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... inflation, a sizable current account surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub. Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical machinery. A highly mechanized agricultural ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/e_ec.html
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earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/b_mp.html
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... amphetamines; safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers operating worldwide; major money-laundering center; massive corruption and criminal activity; Nigeria has improved some anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/i_ti.html
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Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient ...
www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/e_ec.html
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... The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector, through ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/e_ec.html
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surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
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major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/i_ti.html
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... vendors. A large percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, derives its living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. Because of the importance of the informal sector, accurate economic ...
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
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... cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, and Europe; weak border controls, extensive corruption and money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weak anti-money-laundering laws and enforcement
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/i_ti.html
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... a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
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earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity
www.exxun.com/Peru/b_mp.html
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... Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the US and by tax incentives, US ...
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/e_ec.html
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permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
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the islands of this group result from volcanic activity associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge Saint Helena: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and ...
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/b_mp.html
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