• The economy returned to growth (5%) in 2013 after the economic recession triggered by the complicated political crisis of 2012. This should continue in 2014 and 2015 driven by good secondary and tertiary sector performance and favourable weather.
• The government maintained budget discipline in 2012 despite the recession and
suspension of foreign aid. Co-operation with the country’s technical and financial partners resumed in 2013.
• Government worked with the international community to ease the humanitarian crisis but could not prevent the poverty rate rising to 42.7% in 2012 from 41.7% in 2011.