Guinea-Bissau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Author: International Monetary Fund

Volume/Issue: Volume 2006 Issue 313

Publication date: August 2006

ISBN: 9781451815818

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Labor , Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Taxation - General , ISCR , CR , wage , Guinea-Bissau , wage bill , Nontax revenue , salary harmonization , IMF staff estimate , U , S , dollar , scale worker , Agricultural commodities , Civil service , Wages , Income , West Africa , Africa , Asia and Pacific , Sub-Saharan Africa , publication policy , cashew production crisis , military personnel Compression , Wage structure

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Summary

A major element of the persistent fiscal imbalances in Guinea-Bissau is the relatively low level of revenue compared with other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Fiscal revenues, including grants, trended downward significantly in Guinea-Bissau from 1991 through 2005, especially during the last five years. Nontax revenues are stagnant as a proportion of GDP as a result of weak fisheries administration and control. Tax revenues as a proportion of GDP are relatively low in Guinea-Bissau even compared with other low-income countries.