Country Partnership Framework for Benin for the Period of FY19-FY23
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out the strategy for how the World Bank Group will support Benin in achieving higher rates of economic and social well-being over the period FY19-FY23. The Republic of Benin is a small country with a la...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643931531020663012/Benin-Country-partnership-framework-for-the-period-of-FY19-FY23 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30051 |
| Summary: | This Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
sets out the strategy for how the World Bank Group will
support Benin in achieving higher rates of economic and
social well-being over the period FY19-FY23. The Republic of
Benin is a small country with a large potential for
improving the well-being of its people. With a population of
roughly 10.9 million people, Benin is renowned for the
stability of its democratic system of government (since
1990). It is endowed with relatively fertile agricultural
land, a long border shared with the region’s economic giant,
Nigeria, and a strategic location as a hub connecting
coastal and landlocked countries to the north. Despite these
advantages, Benin’s development indicators are among the
world’s lowest: the absolute number of people living in
poverty has increased in recent years and conditions are
particularly bad for women, people living in lagging regions
in the north of the country, and young job-seekers. The
country is also highly exposed to the environmental and
social consequences of climate change, affecting agriculture
productivity, health, food security, economic development,
physical infrastructure, and water resources. The Government
of Benin (GoB) proposes to improve its state of development
through its Government Action Program 2016-2021 (Programme
d’Actions du Gouvernement [PAG]). Adopted at the outset of
the recently elected (2016) government of President Patrice
Talon, the PAG starts with the premise that given Benin’s
long history of democratic stability, its natural resource
endowment, and its strategic location within West Africa, it
can achieve much higher rates of economic and social
well-being through a three-pronged approach: (a)
consolidation of democracy, the rule of law, and good
governance; (b) structural transformation of the economy;
and (c) improvement of social wellbeing. The PAG is premised
on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (embodying
its related goals (SDGs) as well as the Paris climate agreement. |
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