Relationship dossier
Cape Verde
Italy
Relationship assessment
Bilateral development cooperation, including a debt-for-development arrangement
Cape Verde toward Italy
+20The Cape Verdean government has participated in bilateral development cooperation with Italy, including a debt-for-development arrangement directing resources toward projects in Cape Verde.
Italy toward Cape Verde
+20The Italian government has supported development projects in Cape Verde through bilateral cooperation, including a debt-for-development conversion arrangement.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes practical bilateral development cooperation, notably a debt-for-development arrangement funding projects in Cape Verde. Its overall scope and durability beyond these initiatives are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cape Verde and Italy have maintained bilateral development cooperation, including a debt-for-development conversion arrangement that directed resources toward projects in Cape Verde. This provides evidence of practical cooperation, although the full scope and continuity of government collaboration are unclear.
Key developments
Italy and Cape Verde established a debt-for-development conversion arrangement to direct resources toward development projects in Cape Verde.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral development cooperation projects are unclear.
- Details of Cape Verdean government cooperation with Italy beyond development initiatives are limited.