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Tackling Financial Inclusion

Only 19% of the population has an account with a formal financial institution, 12% use informal savings and 69% have none at all.
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A Tale of Two Crises

The pandemic reversed gains registered prior to 2020, increasing poverty, disrupting learning and access to health care and constraining the fiscal space.
Human Capital Review

Deep Dive on Youth

Across The Gambia, 250 young people engaged on the themes of education, employment, migration, and perceptions of the future.

The Gambia At-A-Glance

The Gambia is a small, fragile country in West Africa. Stretching 450 km along the Gambia River, the country (all 10,689 square kilometers of it) is surrounded by Senegal, except for a 60-km Atlantic Ocean front. The country has a population of 2.1 million. With 176 people per square kilometer, it is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa.

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Education Sector Support Program

This project aims to increase access to early childhood development and basic education, as well as improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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Keiko Miwa

Country Director for Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal

Feyi Boroffice

Resident Representative

Wilfried Kouamé

Country Economist

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Apr 05, 2023

Africa’s Pulse

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to slow from 3.6% in 2022 to 3.1% in 2023.
Sep 12, 2023

CPIA Africa

The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. The overall average score for Sub-Saharan Africa’s IDA-eligible countries remained unchanged in 2022 ...
IDA in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
World Bank Africa Multimedia

Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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