Ivory Coast rebases GDP, and size of economy jumps
The African economy has been one of the world's fastest growing since peace returned after civil wars in 2002 and 2010-2011
12 March 2020 - 17:33
Abijan — Ivory Coast has revised how it calculates its GDP, a move that resulted in a big jump in the reported size of its economy.
The new methodology for determining GDP, which includes changing the base year for its calculation from 1996 to 2015, was approved in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday...
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