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      Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population:

       Government Dominica

      Country name: conventional long form: Commonwealth of Dominica conventional short form: Dominica

      Government type: parliamentary democracy; republic within the

       Commonwealth

      Capital: Roseau

      Administrative divisions: 10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint

       George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick,

       Saint Paul, Saint Peter

      Independence: 3 November 1978 (from UK)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 3 November (1978)

      Constitution: 3 November 1978

      Legal system: based on English common law

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch: chief of state: President Vernon Lordon SHAW (since 6 October 1998) elections: president elected by the House of Assembly for a five-year term; election last held 6 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2003); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Vernon Lordon SHAW elected president; percent of legislative vote - NA% cabinet: head of government: Prime Minister Pierre CHARLES (since 1 October 2000); note - assumed post after death of Prime Minister Roosevelt DOUGLAS

      Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointed senators, 21 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 31 January 2000 (next to be held by NA 2005) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -DLP 10, UWP 9, DFP 2

      Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the

       Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the

       six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary

       Jurisdiction)

      Political parties and leaders: Dominica Freedom Party or DFP [Charles

       SAVARIN]; Dominica Labor Party or DLP [Pierre CHARLES]; United Workers

       Party or UWP [Edison JAMES]

      Political pressure groups and leaders: Dominica Liberation Movement or

       DLM (a small leftist party)

      International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, C, Caricom, CDB,

       ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS,

       OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador

       Nicholas J. O. LIVERPOOL (resident in Dominica) chancery: 3216 New Mexico

       Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 364-6781 consulate(s)

       general: New York FAX: [1] (202) 364-6791

      Diplomatic representation from the US: the US does not have an embassy in

       Dominica; US interests are served by the embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados

      Flag description: green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)

      Economy Dominica

      Economy - overview: The Dominican economy depends on agriculture, primarily bananas, and remains highly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Hurricane Luis devastated the country's banana crop in 1995 after tropical storms wiped out a quarter of the 1994 crop. The subsequent recovery has been fueled by increases in construction, soap production, and tourist arrivals. Development of the tourism industry remains difficult however, because of the rugged coastline, lack of beaches, and the absence of an international airport. Economic growth is sluggish, and unemployment is greater than 20%. The government has been attempting to develop an offshore financial sector in order to diversify the island's production base.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $262 million (2001 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: -3.2% (2001 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2001 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18% industry: 23% services: 59% (2001 est.)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (2001 est.)

      Labor force: 25,000

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%

      Unemployment rate: 23% (2000 est.)

      Budget: revenues: $72 million expenditures: $79.9 million, including capital expenditures of $11.5 million (FY97/98)

      Industries: soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes

      Industrial production growth rate: -10% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production: 67 million kWh (2000)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 47.76% hydro: 52.24% other: 0% (2000) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption: 62.31 million kWh (2000)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)

      Agriculture - products: bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited

      Exports: $49 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

      Exports - commodities: bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges

      Exports - partners: Caricom countries 47%, UK 36%, US 7% (1996 est.)

      Imports: $132 million (c.i.f., 2000 est.)

      Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners: US 41%, Caricom countries 25%, UK 13%, Netherlands,

       Canada (1996 est.)

      Debt - external: $150 million (2000)

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