Guinea-Bissau News » Biombo News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Social: World Bank Approves a $20 Million Project to Strengthen Health, Education, and Social Services in Guinea-Bissau
BISSAU, January 15, 2025 - The World Bank has approved a $20 million grant to strengthen education, health, and social protection services in Guinea-Bissau, focusing on the country’s most vulnerable: ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Social: Guinea-Bissau: How Cocaine Transformed a Tiny African Nation
Tiny Guinea-Bissau has become a base for cocaine trafficking between Latin America and Europe, and officials seem helpless to stop it One morning in early 2005, the villagers of Biombo found hundreds ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Social: Poverty in Guinea-Bissau – A look at pre- and post-COVID-19 trends
Poverty continues to be widespread in Guinea-Bissau, having increased by 2.8 percentage points between 2018 and 2021, which is equivalent to over 80,000 additional poor, according to the “Poverty, ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Social: Bolstering Social Protection and Human Capital to Promote Inclusive Growth: Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau’s social sectors face persistent challenges despite the progress made over the past few years. This paper reviews existing social protection programs in the country, assesses the ...