President Ouattara appointed Patrick Achi prime minister in March 2021 to replace Hamed Bakayoko who had passed away earlier in the month. The elections were deemed to be broadly inclusive, with the participation of the country’s main political parties, including the PDCI of former president Henri Konan Bédié and the coalition supporting Laurent Gbagbo, both of which boycotted the presidential elections held in October 2020. Official reports indicate that 87 persons died in violent clashes that marred the reelection of Alassane Ouattara for a third consecutive term in 2020. Legislative elections held in early March 2021 were won by the ruling RHDP party.
The country should include its most vulnerable population groups in its economic recovery strategy, further integrate women into the economy, and develop its human capital to better meet the needs of the labor market. Poverty fell sharply from 46.3% in 2015 to 39.4% in 2020, but this decline was confined to urban areas as rural poverty levels rose by 2.4% over the same period. The country nonetheless remains Francophone West Africa’s economic hub and exerts significant influence in the region.Ĭôte d’Ivoire’s score on the World Bank’s human capital index (0.38) improved slightly in 2020 relative to 2019. Côte d’Ivoire has enjoyed vibrant, robust, and stable economic growth since 2012, but experienced a slowdown in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 crisis.
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