comparable
... products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of its food
www.exxun.com/SanMarino/e_ec.html
comparable
... the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
comparative
... attracted by Andorra's duty-free status and by its summer and winter resorts. Andorra's comparative advantage has recently eroded as the economies of neighboring France and Spain have been opened ...
www.exxun.com/Andorra/e_ec.html
comparatively
cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
www.exxun.com/Finland/b_mp.html
comparatively
tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
www.exxun.com/Ghana/b_mp.html
comparatively
Government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan advance with extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second most ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/e_ec.html
comparatively
... neighboring Balkan countries; despite improved legislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascent enforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation of offshore companies and the gaming industry; CIS organized crime (including counterfeiting, corruption ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/i_ti.html
comparatively
... World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
compared
... attacks. The island experiences only a brief low season, and hotel occupancy in 2004 averaged 80%, compared to 68% throughout the rest of the Caribbean. The government has made cutting the budget ...
www.exxun.com/Aruba/e_ec.html
compared
... British military presence has been sharply reduced and now contributes about 7% to the local economy, compared with 60% in 1984. The financial sector, tourism (almost 5 million visitors in 1998), shipping ...
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/e_ec.html
compared
... Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north
www.exxun.com/Italy/a_fg.html
compared
2,400 km note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2006)
www.exxun.com/Italy/g_tr.html
compared
... been in a slow decline. In 2006, exports of textiles and garments generated only $1.8 billion compared to $6.9 billion in gross gaming receipts. Macau's textile industry will continue to move ...
www.exxun.com/Macau/e_ec.html
compared
... past eight years, the islands enjoy a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure compared with other countries in the region. Most of the oil Netherlands Antilles imports for its ...
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/e_ec.html
compared
... of Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish. In the 2006-07 Antarctic summer, 35,552 tourists visited the Southern Ocean, compared to 29,799 in 2005-2006 (estimates provided to the Antarctic Treaty by the International Association of ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/e_ec.html
compared
... telecommunications, and insurance and banking. In 2006, plantation crops made up only about 15% of exports (compared with more than 90% in 1970), while textiles and garments accounted for more than 60 ...
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/e_ec.html
comparison
Antigua has a relatively high GDP per capita in comparison to most other Caribbean nations. It has experienced solid growth since 2003, driven by a construction boom in hotels and housing that ...
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/e_ec.html
comparisons
8.4% note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Germany/e_ec.html
compatible
... presidential term to a five-year term; amended in 2005 to make the EU constitutional treaty compatible with the Constitution of France and to ensure that the decision to ratify EU accession ...
www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
compelled
... Court of Arbitration issued a decision that delimited a maritime boundary with Trinidad and Tobago and compelled Barbados to enter a fishing agreement limiting Barbadian fishermen's catches of flying fish in ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/i_ti.html
compelled
... investment. A slowdown in the property market, more intense global competition, and increased costs, however, have compelled government economists to lower Ireland's growth forecast slightly for 2008. Ireland joined in circulating ...
www.exxun.com/Ireland/e_ec.html
compelled
... Court of Arbitration issued a decision that delimited a maritime boundary with Trinidad and Tobago and compelled Barbados to enter a fishing agreement that limited Barbadian fishermen's catches of flying fish ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/i_ti.html
| 
