Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $161 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $848 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $18 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $101 million
Currency: 1 leone (Le) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: leones (Le) per US$1 - 617.67 (January 1995), 586.74 (1994), 567.46 (1993), 499.44 (1992), 295.34 (1991), 144.9275 (1990)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
@Sierra Leone:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 84 km mineral line is used on a limited basis because the mine
at Marampa is closed
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
Highways:
total: 7,400 km
paved: 1,150 km
unpaved: crushed stone, gravel 490 km; improved earth 5,760 km
Inland waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round
Ports: Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel
Merchant marine: none