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Mr. Eric Verreydt
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Mr. Michael T. Hadjimichael
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Mr. Thomas Rumbaugh
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
15 Sep 1992
Keywords:
OP; adjustment effort; re-export trade; public enterprise sector; enterprise; Gambian economy; ERP policy; policy framework paper; government development expenditure; policy dialogue; Civil service; Agricultural commodities; International reserves; Exports

Abstract

The Gambia is a very small country located on the west coast of Africa, surrounded on three sides by Senegal, extending inland at widths varying from 24 to 48 kilometers along the banks of the River Gambia, with a total area of 10,700 square kilometers. With a population of about 890,000, which is rising at a rate of 3.4 percent a year, The Gambia has one of the highest population densities in the world (estimated at 207 inhabitants per square kilometer of agricultural land in 1991). It has also a fairly undeveloped human capital base, with an illiteracy rate of 75 percent and a primary school enrollment rate of 56 percent (in 1987).

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The Gambia
Economic Adjustment in a Small Open Economy
ISBN:
9781557752307
ISSN:
0251-6365
Publication Date:
15 Sep 1992
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557752307.084
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48

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