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COTE D'IVOIRE INVESTOR MEETING Growth Will Be Supported by Structural Reforms And Investments Promoting public and private investment is a key priority of the authorities' growth strategy ■ The Government strongly resumed the implementation of major structural reforms in H2 2011 Reform of Public Finances Reform of the Cocoa- Coffee Sector Global Strategy for the Development of the Financial Sector Reform of the Energy Sector Reforms in the field of Governance and Public Administration + Structural Reforms Engaged By the Government in 2011 Implementation of the Regional Directives in the field of public finances management, notably the Medium Term Spending Framework Improvement in the management of external debt through the National Committee for the Public Debt (CNDP) + Pension reform + +++ +++ + The first part of the reform was adopted in September 2010 through the creation of the ad valorem tax of maximum 22% of export price The Government adopted on November 3, 2011 the institutional and commercial provisions of the reform agenda agreed with the international financial institutions The authorities finalized the reforms aiming at improving the contribution of the private sector to the financing of the economy The primary market for public debt issuance was supported by the creation of primary dealers status (SVTs) The authorities accelerated the restructuring of the microfinance sector Reforms of the code on hydrocarbons and negotiation of a model of contract for production sharing in the hydrocarbon sector Implementation as early as July 2012 of a mechanism for setting oil products prices in relation to market prices Adoption of a development strategy for the energy sector including a code on electricity and a new tariff framework Adoption of a national plan for good governance and the fight against corruption, adoption of the law on illegal enrichment, adoption of the ethics charter and of the code of conduct for public servants Adoption of a strategy for the modernization of public administration and the limitation of the rise in public servants salaries 80 + Creation of an attractive legal framework for capital flows + Creation of a public body in charge of SME creation (single contact point) Business Climate + Adoption of the draft law on competition and of the new legal framework on investments in 2012

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