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ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION In the first twenty years following independence (1960), Benin developed a transit economy by benefiting from the traffic of goods in the direction of the Sahel states without access to the sea; in particular, it saw its re-export activities grow enormously following the oil boom in neighboring Nigeria in the 1970s. Smuggling […]

Benin is an elongated country and one of Africa’s most stable and democratic countries with a strong civil society. At the same time, Benin is one of the least economically developed countries in the world and half the population lives on less than $ 1.90 a day. The weak economic growth has had major consequences […]