Official announcements, development programmes, reports and multimedia on the Gabonese economy, summarised and linked to their original source.
Publications and reports
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.
Publications and reports
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.
Publications and reports
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.
Publications and reports
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.
Multimedia
A World Bank video of just over three minutes presents the World Bank Group's Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Gabon.
Multimedia
A World Bank video on the vision of a Green and Blue Gabon and the link between a green economy, livelihoods and Congo Basin biodiversity.
Publications and reports
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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