Central African Republic

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Central African Republic
Population:	4.3 mn.
GNI:	1.7 bn.
Debt:	1.2 bn.
Overview:	Chinese contractors are building roads and improving the performance of the Boali hydroelectric plant while their government buys CAR’s diamond and timber exports.

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Vol 4 No 2
December 2010

India sets the pace

Indian and Chinese investors are on the offensive in Central African Republic – even if the country is voted one of the worst in the world for doing business by the International Finance Corporation. For once, India is setting the pace. By March 2012, Cen...

Vol 2 No 9
July 2009

End of the line for Durbar

A colourful Pakistani businessman, Saifee Durbar, faces extradition to France on fraud charges following the decision of the Central African Republic on 23 June to withdraw his 'honorific' title as Deputy Foreign Minister.

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