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	Profile - Benin
		Benin is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso and Niger, on the east by Nigeria, and on the west by Togo.
		Benin's climate ranges in type from equatorial in the south to an increasingly arid tropical wet-and-dry climate in the north.
		Benin is a member of the West African Monetary Union, headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, and the country's monetary unit is the CFA franc (584 CFA francs equal U.S.$1; 1997 average), which is subdivided into 100 centimes.
	www.inadev.org /profile_-_benin.htm (1941 words)

	Benin ECONOMY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Benin's economy is recovering from the economic problems that led to the collapse of the socialist government in power between 1974 and 1989.
		Benin's livestock population increased an estimated 40% during the late 1980s and early 1990s, though it still does not satisfy local demand.
		In the short term, the move left the economy reeling and provoked anger and confusion among the population.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Benin-ECONOMY.html (394 words)

	Benin - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In NW Benin is a region of forested mountains (the Atacora; highest point c.2,150 ft/655 m), from which the Mekrou and Pendjari rivers flow NE to the Niger River (which forms part of the country's northern border).
		Benin's population is concentrated in the southern portion of the country and in rural areas.
		Benin's economy is overwhelmingly agricultural, with most workers engaged in subsistence farming.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-benina1f.html (1644 words)

	Jubilee Research: Profile: Benin
		Benin achieved independence from France in 1960 as the Republic of Dahomey, and was renamed the Republic of Benin in 1975.
		Benin has successfully made the transition from a virtual dictatorship to a pluralistic political system involving a number of parties from across the political spectrum, and this has given it a high standing with the international community.
		Benin is also highly dependent on the availability of concessional external financing, but even if the country was only able to attract half the grants assumed in the debt sustainability analysis, the NPV of debt-to-exports ratio would increase by an estimated 57% by 2010.
	www.jubileeresearch.org /databank/profiles/benin.htm (2703 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Benin
		Benin must still privatize key utilities and the state-controlled cotton industry and increase transparency, and the 2006 presidential and 2007 legislative elections are likely to affect promised reform of civil service pay and the pace of privatization.
		Benin's fiscal burden of government score is 0.2 point worse this year; however its trade policy and informal market scores are 0.5 point better, and its government intervention score is 1.5 points better.
		Benin is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which imposes a common external tariff with four rates: 0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent, and 20 percent.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Benin (1083 words)

	Benin Economy
		Benin began producing a modest quantity of offshore oil in October 1982.
		Benin is dependent on imported electricity, mostly from Ghana, which currently accounts for a significant proportion of the country's imports.
		Benin received $27.1 million in 2002 and received $32.9 million in 2003.
	www.traveldocs.com /bj/economy.htm (579 words)

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		Although capitalism in Benin is still in its youth, private businesses and investments are growing and there is a sense of optimism.
		Agriculture constitutes the foundation of Benin's economy, employing 85% of the population and producing a wide variety of products which accounted for 37.9% of GDP in 1999.
		Benin's main import partners are France, China, the United Kingdom, and Côte d'Ivoire.
	www.benintourisme.com /ang/country_info/dth.economy.htm (381 words)

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		Benin is one of the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in which the current HIV prevalence rate remains relatively low, currently around 4.1%.
		President Kerekou, who ruled Benin as a Socialist military dictator from 1972 to 1989, succeeded his democratically elected predecessor and continued the civilian, democratic rule begun in the 1990-91 constitutional process that ended his previous reign.
		However, Benin is now poised on the brink between maintaining rates at a manageable level and letting HIV/AIDS grow to epidemic proportions, which would have devastating effects on its fragile economy and young democracy.
	www.lycos.com /info/benin.html (596 words)

