Guinea-Bissau : Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: poverty;    growth;    inequality;    natural resource management;    productivity;   

RP-ID  :  106725

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Guinea-Bissau is fighting a battleagainst poverty, low growth, and political fragility. Eachof these areas presents both a formidable challenge as wellas an opportunity for serious, long-lasting and much-neededchange. Poverty is entrenched, inequality is high and otherhuman development outcomes are weak with many of the keyindicators worsening over time. Fragility is intrinsicallylinked to low growth and lack of inclusiveness. Nonetheless,the country has potential for unlocking income-generatingopportunities for growth. The diagnostics framework of thisSystematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is based on threeinterrelated themes: (i) inclusiveness of growth; (ii)overall economic growth and macro context; and (iii)sustainability risks, including the overarching issue of fragility.