 | The Courier N° 123 Sept - October 1990 - Dossier Higher Education - Country Reports: Barbados - (EC Courier, 1990, 104 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
|  | Meeting point |
| | Salim Ahmed Salim, OAU Secretary-General |
| | ACP-EEC |
| | Symposium: Trade issues in the context of Lomé IV and 1992 |
| | Extracts from the reports and recommendations |
| | Fisheries and aquaculture: new guidelines and new challenges |
| | Country reports |
| | Barbados: Basking in the economic sunshine |
| | (introduction...) |
| | An interview with Erskine SANDIFORD, Prime Minister of Barbados |
| | An interview with Wesley HALL, Minister of Tourism and Sports |
| | An interview with Warwick FRANKLIN Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries |
| | An Interview with Evelyn GREAVES, Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce |
| | Barbados-EEC cooperation |
| | Key facts on Barbados |
| | Barbados then, and Barbados now |
| | Swaziland: Greener pastures |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Interview with Prime Minister Obed DIamin on prospects for the 1990s |
| | Profile |
| | Swaziland and the European Community partners in cooperation |
| | ACP Regional cooperation |
| | Biennial of Contemporary Bantu Art: African art revived |
| | Europe |
| | European energy technologies - THERMIE Programme |
| | Dossier |
| | Higher education in the ACP States |
| | Higher education and development |
| | The University and development in sub-Saharan Africa - the case of Makerere in Uganda |
| | Higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: crisis in growth or structural crisis? |
| | Education and training in the Caribbean |
| | Trinidad and Tobago: the technical training institutes |
| | Training schemes under Lomé II and III |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Lomé II and III: funds allocated to training-related operations |
| | The links between training and production: the example of Senegal |
| | Education and training schemes under Lomé IV |
| | Close-up |
| | Jamaica: developing sheep and goat farming |
| | Developing world |
| | Human Rights - equal ones! |
| | Religion in Africa |
| | Population growth - can it be slowed down? |
| | Development report 1990: lifting 400 million people out of poverty |
| | Culture and the arts |
| | “The Basin”: prize-winner of the Short Story Competition |
| | 18th Century life in the West Indies: the life and works of Agostino Brunias |
| | CTA bulletin |
| | Agricultural research in developing countries |
| | The curier’s mailbag |
| | News round-up |
| | The convention at work |
| | General information |
| | European community |
| | Books |
| | Acknowledgements |
Profile
Zwasiland
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Head of State: |
His Majesty King Mswati III. |
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Head of Government: |
The Rt. Hon. Obed Mfanyana Dlamini, M.P. |
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Form of government: |
Monarchy, with democratic features designed to accord with Swazi tradition and custom |
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Independence: |
6 September 1968. |
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Area: |
17 364 km². |
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Capital: |
Mbabane (pop. 38000). |
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Languages: |
Siswati and English. |
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Population: |
681 059 (1986) growth rate: 3.4% urbanised: 29.7% |
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Currency: |
Lilangeni (plural Emalangeni). |
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Literacy: |
67%. |
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Life expectancy: |
55 years. |
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Infant mortality: |
118 per 1 000. |
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Main crops: |
sugar, cotton, citrus, pineapples, maize, tobacco. |
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Mineral potential: |
coal, diamonds, asbestos, gold. |
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GDP by sector |
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origin (1988): |
manufacturing (23.8 %); agriculture (23.3 %); government services(17.8%); wholesale, retail, hotels and restaurants (10.3%); transport and communications (6%). |
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Exports: |
sugar (35 %); woodpulp (18%); soft drink concentrates, canned fruit, citrus, meat, coal, asbestos, textile yarn |
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Imports: |
machinery and transport equipment (24%); minerals, fuels and lubricants (15%); food and live animals (10%); manufactures (13 %); chemicals and chemical products (7%) |
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Visible trade balance: |
(E. ‘000) 202801 (1988). |
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Rate of inflation: |
13% (1989). |
Main trading partners:
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Imports: |
Common Customs Area (i.e. Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa) 80% |
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Exports: |
Common Customs Area, United Kingdom |
Swaziland’s coat-of-arms,
depicting the Ngwenyama (Lion), representing the King, and the Indlovukati
(She-Elephant) representing the Queen Mother. The motto Siyinqaba means “
We are a fortress
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