Country Information - Togo

ECONOMIC BACKGROUND Togo is heavily dependent on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for 65% of the labor force. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is the world's fourth-largest producer of phosphate. The government's decade-long effort (supported by the World Bank and the IMF) to implement economic reform measures has encouraged foreign investment and has helped align revenues with expenditures. Ongoing progress is dependent on following through with privatization efforts, increased openness in government financial operations, progress toward legislative elections, and continued support from foreign donors. Economic growth remains under pressure from declining cotton production and underinvestment in phosphate mining. Click here for Country Map [23kB]

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