Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Cape Verde property market defies the odds - Telegraph

Cape Verde property market defies the odds - Telegraph

An example comes from the property market on the tiny island of Sal in the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, an archipelago of 10 tropical and desert islands located mid-Atlantic between Senegal and Brazil.

That the economy suffered from the global financial crises is not in doubt. Real GDP growth at 8.6 per cent in 2007 dropped to 3.6 per cent in 2009. But robust government policy with big dollops of fiscal prudence have put the economy back on track.

GDP, above five per cent this year, is projected to reach 6.8 per cent during 2012, according to the World Bank. Cape Verdean finance minister Cristina Duarte reported in Washington DC ........

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