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Guinea-Bissau Economic Update, Spring 2026 : Pathways for Unlocking Productivity-Led Private Sector Growth

2026

A atividade econômica se fortaleceu em 2025, mas os ganhos recentes permanecem frágeis e insuficientes para garantir um crescimento sustentado e inclusivo em meio a incerteza política aumentada. A consolidação fiscal avançou, mas as vulnerabilidades persistem. A posição externa melhorou...

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Guinea-Bissau’s Agrologistics Performance

Perego, V.M.E; Haile, M.; Martinez, B.; Millan Placci, M.F - 2026

Esta nota explora os desafios e oportunidades agrologísticas enfrentados pelos sistemas do setor agrícola na Guiné-Bissau, com foco específico nos impactos sobre os sistemas agrícolas familiares. A agricultura representa uma parcela substancial do produto interno bruto e do emprego no...

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Connecting everyday resistance to staying put in the context of climate change

Santos, Cláudia - 2026

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Guinea-Bissau : Eleventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review

2026

This paper highlights Guinea-Bissau’s Eleventh Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review. The political and social situation remains relatively calm. The transitional government is preparing for the...

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Guinea-Bissau : Ninth and Tenth Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Rephasing of Access, Extension of the Arrangement, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2026

This paper presents Guinea-Bissau’s Ninth and Tenth Reviews under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Rephasing of Access, Extension of the Arrangement, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review. The economy of Guinea-Bissau has shown...

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Guinea-Bissau Human Capital Review

2025

This report presents the findings of a study to analyze Guinea-Bissau's HCI indicators and its human capital policies across three sectors - health, education, and social protection. The report highlights a deep analysis of sociodemographic variables such as age, sex, income, and geographical...

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Guinea-Bissau - Human Capital Review

2024

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Engines of growth : building knowledge economies in SIDS

Mohan, Preeya; Lindsay, Courtney; Jagessar, Jaymieon; … - 2025

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Guinea-Bissau Human Capital Review

2025

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Guinea-Bissau - Human Capital Review

2024

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Guinea-Bissau Economic Update, Spring 2025

2025

Guinea-Bissau's economy remained resilient in 2024, despite a challenging cashew campaign, with GDP growth reaching 4.8 percent. Activity in the primary sector was affected by a reduction in cashew production due to adverse weather conditions and lingering effects from the poor 2023 marketing...

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Bolstering Social Protection and Human Capital to Promote Inclusive Growth : Guinea-Bissau

Sarr, Babacar - 2025

Guinea-Bissau’s social sectors face persistent challenges despite the progress made over the past few years. This paper reviews existing social protection programs in the country, assesses the efficiency and adequacy of public spending, and formulates recommendations to enhance value for money...

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Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Guinea-Bissau

Bouzouita, Nour - 2025

This paper quantifies Guinea-Bissau’s tax potential using a stochastic frontier model and investigates the underlying sources of untapped revenue. Beyond benchmarking performance against structural peers, it tackles the complex drivers of low revenue mobilization, including high informality,...

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Guinea-Bissau : Selected Issues

2025

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Guinea-Bissau : selected issues

2015

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Guinea-Bissau : 2025 Article IV Consultation, Eighth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Requests for Rephasing of Access, Extension of the Arrangement, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2025

This paper presents Guinea-Bissau’s 2025 Article IV Consultation, Eighth Review under the Extended Credit Facility, Requests for Rephasing of Access, Extension of the Arrangement, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances...

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Guinea-Bissau : Selected Issues

2025

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Guinea-Bissau : selected issues

2015

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Fit for size: rethinking capacity strengthening in Small Island Developing States : lessons from climate finance support programmes in the Pacific and Caribbean

Wilkinson, Emily; Manley, Marita; Lindsay, Courtney; … - 2025

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Trade liberalization, economic growth and welfare in Guinea-Bissau : a CGE modeling

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Bittencourt, Maurício Vaz Lobo; … - 2025

This paper examines the macroeconomic, sectoral and welfare impacts of trade liberalization policies based on import tariffs (scenario 1), partial export tax (scenario 2) and complete export tax (scenario 3) reductions in Guinea-Bissau using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model from...

