Public Administration and Management in :

Guinea-Bissau

1) Basic Data

2) Governance

3) Information technology

4) Environmental management

5) Civil Service Day

Basic data

STATUS: Republic

AREA: 36,125 sq. km

CAPITAL: Bissau

POPULATION: 1,050,000

DENSITY: 29 people per sq. km

LIFE EXPECTANCY : 44 YEARS

INFANT MORTALITY: 140 per 1000

LANGUAGES:  Portuguese, Port, Creole, local languages

RELIGIONS:  Traditional beliefs, Muslim, Roman Catholic

CURRENCY: Peso

GNP: 180  US $ per person

MAIN PRODUCTS: Cashewnuts, Groudnuts

NATIONAL DAY: September 24

ORGANIZATIONS: UN, OAU, ECOWAS

Governance

a) Democracy

1. Rule of Law

2. Separation of Power

3. Competitive election

4. Accountability and Transparency

5. Humans rights

6. Social services

b) Administrative capacity

1.  Professionalism

2.  Ethical Standard  

c) Gender

d) Decentralization

e) Public-Private partnership

f) Globalization and Trade Liberalization