especially Civil war and government mismanagement destroyed much of Liberia's economy, especially the infrastructure in and around the capital, Monrovia. Many businesses fled the country, taking capital and expertise with them, but ... www.exxun.com/Liberia/e_ec.html
especially ... water supplies, and has few domestic energy sources. The economy is dependent on foreign trade, manufacturing (especially electronics and pharmaceuticals), and tourism. Economic recovery of the European economy has lifted exports, tourism ... www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
especially tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
especially pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor www.exxun.com/Montenegro/b_mp.html
especially ... monarchy. A Maoist insurgency, launched in 1996, gained traction and threatened to bring down the regime, especially after a negotiated cease-fire between the Maoists and government forces broke down in August ... www.exxun.com/Nepal/a_fg.html
especially typhoons (especially May to July) www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/b_mp.html
especially active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November) www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
especially ... labor force by replacing foreign expatriate workers with local workers. Oman actively seeks private foreign investors, especially in the industrial, information technology, tourism, and higher education fields. Industrial development plans focus on ... www.exxun.com/Oman/e_ec.html
especially frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
especially forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
especially ... 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
especially ... the informal sector, accurate economic measures are difficult to obtain. A large percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, derives its living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. On ... www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
especially ... country for Andean cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, and Europe; corruption and some money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weak anti-money-laundering laws and enforcement www.exxun.com/Paraguay/i_ti.html
especially uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
especially typhoons (especially November to March) www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/b_mp.html
especially soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas www.exxun.com/Portugal/b_mp.html
especially general assessment: rapidly improving domestic and international service, especially in wireless telephony domestic: more than 90 percent of telephone network is automatic; liberalization in 2003 is transforming telecommunications; fixed-line teledensity is ... www.exxun.com/Romania/f_cm.html
especially with no natural rivers or streams, fresh water is in short supply, especially in summer, and provided by desalinization of sea water, collection of rain water, or imported via water tanker www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/b_mp.html
especially The island nation has been able to attract foreign business and investment, especially in its offshore banking and tourism industries, with a surge in foreign direct investment in 2006, attributed to the ... www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/e_ec.html
especially extensive coastlines on Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through Persian Gulf and Suez Canal www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/b_mp.html
especially ... assets, while enabling Riyadh to pay down domestic debt. The government is encouraging private sector growth - especially in power generation, telecommunications, natural gas exploration, and petrochemicals - to lessen the kingdom's dependence ... www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
especially ... domestic: analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; 3 companies provide nationwide cellular services international: country code - 421; 3 ... www.exxun.com/Slovakia/f_cm.html
especially ... WNW of the capital Honiara, the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of Western and Choiseul provinces with dozens of deaths and thousands dislocated; the provincial capital of Gizo was especially hard hit www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/b_mp.html
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