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Reports and studies on Gabon published by national and international institutions.
In its October 2024 Macro Poverty Outlook, the World Bank estimates Gabon's growth at 2.4 percent in 2023, puts public debt at 72.1 percent of GDP and projects growth of about 2.9 percent a year over 2024 to 2026, with worsening public finances.
Published in August 2024, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report for Gabon's 2022 fiscal year shows extractive revenues of CFAF 1,570 billion, almost double 2021, driven by higher oil prices.
Published in June 2024 by EITI Gabon, this report examines the oil costs declared for 2021, US$1,268,894,648 for 16 operators, and concludes that the available data do not make it possible to guarantee their completeness or reliability.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 24/144, published on 31 May 2024, is the latest Article IV consultation report on Gabon.
The World Bank's April 2024 Macro Poverty Outlook estimates Gabon's growth at 2.3 percent in 2023 and warns that, absent a real budget correction, the spending momentum would put public finances and debt on an untenable path.
Dated April 2023 and released in June 2023, the World Bank's economic update estimates Gabon's growth at 3.1 percent in 2022 and warns about the rising cost of fuel subsidies, estimated at 0.7 percent of GDP in 2022.
Published in April 2023, Gabon's EITI report for the 2021 fiscal year puts extractive sector revenues at CFAF 812.8 billion and estimates the sector's contribution at 23 percent of GDP and 93.5 percent of exports.
The World Bank's Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), presented in December 2022, analyses why Gabon's natural resource wealth has not translated into sustained growth and proposes reforms on jobs, the private sector, trade and the green economy.
The World Bank's June 2022 economic update projects growth of 2.7 percent in 2022 and puts a figure on petty harassment along trade corridors: a truck coming from the Cameroon border is stopped 44 times on average before reaching Libreville.
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