NOTE 25 — PERSONNEL
The analysis of personnel is as follows:
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Personnel employed under French contracts |
1,306 | 1,393 | 1,742 | |||||||||
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Personnel employed under local contracts |
3,960 | 4,373 | 5,535 | |||||||||
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Total |
5,266 | 5,766 | 7,277 | |||||||||
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Including field staff of: |
498 | 547 | 992 | |||||||||
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The total cost of personnel employed was US$561.2 million in 2017, US$653.5 million in 2016 and US$810.2 million in 2015.