The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha

      Independence: 15 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday: Congolese National Day, 15 August (1960)

      Constitution: new constitution approved by referendum March 1992

      Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Pascal LISSOUBA (since August 1992);

       elected for a five-year term by universal suffrage; election last

       held NA August 1992 (next to be held NA August 1997); results -

       President Pascal LISSOUBA won 61% of the vote

       head of government: Prime Minister Jacques Joachim YHOMBI-OPANGO

       (since 23 June 1993) appointed by the president

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

      Legislative branch: bicameral

       National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale): election last held 3

       October 1993 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by

       party NA; seats - (125 total) UPADS 64, URD/PCT 58, others 3

       Senate: election last held 26 July 1992 (next to be held NA July

       1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (60 total)

       UPADS 23, MCDDI 14, RDD 8, RDPS 5, PCT 2, others 8

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

      Political parties and leaders: of Congo's many political parties,

       the most important are Congolese Labor Party (PCT), Denis

       SASSOU-NGUESSO, president; Association for Democracy and Development

       (RDD), Joachim Yhombi OPANGO, president; Association for Democracy

       and Social Progress (RDPS), Jean-Pierre Thystere TCHICAYA,

       president; Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development

       (MCDDI), Bernard KOLELAS, leader; Pan-African Union for Social

       Development (UPADS), Pascal LISSOUBA, leader; Union of Democratic

       Forces (UFD), David Charles GANAO, leader; Union for Democratic

       Renewal (URD); Union for Development and Social Progress (UDPS),

       Jean-Michael BOKAMBA-YANGOUMA, leader

      Other political or pressure groups: Union of Congolese Socialist

       Youth (UJSC); Congolese Trade Union Congress (CSC); Revolutionary

       Union of Congolese Women (URFC); General Union of Congolese Pupils

       and Students (UGEEC)

      International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC,

       CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,

       IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, UDEAC,

       UN, UNAMIR, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,

       WMO, WToO

      Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Daniel

       MOUELLET

       chancery: 4891 Colorado Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20011

       telephone: [1] (202) 726–0825

       FAX: [1] (202) 726–1860

      US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission: Ambassador William C. RAMSEY

       embassy: Avenue Amilcar Cabral, Brazzaville

       mailing address: B. P. 1015, Brazzaville

       telephone: [242] 83 20 70

       FAX: [242] 83 63 38

      Flag: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      Economy———

      Economic overview: Congo's economy is a mixture of village agriculture and handicrafts, an industrial sector based largely on oil, support services, and a government characterized by budget problems and overstaffing. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing about 90% of government revenues and exports. In the early 1980s, rapidly rising oil revenues enabled Congo to finance large-scale development projects with GDP growth averaging 5% annually, one of the highest rates in Africa. Subsequently, falling oil prices cut GDP growth by half. Moreover, the Congolese Government has mortgaged a substantial portion of its oil earnings, contributing to the government's shortage of revenues. The 12 January 1994 devaluation of Franc Zone currencies by 50% resulted in inflation of 61% in 1994. Recent efforts to implement economic reforms have begun to show progress; the IMF has recommended approval of an Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility agreement in 1996.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.7 billion (1995 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: 3.3% (1995 est.)

      GDP per capita: $3,100 (1995 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: 11.4% industry: 35.2% services: 53.4% (1993)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 61% (1994 est.)

      Labor force: 79,100 wage earners by occupation: agriculture 75%, commerce, industry, and government 25%

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget:

       revenues: $2.18 billion (1994 est.)

       expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

      Industries: petroleum extraction, cement kilning, lumbering,

       brewing, sugar milling, palm oil, soap, cigarette making

      Industrial production growth rate: 3.7% (estimated average annual

       growth rate for 1980–92)

      Electricity: capacity: 120,000 kW production: 400 million kWh consumption per capita: 201 kWh (1993)

      Agriculture: cassava (tapioca) accounts for 90% of food output, sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products

      Exports: СКАЧАТЬ