USAID: Bosnia-Herzegovina Country Profile

 

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Geography/Population/Economy Area: 31,816 sq. miles -- slightly smaller than West Virginia Language: Serbo-Croatian (variously referred to as Bosnian, Serbian or Croatian) Religions: Muslim, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and others Currency: Konvertible Mark (BAM-- official; KM--common use) Population: 3,922,205 (2001 est.) Population Growth Rate: 1.38% (2001 est.) Life Expectancy: male - 69.04 years, female - 74.65 years (2001 est.) Infant Mortality: 24.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita: $1,138 (2000 est.) GDP: $4.4 billion (2000 estimate) Real Annual GDP Growth: 8.5% (2000 estimate) Foreign Direct Investment: Comprehensive statistics on FDI no available Annual Inflation: 8% (2000 est.) External Debt: $3.4 billion (2000 estimate) Unemployment: 39.4% of labor forces as of August 2000 Government Capital: Sarajevo BIH Presidency: (Rotating collective presidency of three every 8 months) Jozo Krizanovic, Zivko Radisic, Beriz Belkic Entity Presidency: Rotates. Karlo Filipovic and Safet Halil (Federation); Mirko Sarovic and Dragan Cavic (Republika Srpska) Prime Ministers: Alija Behman (Federation) and Mladen Ivanic (Republika Srpska) Ambassador to the U.S.: Igor Davidovic USAID’s BiH Program FY 2002 SEED Total: $65 million, USAID Managed: $46.8 million Community Rehabilitation and Stabilization Program (CRSP) ($11.8m): CRSP is a $75 million three-year follow-on program to the successful $265 million Municipal Infrastructure and Services program (MIS). CRSP aims to rehabilitate basic infrastructure in support of minority returns. Economic Transformation ($18.3 m): USAID provides technical assistance (TA) to help BiH establish a policy and institutional framework conducive to the emergence of a market economy. TA supports key economic institutions implementing macroeconomic policy, including the formation and operation of the unified government treasuries and the modernization of tax administration. USAID also supports commercial law and banking reform, corporate governance, private sector accounting reform, promotion of small land medium enterprises, and real estate ownership reform. Democratic Reform ($16.7m): Provides support for an independent media to allow open access and information to all citizens and candidates; political party building to encourage the emergence of moderate parties; legislative training for elected officials; civic education to encourage citizen participation in the democratic process; judicial reform and local NGO support to create a vibrant civil society. USAID/Bosnia-Herzegovina Mission Director: Howard Sumka tel: +387-33-667-900, fax: +387-33-667-892 USAID/Washington Bosnia-Herzegovina Acting Desk Officer: Sarah Farnsworth tel: (202) 712-0825, fax: (202) 216-3181

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