Publication date: 2015
Author: USAID
Description: According to BMI Research, Côte d'Ivoire will have a real GDP expansion of 8.7 per cent in 2016. Compared to the two largest economies in West Africa - namely Nigeria and Ghana, both of which have their own problems holding back growth and giving rise to negative investor sentiment – Ivory Coast, the third-largest economy in the region, stands out as offering serious growth potential on an increasingly stable and diversified base.