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The Gambia

A river nation of 2.8 million whose public debt, near 79% of GDP in 2025, is coming down under an IMF programme that added funding in July 2026.

Perfect Nations values what The Gambia owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

The Gambia at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to The Gambia

What we do for The Gambia

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Farmland to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry The Gambia toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 76.1%Of the land in agriculture, 2024

    The Farmland

    Three quarters of the land in agriculture, along the river and its floodplain.

  • 21.3%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 1,138 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

  • 2.8mGambians along one river, 2025

    The River

    A whole nation built along one river and its Atlantic mouth: water, fish and a port to price as assets.

  • 2.8mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    39.7% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Debt coming down, one review at a time.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what The Gambia owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • 79%Public debt, share of GDP, 2025, sustainable; fiscal deficit of 5% of GDPallAfrica, 2026
  • $23.2MDisbursed on the fifth review of the Extended Credit Facility and the second of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, July 2026allAfrica, 2026
  • $100MIMF Extended Credit Facility approved 12 January 2024IMF, 2024
  • 76.4%Public debt, share of GDP, 2025, World Bank Public Finance Review: high risk of debt distressThe Point, 2026

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralActiveExtended Credit Facility$100M

    IMF · Approved 12 January 2024 · Augmented and extended July 2026

    Reforms to address long-standing structural impediments to inclusive growth.

    IMF

    Source
  • MultilateralActiveResilience and Sustainability Facility

    IMF · Approved June 2025 · Second review July 2026

    Climate resilience reforms alongside the ECF.

    IMF

    Source

The The Gambia Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Fatou Ceesay, Nation Steward of The Gambia

Fatou CeesayNation Steward of The Gambia · SI Researcher

Already working in The Gambia.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in The Gambia, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in The Gambia are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect The Gambia, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with The Gambia in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
The Gambia: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for The Gambia.WATER48.2%SHELTER28.1%ENERGY3%FOOD52.8%EDUCATION61.3HEALTH53LIVELIHOOD46.6%
3%
Energy · furthest from reach3% cook with clean fuels and technology; 69% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect The Gambia

To be set with The Gambia, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of The Gambia, each year.

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  • Food52.8%Not food insecure; 47.2% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2024
  • Water48.2%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter28.1%Safely managed sanitation; 37.1% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy3%3% cook with clean fuels and technology; 69% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education61.361.3% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2025
  • Health53WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood46.6%Above the national poverty line; 53.4% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2020

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with The Gambia. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect The Gambia

All Solutions

  • The Solution for The GambiaEnergy

    Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale.

    • 01The challenge97% Of Gambians still cook without clean fuels. World Bank, 2024
    • 02The dealSovereign green bond, proved in India, 2023: INR 16,000 cr in the first issuance. Reserve Bank of India, 2023
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where energy is furthest from reach should issue a sovereign green bond ring-fenced for clean power and clean cooking. With super intelligence, the switch can be priced for every household still cooking with wood, charcoal or kerosene, and every project the bond finances reported to investors.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsThe Gambia

Dear The Gambia,

You are a nation shaped by one river, with three quarters of your land in farms and four in ten of you under fifteen.

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Your debt is coming down. Let the river, the farms and the young carry the capital for food, power and schools.

“One river made you a nation. Let it now make every citizen secure.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect The Gambia ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for The Gambia, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of The Gambia, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Gambians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect The Gambia into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect The Gambia, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect The Gambia.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does The Gambia already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect The Gambia.

    Become a Co-designer

The The Gambia ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect The Gambia with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, PR 24/02 (12 January 2024), PR 25/202 (18 June 2025), PR 26/239 and Country Report 26/175 (July 2026).
  4. allAfrica, 4 June and 8 July 2026; The Point, 16 June and 8 July 2026 (World Bank Public Finance Review).
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