Guinea is located between Sierra Leone and guinea-Bissau, with its capital,Conakry,located on the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of approximately 7 million , the country is blessed with plentiful land and mineral resources, abundant rainfall, and significant hydro-electric potential. Many economic management issues , however must be resolved must be ressolved in order to create a stable environment for further private sector growth.In July 1996, in order address this weakness, President Lansana Conte appointed a new Govt.
which promised major economic reforms,including financial and judicial reform, rationalisation of public expenditures, and improved Govt. revenue collection.
Guinea's 1997 GDP was as follows :
Trade-27.7 p.c., mining-15.8 p.c., agriculture/livestock-20.4 p.c., services-8.8 p.c., public works-5.9 p.c., and manufaturing-3.8 p.c.
Outside of the mining sector, donor projects continue to provide the largest source ob business opportunity for expatriate firms and are a criticaldriving force for Guineas infrastructural
development.
Guinea's 1997 GDP was as follows :
Trade-27.7 p.c., mining-15.8 p.c., agriculture/livestock-20.4 p.c., services-8.8 p.c., public works-5.9 p.c., and manufaturing-3.8 p.c.
Outside of the mining sector, donor projects continue to provide the largest source ob business opportunity for expatriate firms and are a criticaldriving force for Guineas infrastructural
development. 
