration Outlook 2018”, in 2017 some 258m people resided in a country other than the one they were born in and more than 5m foreign-born persons settled in OECD countries. The flow of...

Since the end of the political and military crisis in 2011, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to Côte d’Ivoire has progressed continually, doubling from $302m in 2011 to $675m in 2017, and reaching $607m in the first half of 2018 alone. Strong economic performance and the government’s focus on rebuilding infrastructure have driven Côte d’...

After a decade-long political crisis ended in 2011 Côte d’Ivoire’s economy has bounced back to become one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. Between 2012 and 2016 the country’s GDP grew by an annual average of 9%. This recovery was supported by rising commodity prices and substantial public sector investment to rebuild and upgrade...

Since achieving independence in 1960, Côte d’Ivoire has managed to maintain broadly friendly relations with its neighbours, its French former colonial ruler, and within a continental and multilateral context.

Once one of Africa’s economic powerhouses, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire fell on hard times in the 1980s and entered a period of political instability and civil war at the end of the 1990s. The country has largely been at peace since 2011, enjoying some of the highest economic growth rates globally, especially during the period 2012-16. Still...

UEMOA member states’ budget execution in 2017 resulted in an aggravation of budget deficits in comparison to 2016, in conjunction with increases in investment and current expenditure. In this context the UEMOA states have resorted to sovereign debt emissions to cover their resource needs. The outstanding amount of their West African CFA franc...