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... fishing. Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported. The US is the leading source of tourists, accounting for more than three-quarters of the 175,000 visitors that arrived in ...
www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/e_ec.html
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... the adult male population work as seamen on merchant ships abroad and remittances are a vital source of income, contributing around $4 million in 2006. Substantial income is received annually from the ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/e_ec.html
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... largest cotton exporter and fifth largest producer; it relies heavily on cotton production as the major source of export earnings. Other major export earners include gold, natural gas, and oil. Following independence ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
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current situation: Uzbekistan is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women trafficked to Asia and the Middle East for the purpose of sexual exploitation; women from other ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/i_ti.html
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current situation: Venezuela is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor; women and children from Colombia, China, Peru, Ecuador ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/i_ti.html
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... forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly ...
www.exxun.com/WallisandFutuna/b_mp.html
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... reform program, characterized by chaos and violence, has badly damaged the commercial farming sector, the traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/e_ec.html
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... sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources (groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/b_mp.html
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... change, headed by Premier WEN Jiabao. The Chinese government seeks to add energy production capacity from sources other than coal and oil as its double-digit economic growth increases demand. Chinese energy ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
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... working abroad, and a growing tourist industry - with 400,000 to 500,000 tourists annually - are the major sources of foreign exchange. Fiji's sugar has special access to European Union markets, but will ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/e_ec.html
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... for about one-fourth of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency earnings. Other sources of income are pearl farming and deep-sea commercial fishing. The small manufacturing sector primarily ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/e_ec.html
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... dependent on international financial and technical assistance. Gold and cocoa production, and individual remittances, are major sources of foreign exchange. The domestic economy continues to revolve around agriculture, which accounts for about ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/e_ec.html
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the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands
www.exxun.com/Guinea/b_mp.html
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... donors, and encourage private investment. Embargos on timber and diamond exports have been lifted, opening new sources of revenue for the government. The reconstruction of infrastructure and the raising of incomes in ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/e_ec.html
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... about 20% of its food needs, has limited fresh water supplies, and has few domestic energy sources. The economy is dependent on foreign trade, manufacturing (especially electronics and pharmaceuticals), and tourism. Economic ...
www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
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revenues: $320 million (includes $134 million from foreign sources) expenditures: $320 million (2002 est.)
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
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... momentum in order to catch up with regional competitors, improve employment opportunities, and alleviate poverty. Longer-term fiscal stability will require more sustainable revenue sources, rather than non-recurring revenues from privatization
www.exxun.com/Philippines/e_ec.html
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... sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts ...
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/e_ec.html
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... plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
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... glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region is remote from sources of search and rescue
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
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... Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/c_pp.html
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... million annually - to maintain public services with annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is ...
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/e_ec.html
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