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== About Gabon == |
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C'est par tout ces postings sur facebook que j'ai finalement commencé a étudier le Gabon. Mes ressources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon |
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C'est tragique. Si je comprends bien le Gabon a tout pour être un ciel sur terre: |
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- Gabon's oil revenues and extraction of abundant primary materials - Natural resources include: petroleum, magnesium, iron, gold, uranium, and forests - have given it a strong per capita GDP of $8,600, extremely high for the region. However the income distribution is skewed and social indicators show poor values. The richest 20% of the population receive over 90% of the income while about a third of the Gabonese population lives in poverty.[5] |
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- Gabon has a population that is estimated at 1,545,255. |
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- Low population density, abundant petroleum, and foreign private investment[ambiguous] have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest HDI[4] and the third highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Equatorial Guinea and Botswana) in the region. |
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==Who is who in Gabon== |
==Who is who in Gabon== |
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# [[OLPCorps Laval University Gabon]] |
# [[OLPCorps Laval University Gabon]] |
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Revision as of 14:12, 2 August 2013
About Gabon
C'est par tout ces postings sur facebook que j'ai finalement commencé a étudier le Gabon. Mes ressources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon C'est tragique. Si je comprends bien le Gabon a tout pour être un ciel sur terre: - Gabon's oil revenues and extraction of abundant primary materials - Natural resources include: petroleum, magnesium, iron, gold, uranium, and forests - have given it a strong per capita GDP of $8,600, extremely high for the region. However the income distribution is skewed and social indicators show poor values. The richest 20% of the population receive over 90% of the income while about a third of the Gabonese population lives in poverty.[5] - Gabon has a population that is estimated at 1,545,255. - Low population density, abundant petroleum, and foreign private investment[ambiguous] have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest HDI[4] and the third highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Equatorial Guinea and Botswana) in the region.