Gabon : Request for a Three-Year Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; Supplementary Information, and Statement by the Executive Director for Gabon.

The Gabonese economy was gradually recovering from the 2014 oil price shock when it was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Decisive confinement measures have helped save lives, but the pandemic and the fall in oil prices have severely hit the economy, increasing unemployment and poverty. With a weak econ...

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Autor corporatiu: International Monetary Fund. African Dept
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Col·lecció:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2021/189
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