Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Country Economic Memorandum was prepared by a team led by Rick Emery Tsouck Ibounde and Yasmine Osman, supported by a group of experts from various global practices of the World Bank, working together to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective. The team included Paul Moreno Lopez, Lulit Mitik Beyene, Moulaye Ibrahim Bamba, Ali Souag, Bilal Malaeb, Sahar Sajjad Hussain, Anne Marie Duplantier, Bienvenue Tien, Mathieu Cloutier, Hodan Hassan, Wilfried Bernard Drum, Mohamed-Amin Mahdi Ahmed, Malik Mohamed Garad, Ali Souag, Eric Dunand, Audrey Ariss, Lamia Naji, Laurent Andiazabal, Mohamed Moustapha Sar, Miyir Mohamed Abdillahi, Anas Benbarka, and Lucine Flor Lominy. The report was prepared under the overall guidance of Nadir Mohammed, Marina Wes, Stephane Guimbert, Fatou Fall, Boubacar-Sid Barry, and Eric Le Borgne. Helpful advice and comments were received from Željko Bogetić, Kevin Carey, Affouda Leon Biaou, Federica Ranghieri, and Kadar Mouhoumed, and from peer reviewers Venkatesh Sundararaman, Mamadou Ndione, and Lawrence Norton. Ekaterina Georgieva Stefanova provided excellent administrative and operational assistance. The team gratefully acknowledges the collaboration with the Djiboutian authorities, notably the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (DPFZA), the private sector, civil society, and the local community of development partners.The team would like to thank the Djibouti authorities, notably the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (DPFZA), Djibouti Telecom General Management, Djibouti Electricity General Management, the private sector, civil society and the local community of development partners for their collaboration. The Djibouti Country Economic Memorandum is supported by the Climate Support facility Whole-of-Economy Program, administered by the World Bank.The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the members of the Board of Directors of the World Bank or the countries they represent.ABREVIATIONS ET ACRONYMESAMO ARMDBOPCPPICEMCEQCGECOMESACOVID-19DDIDDMPDPFZADTDTISEBRDEDDEEPFDIFGMFTZG7GDPGHIHGNIGVAHDIHICHIV/AIDSICIICTIGADILOINSTADISPKWHLFPLMICLPIMENAMICMNOMOFMSMENCDND-GAINNDPNEETOECDPAGUniversal health insurance systemMultisector regulatory authority of DjiboutiBalance of paymentsContainer port performance indexCountry economic memorandumCommitment to equityComputable general equilibrium (model) Common market for eastern and southern AfricaCoronavirus 2019Djibouti Damerjog industrial development Doraleh multipurpose portDjibouti ports and free zones authorityDjibouti TelecomDiagnostic trade integration studyEuropean bank for reconstruction and developmentElectricity of Djibouti Public Ent...
