The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by

       Acting Governor General Sir Clifford DARLING (since 2 January 1992)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Sir Lynden Oscar PINDLING (since 16 January 1967)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Sir Lynden O. PINDLING; Free National

       Movement (FNM), Hubert Alexander INGRAHAM

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       House of Assembly:

       last held 19 June 1987 (next to be held by NA June 1992);

       results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(49 total) PLP 32, FNM 17

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       Other political or pressure groups:

       Vanguard Nationalist and Socialist Party (VNSP), a small leftist party

       headed

       by Lionel CAREY; Trade Union Congress (TUC), headed by Arlington MILLER

       Member of:

       ACP, C, CCC, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO,

       ICFTU, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM,

       OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Margaret E. McDONALD; Chancery at 2220 Massachusetts

       Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 319-2660; there are

       Bahamian Consulates General in Miami and New York;

      :The Bahamas Government

      US:

       Ambassador Chic HECHT; Embassy at Mosmar Building, Queen Street, Nassau

       (mailing address is P. O. Box N-8197, Nassau); telephone (809) 322-1181 or

       328-2206; FAX (809) 328-7838

       Diplomatic representation:

       *** No entry for this item ***

       Flag:

       three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine with

       a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side

      :The Bahamas Economy

      Overview:

       The Bahamas is a stable, middle-income developing nation whose economy is

       based primarily on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism alone provides

       about 50% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs about 50,000 people or

       40% of the local work force. The economy has slackened in recent years, as

       the annual increase in the number of tourists slowed. Nonetheless, the per

       capita GDP of $9,900 is one of the highest in the region.

       GDP:

       purchasing power equivalent—$2.5 billion, per capita $9,900; real growth

       rate 1.0% (1990 est.)

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       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       7.3% (1991 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       16.0% (1991)

       Budget:

       revenues $627.5 million; expenditures $727.5 million, including capital

       expenditures of $100 million (1992, projected)

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       Exports:

       $306 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.);

       commodities:

       pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish;

       partners:

       US 41%, Norway 30%, Denmark 4%

       Imports:

       $1.14 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.);

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, manufactured goods, mineral fuels;

       partners:

       US 35%, Nigeria 21%, Japan 13%, Angola 11%

       External debt:

       $1.2 billion (December 1990)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 3% (1990); accounts for 15% of GDP

       Electricity:

       368,000 kw capacity; 857 million kWh produced 3,339 kWh per capita

       (1991)

       Industries:

       tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt production,

       rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral welded steel pipe

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       Agriculture:

       accounts for less than 5% of GDP; dominated by small-scale producers;

       principal products—citrus fruit, vegetables, poultry; large net importer of

       food

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       Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for cocaine

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY85-89), $1.0 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $345

       million

       Currency:

       Bahamian dollar (plural—dollars); 1 Bahamian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Bahamian dollar (B$) per US$1—1.00 (fixed rate)

       Fiscal year:

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