The city of Cameroon is located near the border of the Atlantic Ocean, its neighbors are Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The republic of Cameroon is a democracy which grants executive powers and control to its president. The languages dominating this republic are English and French and has an area of 475,650 Km2 which will turn out to be slightly bigger than the state of California in size. The monetary unit in the republic of Cameroon is the Franc, it has been pegged to the euro since the early 2000’s. The climate of the southern part of the republic is hot and moist due to annual rainfall while the northern part has a more comfortable climate. Overall Cameroon is a territory of diverse climate zones and is populated by varieties of …show more content…
It was estimated that the population of Cameroon in 2005 was estimated to 16,380,000 by the United Nations (UN). The republic of Cameroon offers roads, both paved and unpaved for transportation, as well as railroad systems and international airports for its people and visitors, indicating that their infrastructure is a developing sector. The education provided for its people begins at the age of six, the primary school will be held for six years, and the secondary school will have a cycle of 4 years. There is opportunity to attend university but is usually not something that only a few get to experience, although in recent years there has been advanced studies that indicate there is an upward mobility for education in this region. The main sources of economy in Cameroon are agriculture, manufacturing sectors, and petroleum. The republic has invested in its infrastructure growth indicating that they are enhancing the opportunity for future investments by other nations. The economy of Cameroon expanded by 4.3 % from the year 2003 to 2004, and in the year 2005 the GDP growth rate was presumed to increase up to 5.9%. The U.S CIA in that same year projected the GDP growth rate to be at an estimate of $32.4 billion. The inflation rates from
From 1933 to 1935, the country had a negative GDP growth rate, and the years right before the war had decreasing growth rates each year. The GDP growth rate was over 100% in 1943 and 1944, meaning that the GDP more than doubled each year. After the war, the GDP growth rate decreased steadily and had a negative growth rate again by 1949 ("US GDP Growth Rate by Year."multpl.com. Multpl, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014. ).
The Demographic Profile of the Country Ethiopia is located in the north-eastern portion of Africa. It is a landlocked country, commonly known as the Horn of Africa. The country is split diagonally by the Great Rift Valley. The western highlands get the most precipitation, while the lowlands and eastern highlands are arid. Ethiopia has three different climate zones that change with elevation:
The money supply increased which also lead to an increase in spending. And the effect was that from 2002 spring to 2006 spring, the GDP increased to 26 percent, thus as the GDP...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is located in the central region of Africa. It emcompasses 2,344,858 square kilometers of land, about one-fourth the size of the United States. Most of the Congo is a low-lying plateau, with mountains in the east. Its warm and humid climate allows a variety of plants and shrubs, such as the rubber tree, to thrive. The Congo River Basin covers most of the country, forming lakes in various areas (“Democratic Republic of the Congo"). Rains are perennial and the rainy season lasts from April to October (Mukenge 5). In the summer, temperatures can reach nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The Congo also hosts over two hundred ethnic groups and languages (Dickovick 173). The majority of its citizens came during the Bantu migration. The Bantu originally lived in west Africa, and in 1000 BC, they migrated both east and south, towards the Congo region ("Bantu Migrations, 3000 B.C.A.D. 1100"). Before colonization, there were ma...
Liberia is located along the coast of West Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. Liberia consists of mostly flat to rolling plains containing swamps and mangroves. Liberia is mainly made up of thick tropical rainforests. Liberia contains `plateaus and is covered in hills. The hills are covered in tropical rainforests. Elephant grass and semi-deciduous forests make up the vegetation.
Ogochukwu Vera Nnakwe is a devoted Christian who started serving and seeking God right from her childhood. She loves children so much and this is why at a very young age, she visits the orphanage every week to help the mother less babies. She would baby sit those babies, cook and feed them, wash their clothings and help out as much as she could in any way possible. She also has served in children’s ministry for years and has held different positions including as the president of the ministry. Ogochukwu believe strongly that children are like seeds that are growing and need to be watered every day and channel to grow in the right direction.
Gabon’s GPD (gross domestic product) is estimated to be around 7.7 billion dollars. The GPD is divided into three sections the first being agriculture making up 8%. Gabon’s agriculture consists of cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, cattle, and fish. The second section, industry, contributes 67% of the nations GPD. Gabon’s industry includes textile, lumbering and plywood, petroleum, cement, manganese, uranium, gold mining, and chemicals. Oil was located of the coast of Gabon in the 1970’s. Petroleum alone now makes up 50% of the GDP. The last section of the GDP is services, making up 25%. Ship repair supplies the most to this category of the GDP.
Economic growth is the percentage change of GDP over a period of time and is
"Major Problems Facing Cameroon Today." AFRICAW: Africa and the World. N.p., 9 Sept. 2011. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
[Nigerian] economy is limited largely to its contribution to government revenue and foreign exchange earnings” (World Bank 1974).
experiencing growth rates in GDP per head at around 6% to 7% compared to the 2%
GDP is the total aggregate income of the United States. It comprises consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. GDP in the fourth quarter of 2000 grew at a 1.1% annual rate, the lowest since a 0.8% increase in the second quarter of 1995. The below par performance in GDP is due to those factors that comprise the GDP. The most important of which is consumption.
Ghana is a country located on the west coast of Africa; Africa is a resource rich continent that supplies much of the world with diamonds, oils, petroleum and more through trade. The country of Ghana has undergone revision in their labor forces in the past twenty years, Ghana has moved more from the traditional labor sector like agriculture to more modern sectors. One of the more modern sectors of Ghana today is the industrial sector which is relatively small and is mainly operated by the Ghanaian government. The industrial sector was expanded by the government and president to employ the unemployed and promote investment in the private sector. After the 1990’s Ghana has seen consistent economic growth but their economic growth from the last eight years has increased tremendously. In the most recent of years ( after 2004) the growth rate of Ghana started to accelerate and it increased to over six percent between a five year span from 2005-2010, with the average being above seven percent in 2000 and 2009. The increase in sectors has taken Ghana from a poverty rate of more than half 51.7% to 28.5% by the year 2005. Before Ghana’s independence on March 6, 1957 most of the country’s gdp was contributed to agriculture and the industry sector was less of a contributor. Recently, between the years of 2001-2010 the roles of whom or what contributes to the gdp has switched. Most of the contribution to the gdp is that of the service sector. Even though, the service sector has risen to the top of the economy, agriculture is slowly but surely is rising back to the top of Ghana’s highest gdp contributor by the way of nontraditional exports like automobiles and cocoa. The service sector of Ghana provides many residents w...
Since economic development and growth cannot be discussed in isolation of a referenced community, society or nation, efforts will be made in this lecture to relate essentially to the economic development parameters in the Nigerian