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Guinea-Bissau : Fourth and Fifth Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Requests For Rephasing of Access, Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review

2024

A political crisis in December 2023 resulted in another change in the government. In December 2023, the former Minister of Finance and Secretary of State of Treasury from the opposition-led government were arrested over corruption charges related to settlement of cross-arrears and NPLs of the...

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Private investment in Guinea-Bissau : main determinants and key reforms

Sall, Cheikh Ahmed T. - 2025

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Evaluating the impact of a support helpline for cashew producers in Guinea-Bissau

Pereira, Brais Álvarez; Cá, Nério Simão; Embaló, Aída - 2024

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Assessment of Guinea-Bissau's Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Capacity

2024

This report represents a comprehensive assessment of Guinea-Bissau's PPR capacity conducted by the World Bank. The report details key gaps and findings about Guinea-Bissau's health system and sets out priority recommendations to strengthen its PPR capacity and health system resilience. Key...

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Guinea-Bissau : Seventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2024

Guinea-Bissau continues to face a challenging economic and political environment. Recent downward shocks to cashew exports are adding pressures to the balance of payments and fiscal revenue. Tightening of regional financial conditions continue to raise borrowing costs. Since the political crisis...

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Guinea-Bissau : Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2024

This paper presents Guinea-Bissau's Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and financing assurances review. The authorities' commitment to a range of challenging policy reforms is starting to show some results. They...

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Guinea-Bissau Economic Update, Spring 2024 : Retiring the Fiscal Risk

2024

The Guinea-Bissau Economic Update monitors significant recent economic developments in the country, highlighting the key structural challenges Guinea-Bissau faces in its pursuit of inclusive and sustained growth

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The impacts of agricultural productivity on structural transformation, and poverty alleviation in Africa : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Bittencourt, Maurício Vaz Lobo; … - 2024

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Guinea-Bissau : Third Review Under The Extended Credit Facility Arrangement And Requests For Augmentation Of Access, Waiver Of Nonobservance Of Performance Criteria, Modification Of A Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2023

This paper analyzes Guinea-Bissau's Third Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement and Requests for Augmentation of Access, Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review. Guinea Bissau's...

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Trade and distribution in Guinea-Bissau : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Savard, Luc - 2024

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Guinea-Bissau : Second Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Requests for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Rephasing of Access, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2023

Guinea-Bissau is a fragile state facing significant development challenges, including sustaining the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply disruptions, and the global economic slowdown. The IMF Board approved the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement in May 2023....

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Guinea-Bissau : First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report

2023

This paper focuses on Guinea-Bissau's the First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). Program performance was satisfactory with all but one end-January 2023 quantitative performance criteria met for end-January 2023 and all structural measures at end-March 2023 for the second review...

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Guinea-Bissau : Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; and Staff Report

2023

This paper presents Guinea-Bissau's Request for a Three-year Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The ECF-supported program aims to anchor macroeconomic stability, putting the budget back on track and ensuring medium-term debt sustainability, while continuing progress on...

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Benin economic analyis market study

Sinzogan, Claude - 2023

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Potential economic impacts of agricultural growth in Africa : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Bittencourt, Maurício Vaz Lobo; … - 2023

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Systematic Country Diagnostic Update for Guinea-Bissau

2023

The Systematic Country Diagnostic Update (the Update) revisits Guinea-Bissau's development challenges and the prioritization of policy actions to make sustained progress towards decreasing fragility, reducing poverty, and achieving inclusive economic growth. Leveraging new data and analytics,...

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Motivating volunteer health workers in an African capital city

Fracchia, Mattia; Molina Millán, Teresa; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2023

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Guinea-Bissau : second review under the staff monitored program-press release; and staff report

2022

After two years of protracted political turmoil and delays in reforms, the authorities put in place in 2021 an ambitious fiscal consolidation program to ensure debt sustainability while creating fiscal space to address vast developmental needs. In late July, Fund Management approved a 9-month...

