Discusses the legal requirements for selling to the host government, including whether the government has agreed to abide by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or is a party to a government procurement chapter in a U.S. FTA. Specifies areas where there are opportunities.
Last Published: 4/9/2019

U.S. firms interested in selling directly to the government should ensure that funds have been appropriated in the Gabonese budget for the items they wish to sell and ideally should receive partial payment in advance.  The government has been criticized by the IMF and other international organizations for being late with payments to creditors, this problem worsened in 2015 and into 2016 due to fiscal mismanagement.  As of mid-2018, the government implemented austerity measures in conjunction with IMF guidance to gain better control over fiscal management.
 

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