AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoTourism Skills: Cabo Verde’s foreign and environment ministers used talks in Luxembourg to highlight how a jointly supported hospitality school helped prepare workers for a tourism sector now welcoming more than 1.2 million visitors a year. Luxembourg says future cooperation should build local capacity and self-sufficiency. Air Connectivity: Azores Airlines plans to maintain links between Cabo Verde, Europe, mainland Portugal and North America as its parent group pursues privatization and prioritizes operational and financial stability. Growth and Resilience: An IMF review points to Cabo Verde as a lesson in managing development as a small, shock-exposed economy. LDC graduation alone did not guarantee faster growth among countries that have graduated; tourism dependence and external shocks remain key risks. Climate Security: Cabo Verde’s ambassador co-facilitated a UN declaration on sea-level rise that affirms threatened island states’ legal rights and continuing statehood—a significant issue for the country’s long-term coastal resilience.
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