Gabon: budget, austerity, and relief for stressed social contract

Summary The Gabonese government has proposed budget support for the country’s public sector in a move that complies with austerity pressures yet defends Gabon’s stressed social contract. Analysis The Gabonese government took steps to preserve a significant measure of the country’s social contract, authorizing a new remuneration program following an increase in the public sector wage bill proposed for 2019. The increased support for the country’s civil service, to be rolled out starting in January, was balanced against a context of overall austerity measures the country faces, and comes as long-anticipated legislative elections are in the run-off round. The Gabonese …

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