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DTIC AD0408715: THE PORT OF ABIDJAN: AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE IVORY COAST

Of the eight territories (and subsequently states) of former French West Africa, the Ivory Coast has perhaps the best basic potential for economic development. In terms of location, the country lies in the commercially productive West African rainforest and savanna, with the consequent diversity of agricultural production. In terms of specific commodities, the climatic base is well suited for the production of coffee, cacao, bananas, oil palm, coconut palm, pineapples, rubber, cola nuts, cotton peanuts, and other commercially important crops, as well as the exploitation of tropical timber stan…