International Business-Ivory Coast
UNIVERISTY OF GEORGIA ROBINSON-COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
THE EXPLOSION OF COTE D’IVOIRY OIL EXPORTING ERA AN THANH NGUYEN STUDENT NUMBER
Part 1. Country Background: Have you ever asked yourself where most of the cocoa products that you are consuming everyday come from? There is a country located in the west of Africa called Cote d’Ivoire. It is famous for the world’s largest exporter of cocoa. The country has the area of 322,462 square Kilometers, which is slightly larger than Mexico. Cote d’Ivoire is surrounded by Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso, and Mali, but almost one third of the country is border with the Atlantic Ocean, which is a very good advantage of cross-border trading. Cote d’Ivoire has the size of population of almost about 22 millions by July of 2012, and it is rated as the world’s 55th. Because it has a connection with French for a very long time, seventy-seven percents of the population speak more than sixty-five different languages, and the most common one is Dyula, which is well known language for Muslim traders, but the main language that teaches in school and uses for communication between ethnic groups is French. Cote d’ivore has three major religions that are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and animist, which is the belief that there is soul existed in every single object include animals and different types of weather. The major political system of Cote d’Ivoire is republic, and the Prime Minister and President are Guillaume Soro and Alassane Ouattara, respectively. The country’s law has derived from the common, civil and many other basics form of law that needed to protect and help people. The capital of Cote d’ivore has been moved to the city of Yamoussoukro though all most of all the administrative offices still remain in the old city of Abidjan. Cote d’Ivoire has a very heavy agriculture-related economic system. The main products that keep the country’s
THE EXPLOSION OF COTE D’IVOIRY OIL EXPORTING ERA AN THANH NGUYEN STUDENT NUMBER
Part 1. Country Background: Have you ever asked yourself where most of the cocoa products that you are consuming everyday come from? There is a country located in the west of Africa called Cote d’Ivoire. It is famous for the world’s largest exporter of cocoa. The country has the area of 322,462 square Kilometers, which is slightly larger than Mexico. Cote d’Ivoire is surrounded by Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso, and Mali, but almost one third of the country is border with the Atlantic Ocean, which is a very good advantage of cross-border trading. Cote d’Ivoire has the size of population of almost about 22 millions by July of 2012, and it is rated as the world’s 55th. Because it has a connection with French for a very long time, seventy-seven percents of the population speak more than sixty-five different languages, and the most common one is Dyula, which is well known language for Muslim traders, but the main language that teaches in school and uses for communication between ethnic groups is French. Cote d’ivore has three major religions that are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and animist, which is the belief that there is soul existed in every single object include animals and different types of weather. The major political system of Cote d’Ivoire is republic, and the Prime Minister and President are Guillaume Soro and Alassane Ouattara, respectively. The country’s law has derived from the common, civil and many other basics form of law that needed to protect and help people. The capital of Cote d’ivore has been moved to the city of Yamoussoukro though all most of all the administrative offices still remain in the old city of Abidjan. Cote d’Ivoire has a very heavy agriculture-related economic system. The main products that keep the country’s