LIBREVILLE OKOUME PALACE (RADISSON BLU & PARK INN BY RADISSON, MARCH 2014) 5, Boulevard de Nice PO Box 2254 T: (+241) 01 73 20 23 F: (+241) 01 73 16 29 www.okoumepalace.com reservation@okoumepalace.com Rooms: 135 rooms and suites. Business & Conference Facilities: Several conference and banquet rooms with a total capacity of 500. Guest...
Expansionary and targeted fiscal policy will be key to realising Gabon’s economic diversification plan. As the state’s balance sheet expands, the administration aims to control already large recurrent spending as it sustains high public investments in infrastructure and development. In 2013 Gabon’s budget expanded spending 28% on the year before, at...
Setting forth an ambitious infrastructure development plan expected to require some CFA17trn (€25.5bn) in investment by 2025, Gabon’s government expects public investment to cover a sizeable share of this – roughly 30%. Support from multilateral agencies, traditional investors and new foreign direct investment (FDI) – either in partnership with the...
Long viewed as a bastion of stability in the region of Central Africa, Gabon has been able to leverage its comparative steadfastness into diplomatic clout throughout sub-Saharan Africa. After gaining independence in 1960 the country surpassed an initial decade of occasional political tension to secure a generally peaceful state. This has allowed...
Located in central Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Gabon is a mid-sized country with a relatively small population of 1.6m people. Following a colonial period (1886-1960), when it was ruled by France, the country’s considerable hydrocarbons and mineral wealth has allowed it to enjoy economic development and stability, particularly compared to many...
The past 40 years of oil production have turned this small but strategically positioned Central African state into an upper middle-income economy. Although figures can vary noticeably, with a GDP per capita in 2012 estimated at $9000 by the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale and $12,000 by the IMF, the nation is roughly on a par with Turkey and...
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