performance
... coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries including radar, missile production, and advanced electronic components, shipbuilding ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
performance
... Japan. China is also the island's number one destination for foreign direct investment. Strong trade performance in 2007 pushed Taiwan's GDP growth rate above 5%, and unemployment is below 4
www.exxun.com/Taiwan/e_ec.html
performance
... rules governing foreign-owned businesses. Economic growth in 2007 was due almost entirely to robust export performance - despite the pressure of an appreciating currency. Exports have performed at record levels, rising nearly ...
www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
performance
... dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings. During 1990-2001, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
performance
... assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into modernization and expansion of its telecommunication system, but its performance continues to lag behind that of its more modern neighbors domestic: all provincial exchanges are ...
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/f_cm.html
performances
... main source of foreign exchange, especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985. Strong performances in construction and manufacturing, together with the development of an offshore financial industry, have also ...
www.exxun.com/Grenada/e_ec.html
performed
... military facility is located. Construction projects and various services needed to support the military installation are performed by military and contract employees from the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, and the US. There ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/e_ec.html
performed
defense is the responsibility of Italy; ceremonial and limited security duties performed by Pontifical Swiss Guard
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/h_ml.html
performed
... due almost entirely to robust export performance - despite the pressure of an appreciating currency. Exports have performed at record levels, rising nearly 17% in 2006 and 12% in 2007. Export-oriented manufacturing ...
www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
performers
... high of over $50 billion, and its stock market has been one of the three best performers in the world in 2006 and 2007, as global investors sought out higher returns in ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
performers
... recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis. The country was one of East Asia's best performers from 2002-04. Boosted by strong export growth, the Thai economy grew 4.5% in 2007. Bangkok ...
www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
performers
... Warsaw Pact nations again experienced widely divergent growth rates; the three Baltic nations continued as strong performers, in the 8%-10% range of growth. From 2006 to 2007 growth rates slowed in ...
www.exxun.com/World/e_ec.html
performing
... rigid labor code, bureaucratic red tape, and persistent low-level corruption keep the private sector from performing up to its full potential. Rising demands to fund health care, education, and the state ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/e_ec.html
performs
no regular military forces; the Palace Guard performs ceremonial duties
www.exxun.com/Monaco/h_ml.html
performs
no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006)
www.exxun.com/SanMarino/h_ml.html
perfume
vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
perfume
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon
www.exxun.com/Mayotte/e_ec.html
perhaps
3.7% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Mexico/e_ec.html
perhaps
$277 million; note - supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/e_ec.html
Perim
total: 527,970 sq km land: 527,970 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic ...
www.exxun.com/Yemen/b_mp.html
perimeter
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
www.exxun.com/Belarus/g_tr.html
period
... coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; mostly uninhabitable
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
period
1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945; note - during the period 1 May 1934-1 May 1945 there was a fascist (corporative) constitution in place
www.exxun.com/Austria/d_gv.html
period
... 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
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