Ivory Coast Crisis Hurts Economy

Updated Dec. 6, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

A political impasse between two presidential candidates has cast a shadow over the economy of the Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer and a growing gold exporter.

The presidential election was supposed to provide a shot-in-the arm for what was one of the West African region's most vibrant economies. Economic growth rose nearly 4% last year from 1.7% in 2007—the year a civil war ended with a peace agreement. The World Bank...

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