Ivory Coast has, for more than a decade, been one of the few African stories of unbroken macroeconomic success. Growth has averaged over 6 percent since 2012; inflation is contained by the CFA franc peg, and the state has earned accolades from the IMF for fiscal discipline. The headline numbers are

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