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

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СКАЧАТЬ Movement for Peace and Democracy (MPD) - the Party for the

       Liberation of the Hutu People (PALIPEHUTU), formed in exile in the early

       1980s, is an ethnically based political party dedicated to majority rule;

       the government has long accused PALIPEHUTU of practicing devisive ethnic

       politics and fomenting violence against the state. PALIPEHUTU's exclusivist

       charter makes it an unlikely candidate for legalization under the new

       constitution that will require party membership open to all ethnic groups

       Suffrage:

       universal adult at age NA

       Elections:

       National Assembly:

       dissolved after the coup of 3 September 1987; note - The National Unity

       Charter outlining the principles for constitutional government was adopted

       by a national referendum on 5 February 1991

      :Burundi Government

      Member of:

       ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,

       IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,

       UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Julien KAVAKURE; Chancery at Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW,

       Washington, DC 20007; telephone (202) 342-2574

       US:

       Ambassador Cynthia Shepherd PERRY; B. P. 1720, Avenue des Etats-Unis,

       Bujumbura; telephone [257] (222) 454; FAX [257] (222) 926

       Flag:

       divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green

       panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk superimposed at the

       center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a

       triangular design (one star above, two stars below)

      :Burundi Economy

      Overview:

       A landlocked, resource-poor country in an early stage of economic

       development, Burundi is predominately agricultural with only a few basic

       industries. Its economic health depends on the coffee crop, which accounts

       for an average 90% of foreign exchange earnings each year. The ability to

       pay for imports therefore continues to rest largely on the vagaries of the

       climate and the international coffee market. As part of its economic reform

       agenda, launched in February 1991 with IMF and World Bank support, Burundi

       is trying to diversify its export agriculture capability and attract foreign

       investment in industry. Several state-owned coffee companies were privatized

       via public auction in September 1991.

       GDP:

       exchange rate conversion - $1.13 billion, per capita $200; real growth rate

       3.4% (1990 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       7.1% (1990 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       NA%

       Budget:

       revenues $158 million; expenditures $204 million, including capital

       expenditures of $131 million (1989 est.)

       Exports:

       $74.7 million (f.o.b., 1990)

       commodities:

       coffee 88%, tea, hides, and skins

       partners:

       EC 83%, US 5%, Asia 2%

       Imports:

       $234.6 million (c.i.f., 1990)

       commodities:

       capital goods 31%, petroleum products 15%, foodstuffs, consumer goods

       partners:

       EC 57%, Asia 23%, US 3%

       External debt:

       $1.0 billion (1990 est.)

       Industrial production:

       real growth rate 5.1% (1986); accounts for about 10% of GDP

       Electricity:

       55,000 kW capacity; 105 million kWh produced, 20 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports;

       public works construction; food processing

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 60% of GDP; 90% of population dependent on subsistence farming;

       marginally self-sufficient in food production; cash crops - coffee, cotton,

       tea; food crops - corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc; livestock

       - meat, milk, hides, and skins

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $71 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $10.2 billion; OPEC

       bilateral aid (1979-89), $32 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $175

       million

       Currency:

       Burundi franc (plural - francs); 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes

       Exchange rates:

       Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1 - 193.72 (January 1992), 181.51 (1991), 171.26

       (1990), 158.67 (1989), 140.40 (1988), 123. 56 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Burundi Communications

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