World Bank publishes Benin Economic Update highlighting electricity reforms and 8.1% 2025 growth
On November 9, 2026 the World Bank published the 4th Benin Economic Update, titled "Accelerating Benin’s Structural Transformation for More and Better Jobs: The Role of the Electricity Sector," reporting 8.1% GDP growth in 2025 and urging electricity-sector reforms to boost formal job creation and private investment.
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On November 9, 2026 the World Bank published the 4th Benin Economic Update, titled "Accelerating Benin’s Structural Transformation for More and Better Jobs: The Role of the Electricity Sector," reporting 8.1% GDP growth in 2025 and urging electricity-sector reforms to boost formal job creation and private investment.
The report frames electricity-sector reforms and the Mission 300 Compact as central to converting recent high growth into formal, better-paid jobs. If reforms reduce outages, lower supply costs and modernize the grid, private investment and industrial zones (e.g., Glo-Djigbé) could scale formal employment. The update itself is a policy report; it does not commit new financing or regulatory changes.
Government response to the report and any World Bank financing or Mission 300 implementation timetable.
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