Wednesday 11 November 2026

87 result(s) for “Banque mondiale”

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Ivory Coast under supervision: When Bretton Woods dictated its law in Abidjan (1990)

In the 1990s, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank exercised unprecedented control over the Ivorian economy and politics. Between imposed remedies and deep social fractures, the results of this decade remain, even today, a subject of controversy.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Ivorian industry: The sector bends under the weight of the crisis (1980-1990)

After two decades of an “Ivorian miracle” driven by industrial growth of 9% per year, Ivory Coast entered the 1980s like a colossus with feet of clay. In the space of ten years, the industrial sector, which had been the pride of the country, collapsed under the combination of a global crisis, an economic model on its l...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Ivorian industry: When Ivory Coast was building its industrial empire (1970-1980)

In 10 years, Côte d'Ivoire has gone from an agricultural country to a regional industrial power in the making. The 1970-1980 decade remains to this day the apogee of Ivorian industrial ambition, driven by two audacious five-year plans, an assumed political will and growth that would make many economies around the world...

par Franck Oulaï
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