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TroFCCA in West Africa will In Ghana (8 00N, 2 00W); the land locked countries of Burkina Faso (13 00N, 2 00W) and Mali (17 00N, 4 00W). This area will permit a consideration and inventory of a range of biophysical, socio-economic and political-economy aspects of forest and climate change impact on forest in West Africa, along a precipitation gradient from the lower Sahara desert, to the sea coastal zone of Ghana.
The following table summarizes main data on each country
Data |
Mali |
Ghana |
Burkina Faso |
GDP (billion $) |
4,3 |
7,6 |
4.2 |
GNI per capita ($) |
290 |
320 |
300 |
Territory (thousands Km2) |
1220 |
228 |
274 |
Population (millions) |
12,7 |
21,2 |
12,1 |
Pop. Growth rate |
2,6 |
2.6 |
2,6 |
Pop. Density (rural) people/sq Km arable land |
167 |
307 |
225 |
Urban population (%) |
32,3 |
45.4 |
17,8 |
Life expectancy (years) |
47,9 |
56,8 |
47.5 |
Pop. Below National Poverty line (%) |
63,8 |
39,5 |
45.3 |
Total forest area (thousands of sq Km) |
132 |
63 |
71 |
Forest area (% of total land area) |
10,8 |
27,8 |
25.9 |
Source: World Bank 2005, fact sheets; UNDP 2005, HDR reports.