The Government of the Gambia has agreed to flog the country’s only crop spraying planes that were purchased to combat desert locusts, malaria and bush fires. The two DOSA planes costing over US$1 million each, were newly bought in 2005 from a company in Texas, USA, by the previous regime[Read More…]
Economy
IMF Staff Concludes Visit Gambia
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, visited Banjul from May 3–9, 2018. The team assessed implementation of The Gambia’s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) [1] with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from end-September 2017 to end-March 2018. Forward-looking discussions focused on economic and financial policy commitments for[Read More…]
Gambia’s National Development Plan: Fine Line Between Success And Failure
The president’s speech at the Independence Stadium on the 53rd independence anniversary, gave us great comfort that something is being done to address the dismal infrastructural and economic sectors of the economy. The speech was well written and evinced well thought out policies which mapped out the strategic vision, goals[Read More…]
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