Central African Republic: Country Reports

By Infinity Supply | September 23, 2020 |

♦ Facts

2019 China investments

A $67.4 million loan from the Exim Bank of China to install fix and mobile networks in the country

2019 Trade Surplus 39.19% of GDP

3 Main Export commodities:

3 Main Import commodities:

2019 GDP $3.6 billion, GDP per Capita $447.992, up by 4.5% since 2010

2019, IFC input

IFC’s Conflict Affected States in Africa Initiative (CASA) is currently active in 13 countries: Burundi, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe

President: Faustin-Archange Touadéra

WHO participation:

Training and deployment of local supervisors in the municipalities targeted for the response on 15/06/2019;
Training and deployment of vaccination teams and volunteers in the districts and villages and cascading start of the campaign on 16/06/2019;
90.1% of children aged 0-59 months were vaccinated in Bimbo and Bambari during the 3 days of the campaign
Between May 29 and June 21, 2019: Confirmation of 4 new polio emerging type 2 vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV2) in Bambari (2) and Bimbo (2) districts;

2019 Population 4,829,767

Capital : Bangui 889,000

2019 Contraceptive prevalence 14.7%

Photo Credit : http://uis.unesco.org/

Photo Credit : http://uis.unesco.org/

Photo Credit : http://uis.unesco.org/

Central African Republic receives EU aid to battle COVID-19. The Commission is using its humanitarian air service in an effort to help the country prepare to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
UNICEF CAR’s COVID-19 response plan currently stands at 19 million USD and is regularly being updated.