What role does CEPICI play in promoting Côte d’Ivoire’s economic progress?
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...
For more than 50 years, Côte d’Ivoire and Canada have worked together in several areas. Canada supports every national polio vaccination campaign and provides vitamin A and deworming supplements to more than 1.3m Ivorian children. Each year, some 15 Ivorian youth receive a Canadian Francophonie Scholarship to pursue their post-secondary...
Today, the African continent is home to 60% of the world’s arable land. It has abundant energy resources ranging from hydrocarbons to renewable energies. In addition, four of the world’s 10 most dynamic economies, including Côte d’Ivoire, are on the African continent. By 2050, one in four people of the globe’s population will be African and...
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...
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