contract
... 2009 as political pressure to stimulate the economy and the costs of servicing Italy's debt rise. The economy will continue to contract through 2009 as the global demand for exports drop
www.exxun.com/Italy/e_ec.html
contract
... months in land or air defense forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is comprised of contract soldiers; women cannot be deployed overseas for military operations (2006
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/h_ml.html
contract
... a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation; the most common offense was forcing workers to accept worse contract terms than those under which they were recruited; other conditions include bonded labor, withholding of ...
www.exxun.com/Qatar/i_ti.html
contract
... male and female voluntary military service; conscription officially ended October 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive contracts for 3-year ...
www.exxun.com/Romania/h_ml.html
contract
... the government is trying to revitalize the banana industry, although recent hurricanes have caused exports to contract. Saint Lucia is vulnerable to a variety of external shocks including volatile tourism receipts, natural ...
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/e_ec.html
contract
mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/c_pp.html
contract
... the French franc. Government price controls and subsidies have been steadily dismantled. After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/e_ec.html
contract
... hurt by the emancipation of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/a_fg.html
contract
... the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/a_fg.html
contract
... crisis due to aggressive foreign borrowing has lowered growth in 2008 and the economy probably will contract in 2009. Ukraine reached an agreement with the IMF for a $16.5 billion standby arrangement ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
contracted
22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year term (2005)
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/h_ml.html
contracted
... Kenya's problems, causing water and energy rationing and reducing agricultural output. As a result, GDP contracted by 0.2% in 2000. The IMF, which had resumed loans in 2000 to help Kenya ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
contracted
... 12,000 displaced, and property damage exceeding $300 million. As a result of the tsunami, the GDP contracted by about 4.6% in 2005. A rebound in tourism, post-tsunami reconstruction, and development of ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
