By Black Star News
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is pursuing a fourth term despite being 83-years-old–arguing that his experience makes him the best candidate to lead the country to a prosperous future by 2023.
The one-time IMF economist, in a social media video release, stated that the nation needed to be shepherded through what he called “unprecedented security, economic, and monetary challenges.”
Ouattara’s government has outlawed a number of opposition politicians from running in the upcoming October elections, including former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam.
So far, Ouattara has not gone into details about his economic plans. But his finance minister wrote a paper, that was published by the IMF, just prior to Ouattara’s reelection announcement, that gives insight into the possible approach Ouattara may take.
“The government aims to bring poverty below 20% — down from 50% in 2010 and 37.5% in 2021 — and maintain annual GDP growth around 6.6% through 2030,” Adama Coulibaly wrote in a paper to the IMF.
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