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Officially named the Republic of Niger
Declared independence on August 3, 1960 from
France.
Is a landlocked country.
Religion 95% are Moslem.
Niger is a developing country
Carrying cash or travellers cheques in Euros is best,
though US dollar equivalents suffice.
There are no ATMs in Niger and credit-card
advances are only a costly possibility in Niamey.
Niger remains handicapped by its landlocked
position, desert terrain, poor education and poverty of
its people, lack of infrastructure, poor health care, and
environmental degradation.
Niger is located in Western Africa
Niger covers a land area of almost
1,270,000 km².
 Over 80 percent of Niger is covered by the
Sahara desert.
One of the hottest countries in the world
average maximum daily temperature
fluctuates from 88° to 41° C 106° F
It’s population 15,306,252 people
It’s Republic.
Nigeriens have lived under five
constitutions and three periods of military
rule.
Tandja Mamadou
President of the Supreme Council
for the Restoration of Democracy
Prime Minister Hama Amadou
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GDP is $5.34 billion
GDP per capita $360
Growth rate1.0%.
$800 million on imports
Products that they import are
foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles
and parts, petroleum, cereals
$428 million on exports
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the products that they export are uranium ore,
livestock, cowpeas, onions, and slaves.
 The child mortality rate (deaths among children between
the ages of 1 and 4) is exceptionally high (248 per 1,000)
due to generally poor health conditions and inadequate
nutrition for most of the country's children.
 According to the organization Save the Children, Niger has
the world's highest infant mortality rate.
 Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world (7.2 births
per woman)
 It means that nearly half (49%) of the Nigerien population
is under age 15.
 There were 3 physicians and 22 nurses per 100,000
persons in 2004.
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Telephones lines in use: 24,000
mobile cellular 1.677 million
5 Television broadcast stations
253 Internet hosts
80,000 Internet users
Languages: French (official), Hausa, Djerma, Fulfulde,
Kanuri, Tamachek, Toubou, Gourmantche, Arabic.
Children are often forced to work rather than
attend school, particularly during planting or
harvest periods.
nomadic children in the north of the country
often do not have access to schools.
3.4% of GDP goes to expenditure in
education
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Landlocked Niger relies heavily on road and air transportation.
As of 2002 there were 6,276 mi of roads, of which 496 mi were paved.
The principal road runs from west to east.
In 2000, there were 57,800 passenger cars and 41,000 commercial vehicles.
Niger's most important international transport route is by road to the rail
terminus at Parakou, Benin.
The Niger River is navigable for 300 km (186 mi) from Niamey to Gaya on
the Benin frontier from mid-December through March.
There were 26 airports and airfields 10 with paved runways and 18 with
unpaved runways
The international airport is at Niamey.
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Niger is a source, transit, and destination country for children
and women trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation.
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8,800 to 43,000 Nigeriens live under conditions of traditional
slavery.
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children's suffer from being forced to work in gold mines,
domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, and possibly for
forced labor in agriculture and stone quarries
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Government of Niger does not fully comply with the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is
not making any significant efforts to do so.
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Importing more than exporting
infrastructure
Slavery
Government
Location
Niger needs to borrow or received ….
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$652,704,000 millions - To pave roads
$10 billion - Houses
$2 billion - Education
$10 billion - Health
$5 billion - Transportation
Total = $27.7 billions
Decrease unemployment
 Increase GDP
 Decrease death rate
 Increase in exports
 People will have money to buy food to their
Childs
 Increase in consumption
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5474.htm
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/niger/practical
-information/money-costs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the
-world-factbook/geos/ng.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i22Dvoyu
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