Cote D’Ivoire back from the brink
The security situation has improved markedly in Cote D’Ivoire since the political crisis in 2010, which caused the economy to slump into recession in 2011. Greater political stability and an improved security situation have been welcomed by the African Development Bank which is on track to return its regional headquarters to Abidjan in 2014. The government is hopeful that it can maintain stability and reassert the country as a strategic staging posts for firms looking to tap into the large Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).