early
... and a new opposition government took on the formidable economic problems facing the nation. After some early progress in rooting out corruption and encouraging donor support, the KIBAKI government was rocked by ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
early
... more than one-fifth of GDP. Private sector initiatives and a financial sector are in the early stages of development. Foreign financial aid from the EU, UK, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/e_ec.html
early
late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/b_mp.html
early
... that declared Kosovo independent. Under MILOSEVIC, Serbia carried out repressive measures against the Albanians in the early 1990s as the unofficial Kosovo government, led by Ibrahim RUGOVA, used passive resistance in an ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
early
... subsequently modified in a flawed referendum initiated by BAKIEV. The president then dissolved parliament, called for early elections, and gained control of the new parliament through his newly-created political party, Ak ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/a_fg.html
early
... fiscal side, a value-added tax (VAT) regime, which began with a few large businesses in early 2009, should slowly help streamline the government's inefficient tax system. Economic prospects will improve ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
early
... labor force. Although Luxembourg, like all EU members, suffered from the global economic slump in the early part of this decade, the country continues to enjoy an extraordinarily high standard of living ...
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/e_ec.html
early
Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th century and subsequently settled by the Dutch - who named ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/a_fg.html
early
... site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/a_fg.html
early
Moroccan economic policies brought macroeconomic stability to the country in the early 1990s but have not spurred growth sufficient to reduce unemployment - nearing 20% in urban areas - despite the Moroccan Government's ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/e_ec.html
early
... The island was annexed by Germany in 1888 and its phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium. Nauru was occupied by Australian forces ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/a_fg.html
early
... held in May 2011); Second Chamber - last held 22 November 2006 (next to be held by early 2011) election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CDA ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/d_gv.html
early
... abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil ...
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/a_fg.html
early
... as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 ...
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/a_fg.html
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