substantial
... of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. Turkey imposed an economic blockade on Armenia and closed the ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/a_fg.html
substantial
... important. The rapid growth of the tourism sector over the last decade has resulted in a substantial expansion of other activities. Over 1.5 million tourists per year visit Aruba, with 75% of ...
www.exxun.com/Aruba/e_ec.html
substantial
... to investigate trafficking crimes; however, the government did not report any prosecutions or convictions for trafficking offenses during 2007, despite reports of a substantial problem of involuntary servitude and sex trafficking (2008
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/i_ti.html
substantial
... mainly in the populous Flemish area in the north. With few natural resources, Belgium must import substantial quantities of raw materials and export a large volume of manufactures, making its economy unusually ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/e_ec.html
substantial
$90.02 million; note - substantial aid from India (2005)
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/e_ec.html
substantial
... and China continue negotiations to establish a common boundary alignment to resolve territorial disputes arising from substantial cartographic discrepancies, the largest of which lie in Bhutan's northwest and along the Chumbi ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/i_ti.html
substantial
... a full member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement in September 2007. The country receives substantial reconstruction assistance and humanitarian aid from the international community but will have to prepare for ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/e_ec.html
substantial
... offering offshore registration to companies wishing to incorporate in the islands, and incorporation fees now generate substantial revenues. Roughly 400,000 companies were on the offshore registry by yearend 2000. The adoption of ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/e_ec.html
substantial
... and more than 90% of exports. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. The government provides for all medical ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
substantial
over half of Burma's population consists of diverse ethnic groups who have substantial numbers of kin in neighboring countries; Thailand must deal with Karen and other ethnic refugees, asylum seekers, and ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/i_ti.html
substantial
... funds to the Canadian provinces. Exports account for roughly a third of GDP. Canada enjoys a substantial trade surplus with its principal trading partner, the US, which absorbs 80% of Canadian exports ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
substantial
the China Democracy Party; the Falungong spiritual movement note: no substantial political opposition groups exist, although the government has identified the organizations listed above as subversive groups
www.exxun.com/China/d_gv.html
substantial
4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
substantial
... growth averaging 5% annually, one of the highest rates in Africa. The government has mortgaged a substantial portion of its oil earnings through oil-backed loans that have contributed to a growing ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/e_ec.html
substantial
... during the same period. Cote d'Ivoire's offshore oil and gas production has resulted in substantial crude oil exports and provides sufficient natural gas to fuel electricity exports to Ghana, Togo ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/e_ec.html
substantial
... a few desalination plants are now on line. After 10 years of drought, the country received substantial rainfall from 2001-04 alleviating immediate concerns. Rainfall in 2005 and 2006, however, was well below ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
substantial
... become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions; significant ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/i_ti.html
substantial
general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; substantial fiber-optic cable systems carry telephone, TV, and radio traffic in the digital mode; Internet services ...
www.exxun.com/Estonia/f_cm.html
substantial
... a 200-mile oil exploration zone around the islands in 1993, and early seismic surveys suggest substantial reserves capable of producing 500,000 barrels per day; to date, no exploitable site has been ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
substantial
... basis for a more diversified economy and lessen dependence on Danish economic assistance. Aided by a substantial annual subsidy (about 15% of GDP) from Denmark, the Faroese have a standard of living ...
www.exxun.com/FaroeIslands/e_ec.html
substantial
... a difficult business climate. Tourist arrivals for 2007 are estimated to be down almost 6%, with substantial job losses in the service sector. In July 2007 the Reserve Bank of Fiji announced ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/e_ec.html
substantial
... strife in the 1990s, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 2000, achieving positive GDP growth and curtailing inflation. Georgia's GDP growth ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
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