boost ... USD 6 billion in debt relief. Zambia experienced a bumper harvest in 2007, which helped to boost GDP and agricultural exports and contain inflation. Although poverty continues to be significant problem in ... www.exxun.com/Zambia/e_ec.html
Boosted ... reforms; however, lower taxes in 2005-06 led to a small budget deficit in 2006 and 2007. Boosted by strong exports, growth nevertheless reached 3.3% in both 2006 and 2007, although the economy ... www.exxun.com/Austria/e_ec.html
boosted Chad's primarily agricultural economy will continue to be boosted by major foreign direct investment projects in the oil sector that began in 2000. At least 80% of Chad's population relies ... www.exxun.com/Chad/e_ec.html
boosted ... reflected in GDP data. Renewed activity in the mining sector, the source of most export income, boosted Kinshasa's fiscal position and GDP growth. Government reforms and improved security may lead to ... www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
boosted ... and faces difficult economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty. Recovery of oil prices has boosted the economy's GDP and near-term prospects. In March 2006, the World Bank and ... www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/e_ec.html
boosted ... for 2004, representing over 80% of the total national budget. Government drift and indecision, however, resulted in continued low growth in 2002-06. Higher raw material prices boosted growth to 3.7% in 2007 www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
boosted ... engagement under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act, passed in December 2006, has boosted the garment and automotive parts exports and investment by providing tariff-free access to the ... www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html
boosted ... and fish products, aluminum, and ferrosilicon. Substantial foreign investment in the aluminum and hydropower sectors has boosted economic growth which, nevertheless, has been volatile and characterized by recurrent imbalances. Government policies include ... www.exxun.com/Iceland/e_ec.html
boosted ... in 2006. However, in 2007 growth returned to the 6% level Moldova had achieved in 2000-05, boosted by Russia's partial removal of the bans, solid fixed capital investment, and strong domestic ... www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
boosted ... access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes - but left behind many at the bottom of the ladder - and broadened and ... www.exxun.com/NewZealand/e_ec.html
boosted ... a member of NATO. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. The current focus is on containing spending on the extensive welfare ... www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
boosted ... eventually face declining oil and gas revenues; accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-and-gas-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and now is valued ... www.exxun.com/Norway/e_ec.html
boosted ... youth population generally lacks the education and technical skills the private sector needs. Riyadh has substantially boosted spending on job training and education, infrastructure development, and government salaries. As part of its ... www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
boosted ... of GDP and 2% of employment. Sweden is in the midst of a sustained economic upswing, boosted by increased domestic demand and strong exports. This and robust finances have offered the center ... www.exxun.com/Sweden/e_ec.html
Boosted ... 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 has pursued preferential ... www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
boosted ... Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in ... www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/a_fg.html
boosting ... controlling its substantial fiscal deficit, nearly closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in 2006, before boosting expenditures more than 20% in 2007. The government and international financial institutions have been engaged ... www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
boosting ... 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
boosting ... products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings. During 1990-2001, the economy turned in a solid performance based on ... www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
BOOTH chief of mission: Ambassador Donald E. BOOTH embassy: 111 United Nations Drive, P. O. Box 10-0098, Mamba Point, 1000 Monrovia, 10 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [231] 7-705-4825 or 4826 ... www.exxun.com/Liberia/d_gv.html
Bopec Bopec Terminal, Willemstad www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/g_tr.html
Boqueron ... and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island ... www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/d_gv.html
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