	Benin
		Benin and the surrounding area was settled in the 13th century by Ewe speaking people in the south and by Voltaic speakers in the north.
		Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, was a French colony from 1902 until it achieved independence in 1960.
		Benin has embarked on a path of democracy which is a model in Africa.
	us-africa.tripod.com /benin2.html (1517 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Africa - Benin
		Benin was thus the first African country to effect successfully the transition from dictatorship to a pluralistic political system.
		Benin will be compared with Japan (country with a low crime rate) and USA (country with a high crime rate).
		Benin is not now, nor is it likely to become, a significant producer of drugs or a source of precursor chemicals.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/benin.html (5430 words)

	Information on Benin, Climate of Benin, World Factbook Benin, Location of Benin
		The country of Benin is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso and Niger, on the east by Nigeria, and on the west by Togo.
		The main rivers of northern Benin are the Niger, which forms part of the boundary with the republic of Niger, and its tributaries, the Sota, Mékrou, and Alibori.
		The climate of Benin ranges from equatorial type in the south to arid tropical wet-and-dry climate in the north.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/benin.html (332 words)

	Benin Travel Guide \| Benin Travel Information Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, was one of the first countries in the 1990s to successfully effect the transition from dictatorship to a pluralistic political system.
		Although no security issues exist in Benin, there are occasional incidents of mugging and personal assault in Cotonou and some armed robberies have been reported in other areas, notably the border area with Nigeria.
		Medical facilities are also poor in Benin, particularly in rural areas and travellers are advised to have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, which covers a provision for medical evacuation.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/ben/ben.asp (414 words)

	Benin (09/06)
		Benin, a narrow, north-south strip of land in West Africa, lies between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer.
		Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, Nigeria to the east, and the Bight of Benin to the south.
		Benin also has adopted a mediating role in the political crises in Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo and provided a contribution to the UN force in Haiti.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/6761.htm (3517 words)

	KING'S WORD GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSIONS - About Benin Republic
		Benin is one of the least countries in Africa with a population of about six million people, but is known all over the world as a cradle of voodoo worship world-wide.
		Benin is the head quarters of voodoo worship in the whole world.
		Though the economy of Benin is fairly improving compared to what it used to be in 1980s.
	www.ourchurch.com /view/?pageID=158176 (307 words)

	Destination Benin. Travel and tourist information . Hotels World travel information.
		The population of Benin was estimated at: 5,560,000 in 1995
		Improved management and political stability is helping Benin to keep up an annual growth rate of around 5% in spite of economic underdevelopment and dependency on subsistence agriculture, cotton production and regional trade.
		The Benin oil industry and mining industry are two key elements in the economy of the country.
	www.hotels-world.com /travelinfo/af/benin/country.htm (218 words)

	Economy of Benin, Culture of Benin, Benin History, Benin Flag
		The economy of Benin is mainly dependent on agriculture.
		Most of the enterprises in Benin were nationalized in the 1970s, but worsening economic conditions forced the government to sell most of them in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
		Benin Political Map Economy and Culture of Benin Flag of Benin
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/benin1.html (408 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Benin including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
		Benin is an independent republic, with a democratic government, which lies on the Gulf of Guinea and forms part of the West African Region.
		Benin continued to enjoy robust economic growth and subdued inflation during the first half of 2003, with the government encouraging free trade.
		Benin was rated 159th on the Human Development Index in 2003.
	www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/be/p0005.htm (783 words)

	Benin Economy - overview - Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Many of these proposals are included in Benin's application to receive Millennium Challenge Account funding - for which it was a finalist in 2004-05.
		Benin continues to be hurt by Nigerian trade protection that bans imports of a growing list of products from Benin and elsewhere, which has resulted in increased smuggling and criminality in the border region.
		Definition: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization.
	www.indexmundi.com /benin/economy_overview.html (276 words)

	FACT SHEET: The Republic of Benin at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The history of Benin is indistinguishable from that of the entire area of West Africa until the early part of the 17th century.
		Benin was the first African country to effect successfully the transition from dictatorship to a pluralistic political system.
		Benin also is a member of the West African economic community.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/benin/index.shtml (942 words)

