Editing Economy of Guinea-Bissau (section)

=== "Terra Ranka" (A fresh start): a new economic plan ===
On March 25, 2015, the Government of Guinea-Bissau convened an international donor conference in Brussels.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tera Ranka - Accueil|url = http://www.teraranka.gov.gw/|website = www.teraranka.gov.gw|access-date = 2016-01-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206054832/http://www.teraranka.gov.gw/|archive-date = 2016-02-06|url-status = dead}}</ref> Hosted by the European Union with support from the UNDP and other partners including the African Development Bank and the World Bank, the country's major partners joined in welcoming the country's new vision up to 2025, and to put pledges forth for its strategic and operational plan dubbed "Terra Ranka" (A fresh start).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Union européenne - SEAE (Service européen pour l'action extérieure) {{!}} Terra Ranka: un nouveau départ pour la Guinée-Bissau|url = http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/300315_terra-ranka_guinea-bissau_fr.htm|website = eeas.europa.eu|access-date = 2016-01-28}}</ref> Pledges totalled EUR 1.3 billion.<ref name=":2" />

The strategic and operational plan is composed of six pillars: (i) peace and governance, (ii) infrastructure, (iii) industrialisation, (iv) urban development, (v) human development and (vi) biodiversity. Each of the pillars is composed of a series of structuring projects to be financed either through direct donor support or through the mobilisation of private funding.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Knowledge/West_Africa_Policy_Note_-_Note_04__Dec_2015-Guin%C3%A9e-Bissau.pdf|title = Developing Public-Private Partnerships in Guinea-Bissau: Getting the Policy Framework Right|last = Arvanitis|first = Yannis|date = December 2015|journal = African Development Bank: West Africa Policy Notes|access-date = 2016-01-28}}</ref>