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Country correspondent: (1) BASIC FACTS Independence: 7 August 1960, former French colony. Also known as Ivory Coast Leader: Laurent Gbagbo, born 1945, president since October 2000 Capital Abidjan (main seaport and international airport) Other major city: Yamoussoukro (international airport) Area: 322 462 km2 Population: 14,8 mn (1996) Population growth: 3,3% Urbanisation: 44% (1995) Languages: French (official), Kwa-Baule, Kwa-Bete, Mande-Dyula, Gur-Senufo HDI rank: 144 (1999) Life expectancy at birth: 48 years (1 999) Adult literacy rate: 46% (1999) Gross enrolment ratio (all educational le vels): 38% (1999) GNP: $9.2 bn GNPlcapita: $660 (1995) GDP (average annualgrowth rate): 0,7% (1990-95) Foreign debt: $18 952 m (1995); as % of GNP: 205% Development aid: $1 200 m (1995); as % of GNP: 22% Currency: CFA franc Comments: A primarily agricultural economy and among the world's largest suppliers of cocoa, coffee and palm products. A collapse of world cocoa and coffee prices in 1986 caused a recession from which the country has gradually recovered. President Houphouet- Boigny, having introduced multi-party politics in 1990, won the subsequent presidential election (his seventh term), while the ruling Democratic Party was returned to power. Houphouet-Boigny died on 7 December 1993 at the age of 88 and
Human Rights Law in Africa Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2004
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