dropped
... exceeded expectations in 2001-07 despite the general European slowdown. Unemployment, at an unacceptable 18% in 2003-04, dropped to 8.6% in 2007 but remains the economy's Achilles heel. Slovakia joined the EU ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/e_ec.html
dropped
... of the population continues to live in abject poverty. Economic growth reached 10.6% in 2004, but dropped to 8% in 2005, 7% in 2006, and 7.8% in 2007. Tajikistan's economic situation ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
dropped
... in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m) highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/b_mp.html
dropped
... in the Uruguayan peso and a massive rise in unemployment. Total GDP in these four years dropped by nearly 20%, with 2002 the worst year due to the banking crisis. The unemployment ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/e_ec.html
dropped
in 2004, Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary ...
www.exxun.com/Zambia/i_ti.html
dropped
... Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/i_ti.html
dropping
hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains
www.exxun.com/Burundi/b_mp.html
dropping
... gas, water, electricity and mining. Unemployment has exhibited a downward trend over the past two years, dropping to 7.8% and 7.0% at the end of 2006 and 2007, respectively. Chile deepened its ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
dropping
... line telephone network expanded throughout the 1990s but the number of fixed line connections has been dropping since then; mobile telephone usage increased sharply beginning in the mid-1990s and the number ...
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/f_cm.html
drops
... for privatization and administrative reform. The rebound of oil prices since 1999 have helped growth, but drops in production have hampered Gabon from fully realizing potential gains, and will continue to temper ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/e_ec.html
Drops
... into the World Trade Organization. Much of the government's stock in enterprises has been sold. Drops in production had been severe after the breakup of the Soviet Union in December 1991 ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
drops
... the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, and small-scale manufacturing. Sharp drops illustrated the vulnerability of the tourist sector in 1991-92 due largely to the Gulf War ...
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/e_ec.html
drought
IDPs: 132,246 (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in south and west due to drought and instability) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/i_ti.html
drought
destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought
www.exxun.com/Albania/b_mp.html
Drought
... ties with China have been key factors behind the economy's 16 solid years of expansion. Drought, robust import demand, and a strong currency have pushed the trade deficit up in recent ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/e_ec.html
drought
desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges ...
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/b_mp.html
drought
... base. About 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, which is vulnerable to periodic drought. Cotton is the main cash crop and the government has joined with three other cotton ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
drought
flooding, landslides, drought
www.exxun.com/Burundi/b_mp.html
drought
... from a poor natural resource base, including serious water shortages exacerbated by cycles of long-term drought. The economy is service-oriented, with commerce, transport, tourism, and public services accounting for about ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
drought
... because of lower export earnings - the latter a product of the global financial crisis. A severe drought exacerbated the recession in 1999, reducing crop yields and causing hydroelectric shortfalls and electricity rationing ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
drought
... are a perennial problem; 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
drought
... had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/a_fg.html
drought
... many farmers switching to qat to supplement income. The war with Eritrea in 1998-2000 and recurrent drought have buffeted the economy, in particular coffee production. In November 2001, Ethiopia qualified for debt ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
