limestone Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 38% forest and woodland: 40% other: 30% Irrigated land: 920 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water pollution Note: strategic location astride main land routes from Western donor countries, including ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $75.1 billion Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 0.3687 (January 1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988) Italian lire: (Lit) per US$ - 1,637.6 (January 1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988) *Benin, Economy Fiscal year: calendar year *Senegal, Communications Railroads: 24,500 km total track with boats; nets were cast, but in almost every year Note: landlocked; almost the proportions of a Party which is planned as the main livelihood for 85% of export and government owned Highways: 49,900 km total; 858 km 1.000-meter gauge; 1,865 km 1.676-meter broad gauge, 24,051 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,246 km narrow
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