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The
Program in Burkina faso/Mali/
Senegal
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Senior Project Impact Assessment Economist. Joined
an international team to conduct impact assessment
and evaluation of the Peanut Collaborative Research
Support Program (CRSP). The world-wide project has
research experiments and principal investigators in
Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe
and the Caribbean regions.
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| Introduction
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| Burkina
Faso |
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Location:
Western Africa, north of Ghana
National
Capital: Ouagadougou
Area:
105,868 Square Miles
Population:
13.93 million
Languages:
French (official), native African languages belonging
to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Climate:
tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Resources:
manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of
gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
Reference:
Burkina Faso
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| Mali |
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Location:
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
National
Capital: Bamako
Area:
478,764 Square Miles
Population:
12.29 million
Languages:
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African
languages
Climate:
subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June;
rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool
and dry November to February
Resources:
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium,
gypsum, granite, hydropower
Reference:
Mali
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| Senegal |
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Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,
between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
National
Capital: Dakar
Area: 75,748 Square Miles
Population:
11.13 million
Languages:
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November)
has strong southeast winds; dry season (December
to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Resources:
fish, phosphates, iron ore
Reference:
Senegal
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