Power of Place #20 Developing CountriesCote dIvoire and Gabon

1. Where is the location of cacao plantations in Cote dIvoire?

2. What influence of colonialism is found in Abidjan?

3. How is money derived and used in the stabilization fund?

4. What was the effect of creating a forward capital in the interior?

5. What was the result of the 1986 collapse of cacao prices?

6. Have the immigrants from surrounding countries had a positive or

negative impact on the country? Explain

7. On what primary sector job is the economy based in Gabon?

8. Where are the largest forests located and how are they accessed?
How have they affected the economy?

9. When did oil become an important export? How did it affect the
economy?

10. Would Libreville be considered a primate city? Why or why not?

11. What happened with the fall of oil prices in 1986?

12. Why was the greenbelt area created around the cities?

13. What has the government done to promote preservation of the

ecology and ecotourism?

Answer the following Question on a separate sheet.

1. Cote dIvoire is a very multi-ethnic state with many of its groups
coming from neighboring states. What were the reasons for migration
of these groups to Cote dIvoire and what is the current reason for
the unrest between these groups and the Ivorians? Support your
answer with examples.