financial
... widespread corruption impedes counterdrug efforts; most of the heroin consumed in Europe and Eurasia is derived from Afghan opium; vulnerable to drug money laundering through informal financial networks; regional source of hashish
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/i_ti.html
financial
... 14th in oil reserves. Sustained high oil prices in recent years have helped improve Algeria's financial and macroeconomic indicators. Algeria is running substantial trade surpluses and building up record foreign exchange ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/e_ec.html
financial
important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/e_ec.html
financial
... construction sector, contributing to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will ...
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/e_ec.html
financial
considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/i_ti.html
financial
... previously idled industrial capacity and labor, an audacious debt restructuring and reduced debt burden, excellent international financial conditions, and expansionary monetary and fiscal policies. Inflation, however, reached double-digit levels in 2006 ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/e_ec.html
financial
... may slow in 2008 because of the strong euro, high oil prices, and problems in international financial markets. To meet increased competition - especially from new EU members and Central European countries - Austria ...
www.exxun.com/Austria/e_ec.html
financial
... about 36% of GDP. However, since December 2000, when the government enacted new regulations on the financial sector, many international businesses have left The Bahamas. Manufacturing and agriculture combined contribute approximately a ...
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/e_ec.html
financial
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/i_ti.html
financial
... Bahrain's second major export after oil. Other major segments of Bahrain's economy are the financial and construction sectors. Bahrain is focused on Islamic banking and is competing on an international ...
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/e_ec.html
financial
... are important foreign exchange earners and thrive from having the same time zone as eastern US financial centers and a relatively highly educated workforce. The government continues its efforts to reduce unemployment ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/e_ec.html
financial
one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center
www.exxun.com/Barbados/i_ti.html
financial
... to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; new anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards; few investigations or prosecutions ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/i_ti.html
financial
... the business climate by reforms to the land tenure system, the commercial justice system, and the financial sector were included in Benin's $307 million Millennium Challenge Account grant signed in February ...
www.exxun.com/Benin/e_ec.html
financial
transshipment point used by Nigerian traffickers for narcotics destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations
www.exxun.com/Benin/i_ti.html
financial
... international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. Although a referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995, the ...
www.exxun.com/Bermuda/a_fg.html
financial
... more than 50% higher than that of the US. Its economy is primarily based on providing financial services for international business and luxury facilities for tourists. A number of reinsurance companies relocated ...
www.exxun.com/Bermuda/e_ec.html
financial
... closely aligned with India's through strong trade and monetary links and dependence on India's financial assistance. The industrial sector is technologically backward, with most production of the cottage industry type ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/e_ec.html
financial
... currently accounts for more than one-third of GDP and for 70-80% of export earnings. Tourism, financial services, subsistence farming, and cattle raising are other key sectors. On the downside, the government ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/e_ec.html
financial
... all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets. Having weathered 2001-03 financial turmoil, capital inflows are regaining strength and the currency has resumed appreciating. The appreciation has ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
financial
... weapons smuggling; important market for Colombian, Bolivian, and Peruvian cocaine; illicit narcotics proceeds earned in Brazil are often laundered through the financial system; significant illicit financial activity in the Tri-Border Area
www.exxun.com/Brazil/i_ti.html
financial
tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore financial center
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/e_ec.html
financial
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/i_ti.html