	Press Releases: West Africa, Benin: Support and local capacity building
		Malaria is endemic in Benin; it is the leading cause of mortality among children in Benin, and leading cause of morbidity (sickness) in adults.
		Malaria impairs economic growth and human development in Benin and is thus the major factor aggravating the poverty situation of households and communities and an overall obstacle to socio-economic development.
		Benin was one of the first Global Fund grant recipients for its malaria programme.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6NLQ82?OpenDocument (432 words)

	Netiva and Benin, Africa
		I was fortunate to be selected as a Fulbright scholar for 2003-2004 in Porto Novo, Benin.
		Benin University where I was teaching and doing research.
		Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation.
	www.neiu.edu /~ncaftori/benin.htm (455 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Industry (Sector) Profile for Benin: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing including economic ...
		The economy of Benin is essentially agricultural representing 37% of the GDP.
		The economy of Benin is divided into the formal sector, which covers all government, industry and part of agricultural production while the informal sector consists of food and cash crops which allows for informal trade with Nigeria.
		Benin is largely self sufficient in food production, but imports large amounts of rice.
	www.mbendi.co.za /indy/agff/af/be/p0005.htm (318 words)

	Benin, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		5,523,000), 43,483 sq mi (112,622 sq km), W Africa, bordering on Togo in the west, on Burkina Faso and Niger in the north, on Nigeria in the east, and on the Bight of Benin (an arm of the Gulf of Guinea) in the south.
		During the period 1895–98 the French added the northern part of present-day Benin, and in 1904 the whole colony was made part of French West Africa.
		To distance the modern state from its colonial past, Dahomey became the People’s Republic of Benin in 1975.
	www.bartleby.com /65/be/BeninAf.html (1437 words)

	An anarchist account of Benin
		The trip from Lome to Benin's commercial capital, Cotonou, is very straightforward since both lie directly on the major coastal highway which runs all the way from Abidjan to Lagos in Nigeria.
		It is said that Benin's economy largely depends on the smuggling of goods into its massive neighbour.
		The whole coastal area of Benin is riddled with lagoons which contain a number of stilt villages.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/africa/accounts/chekov/benin.html (1646 words)

	Benin: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Kérékou's socialist collectivization of Benin's agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy.
		Bight of Benin - Benin, Bight of, northern arm of the Gulf of Guinea, c.550 mi (885 km) wide, W Africa, between Cape...
		Benin, country, Africa: Bibliography - Bibliography See W. Argyle, The Fon of Dahomey (1966); I. Akinjogbin, Dahomey and Its...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107337.html (764 words)

	BENIN
		Benin is located in West Africa, covers a land area of 112,622 sq.
		The Southern portion of the Republic of Benin (the Coastal zone), is characterized by a long dry season from November to the end of March, a rainy season from April to July, a small dry period in August, and a second rainy season in September and October.
		Persons contemplating business deals in Benin with individuals promoting investment in Nigeria, especially the Central Bank of Nigeria or the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, are strongly urged to check with the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State before providing any information or making financial commitments.
	www.vacationoutlet.com /packages/show_country.asp?countryid=BJ (1546 words)

	Benin \| Catholic Relief Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Most of the food insecure populations in Benin live in the northern part of the country, and consequently, CRS/Benin has concentrated the bulk of its activities in the northern departments of Borgou, Alibori, Atakora, and Donga while still meeting the needs of marginalized populations living in other parts of the country.
		The goal of the EFP is to assist recovered victims of child trafficking and at-risk children to participate in formal and non-formal education programs and targets children aged 6 to 14 at risk for both internal and external trafficking with a special emphasis on girls.
		All economic sectors depend on the prevailing political and economic environment in the West Africa sub region, which have contributed to the food insecurity in Benin, especially for rural populations.
	www.crs.org /our_work/where_we_work/overseas/africa/benin/index.cfm (1157 words)

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