Sustainable financing of The Gambia’s development in a COVID-19 era

The Gambia urgently needs to adopt financing mechanisms that will underpin and ensure the delivery of its national development plan, which is being reprioritised to support pandemic recovery, and its long-term climate vision, which has just been developed. In this second briefing on The Gambia, we consider the requirements of sustainable financing for development in a COVID-19 era and explore important factors required to support it, from a strong legal framework and enabling environment to risk and resilience financing, digitalisation and debt management options. As with the first briefing in this series, the thinking will also apply to other Least Developed Countries as they seek to enhance sustainable financing for development against the backdrop of pandemic recovery.