{"title":"The Gambia","authors":"A. Bellagamba","doi":"10.1163/9789004367630_009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004367630_009","url":null,"abstract":"Economic growth was steady at 4.3 percent in 2022, driven by improved agriculture production, public consumption, and infrastructure investments. Downside risks to the positive medium-term outlook stem from persistent pressures on import prices and exports, largely due to the war in Ukraine and a slowing global demand, and climatic shocks. Consequently, poverty is estimated to have increased reflecting weak per capita growth and high food prices. Key conditions and challenges","PeriodicalId":428562,"journal":{"name":"Africa Yearbook Volume 15","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121481467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}