Guinea-Bissau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Author: International Monetary Fund

Volume/Issue: Volume 2005 Issue 093

Publication date: March 2005

ISBN: 9781451815771

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Exports and Imports , Public Finance , Agribusiness , ISCR , CR , gross domestic product , debt relief , U , S , dollar , central bank , economic activity , balance of payments , government expenditure , interest rate , monetary policy , debt service , private sector , civil war , transition government , Agroindustries , Current spending , Arrears , West Africa , Africa

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Summary

This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper analyzes recent economic developments in Guinea-Bissau. The paper highlights the structural problems that will need to be addressed over the next few years if Guinea-Bissau is to break through the downward spiral of declining economic activity, increasing poverty, and political instability. The paper examines the real, fiscal, and monetary sectors in Guinea-Bissau. It also provides an overview of recent developments in the balance of payments and highlights Guinea-Bissau’s severe external debt problem.