The president, Faure Gnassingbe, and his ruling party, the Union pour la republique (UNDO, will continue to dominate the political landscape.
Despite robust domestic demand and currency weakening, average inflation] will remain below the regional convergence rate of 3%, owing largely to falling international oil prices.
The current-account deficit will average 14.4% of GDP in 2015-16, as strong investment-related imports exceed rising exports and transfers inflows.

Summary 7

Basic data 8

Political structure 9

Economic structure 10

Annual indicators 10

Quarterly indicators 11

Comparative economic indicators 12

Outlook for 2015-16 13

Political outlook 13

Economic policy outlook 14

Economic forecast 16

Recent analysis 19

Politics 19

Economy 23

International assumptions summary 16

Forecast summary 18

Exchange rate 11

Foreign reserves 11

Gross domestic product 18

Consumer price inflation 18

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