u and Cape Verde (PAIGC), President Joao Bernardo VIEIRA,
leader; Guinea-Bissau Resistance (RGB); Democratic Front (FD),
Aristides MENEZES, leader; Social Renovation Party (PRS); Union for
Change Coalition; Front for the Liberation and Independence of Guinea
(FLING); Democratic Social Front (FDS), Rafael BARBOSA, leader; Bafata
Movement, Domingos Fernandes GARNER, leader; Guinea-Bissau Resistance
(RGB); Union for Change Coalition; Front for the Liberation and
Independence of Guinea (FLING)

Member of: ACCT (associate), ACP, AfDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT
(nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN,
UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIL, UNOMOZ, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Alfredo Lopes CABRAL
chancery: 918 16th Street NW, Mezzanine Suite, Washington, DC 20006
telephone: [1] (202) 872-4222
FAX: [1] (202) 872-4226

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Roger A. McGUIRE
embassy: Bairro de Penha, Bissau
mailing address: C.P. 297, 1067 Bissau Codex, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
telephone: [245] 252273, 252274, 252275, 252276
FAX: [245] 252282

Flag: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a
vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed
star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of
Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Cape Verde, which has the black star
raised above the center of the red band and is framed by two corn
stalks and a yellow clam shell

@Guinea:Economy

Overview: Guinea-Bissau ranks among the poorest countries in the
world. Agriculture and fishing are the main economic activities.
Cashew nuts, peanuts, and palm kernels are the primary exports.
Exploitation of known mineral deposits is unlikely at present because
of a weak infrastructure and the high cost of development. With IMF
support the country is committed to an economic reform program
emphasizing monetary stability and private sector growth. This process
will continue at a slow pace because of a heavy foreign debt burden
and internal constraints.

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $900 million (1993
est.)

National product real growth rate: 2.9% (1993 est.)

National product per capita: $840 (1994 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 55% (