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From Learning to Doing : Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau

Martins Caeiro, Rute - 2022

This paper analyzes the role of social networks in the diffusion of knowledge and adoption of cultivation techniques, from trainees to the wider community, in the context of an extension project in Guinea-Bissau. In order to test for social learning, we exploit a detailed census of households...

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Funding schemes for infrastructure investment and poverty alleviation in Africa : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Bittencourt, Maurício Vaz Lobo; … - 2023

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Guinea-Bissau. Exploring Alternative Futures of Development : Economic and Human Development Trends to 2040

University of Denver, The Frederick S. Pardee Center … - 2022

Guinea-Bissau is currently one of the least developed countries in the world, ranking 178th out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index (2019). We study the economic and human development outlook to 2040. We show that economic growth will improve the human condition in Guinea-Bissau...

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Trade reform, infrastructure investment, and structural transformation in Africa : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Fereira, Semertesides Bitica; Cateia, Júlio Vicente - 2023

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Guinea-Bissau : 2022 Article IV Consultation and Third Review under the Staff-Monitored Program; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2022

This paper discusses Guinea-Bissau's 2002 Article IV Consultation and Third Review under the Staff-Monitored Program. Guinea-Bissau's economy has recovered well from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Growth is projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2022 supported by a continued strong...

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Impact of market information on cashew producers in Guinea-Bissau

Pereira, Brais Álvarez; Schinaia, Giulio; Schäber, … - 2022

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Integração supranacional na periferia do capitalismo : a experiência da união econômica e monetária da África Ocidental (UEMOA)

Djau, Mamadu Alfa; Lins, Hoyêdo Nunes; Fachinello, … - 2022

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Diffusion of agricultural innovations in Guinea-Bissau : from learning to doing

Caeiro, Rute Martins - 2022

This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document both the direct effects of this intervention and subsequent diffusion...

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Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Cashew Exports in Guinea-Bissau

Cassama, Braima - 2022

This paper examines the determinants of cashew nut exports in Guinea-Bissau. Based on a hybrid export function with both supply and demand components, we estimate a time series Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model from 1973 to 2020. The main short- and long-run determinants of cashew...

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Guinea-Bissau Digital Economy Diagnostic

2022

Many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including Guinea-Bissau, lack the requisite enabling environment to capture a larger fraction of the global digital economy or benefit from its gains and are thus at increasing risk of being left behind. Rapid digital transformation is reshaping the...

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Economic impacts of infrastructure investment with different funding mechanisms : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Savard, Luc; Freitas, Clailton … - 2022

This study aims to analyze the economic impacts of infrastructure investment in Africa, focusing on the Guinea-Bissau economy. Through a dynamic CGE model, we find that the natural resource revenues (or aid)-funded infrastructure investments generate externalities that increase factor returns....

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Chapter 11 Savings Groups in Guinea-Bissau

Mendes de Medina, Ismael; Monteiro, Filipa; Pinto, Ana … - 2022

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FY 2021 Guinea-Bissau Country Opinion Survey Report

2021

The Country Opinion Survey in Guinea-Bissau assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media,...

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Guinea-Bissau : first review under the staff monitored program

2021

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Guinea-Bissau : request for a nine-month staff monitored program : press release; and staff report

2021

Guinea-Bissau is a fragile state with considerable needs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and address developmental challenges. After an estimated 1.4 percent of GDP contraction in 2020, a modest recovery of about 3.3 percent is projected for 2021 on the back of higher cashew exports, the gradual...

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Guinea-Bissau : request for disbursement under the rapid credit facility : press release; staff report; and statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2021

Guinea Bissau is a fragile state with a long history of political instability. Poverty is high with about 67 percent of the population living below the poverty line of USD 1.90 per day. The economy relies heavily on the production and exports of unprocessed cashew nuts, making most households...

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