increasing ... offset by rapid export growth. Moderate inflation, low unemployment, and an export surplus in 2007 characterize this solid economy, but inflation and unemployment are increasing in the face of rising oil prices www.exxun.com/Korea_South/e_ec.html
increasing water pollution; many people get their water directly from contaminated streams and wells; as a result, water-borne diseases are prevalent; increasing soil salinity from faulty irrigation practices www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/b_mp.html
increasing ... the ballooning national debt, the Rafiq HARIRI government began an austerity program, reining in government expenditures, increasing revenue collection, and privatizing state enterprises, but economic and financial reform initiatives stalled and public ... www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
increasing ... of labor exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Libya is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for its lack of evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking since 2004 (2008 www.exxun.com/Libya/i_ti.html
increasing ... party has been unable to pass significant legislation, and anti-corruption measures have stalled. Population growth, increasing pressure on agricultural lands, corruption, and the spread of HIV/AIDS pose major problems for ... www.exxun.com/Malawi/a_fg.html
increasing ... result of high oil prices and imports of construction material. Diversifying beyond tourism and fishing and increasing employment are the major challenges facing the government. Over the longer term Maldivian authorities worry ... www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
increasing ... assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service domestic: fixed-line availability is gradually increasing, but subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply ... www.exxun.com/Mali/f_cm.html
increasing limited natural fresh water resources; increasing reliance on desalination www.exxun.com/Malta/b_mp.html
increasing ... domestic: very low fixed-line density; there are multiple mobile cellular service providers and subscribership is increasing rapidly; a fiber-optic network is also being installed that will improve broadband and communication ... www.exxun.com/Mongolia/f_cm.html
increasing ... job prospects for Morocco's youth, and closing the income gap between the rich and the poor, which the government hopes to achieve by increasing tourist arrivals and boosting competitiveness in textiles www.exxun.com/Morocco/e_ec.html
increasing ... the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to ... www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/a_fg.html
increasing increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture www.exxun.com/Niue/b_mp.html
increasing ... microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable domestic: fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership both increasing; open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations international ... www.exxun.com/Oman/f_cm.html
increasing ... came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ, China, and Peru. The high ... www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/e_ec.html
increasing ... the US to Panama by the end of the century. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the subsequent decades. With US help, dictator ... www.exxun.com/Panama/a_fg.html
increasing ... 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 late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction ... www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
increasing ... into cocaine, while finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil and Bolivia for ... www.exxun.com/Peru/i_ti.html
increasing 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
increasing increasing numbers of illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico each year looking for work www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/i_ti.html
increasing limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities www.exxun.com/Qatar/b_mp.html
increasing ... and oil. Economic policy is focused on development of Qatar's nonassociated natural gas reserves and increasing private and foreign investment in non-energy sectors. Oil and gas account for more than ... www.exxun.com/Qatar/e_ec.html
increasing ... or modernized if the country is to achieve broad-based economic growth. The banking system, while increasing consumer lending and growing at a high rate, is still small relative to the banking ... www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
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