“Country Risk Service Cote d'Ivoire September 2011 Updater” added to ReportBuyer.com

Oct. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- New report: Country Risk Service Cote d'Ivoire September 2011 Updater:  

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Summary of Report  -

Overview

The new president, Alassane Ouattara, faces three significant challenges: to establish a stable government; to manage the fallout from investigations into post-election atrocities; and to avoid further violence between rival factions. A truth and reconciliation commission will investigate the atrocities and could spur occasional political crises if it implicates leading politicians serving in Mr Ouattara's administration. The new government of national unity will be handicapped from the outset by the absence of any members from the former president Laurent Gbagbo's party, Front populaire ivoirien (FPI). The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts that the economy will shrink in 2011 before recovering in 2012, assuming that political stability can be maintained.

Key changes from last month

Political outlook
Laurent Gbagbo and more than 120 of his political and military associates have been charged with crimes committed during the bloody four-month stand-off that followed the disputed November 2010 presidential election. Although Mr Ouattara's government has been praised for taking action against Gbagbo loyalists who committed crimes, there is rising criticism of its failure to charge any pro-Ouattara forces with wrongdoing.

Economic policy outlook
The government has announced plans to introduce a new investment code before the end of the year. The aims are to make it easier to invest in the country and to encourage the industrialisation of the economy.
Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana have started bilateral negotiations to determine the maritime border between their respective exclusive economic zones as offshore drilling activity gathers pace in both countries.

Economic forecast
We forecast average inflation of 5.3% in 2011 (up from 3.3% previously because of new data), owing to sanctions during the political crisis. As global food and fuel prices ease, we forecast that inflation will fall to 2.2% in 2012.

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