growing
Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/f_cm.html
growing
... producer of opium; poppy cultivation increased 17% to a near-record 202,000 hectares in 2007; good growing conditions pushed potential opium production to a record 8,000 metric tons, up 42% from last ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/i_ti.html
growing
... and - to a lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; limited opium and growing cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and expanding in Europe; vulnerable to money laundering ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/i_ti.html
growing
Population Pressure LAS (addresses the growing population pressures)
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/d_gv.html
growing
... 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 depend largely on the tourism sector ...
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/e_ec.html
growing
... fiscal and current account deficits, high inflation, mounting external debt, and capital flight. A severe depression, growing public and external indebtedness, and a bank run culminated in 2001 in the most serious ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/e_ec.html
growing
... itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990s, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/a_fg.html
growing
... particularly in mining states. Australia's emphasis on reforms, low inflation, a housing market boom, and growing ties with China have been key factors behind the economy's 16 solid years of ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/e_ec.html
growing
Azerbaijan's high economic growth in 2006 and 2007 is attributable to large and growing oil exports. Azerbaijan's oil production declined through 1997, but has registered an increase every year since ...
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/e_ec.html
growing
general assessment: modern system domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones international: country code - 973; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around ...
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/f_cm.html
growing
... tightening of fiscal and monetary policies, improving energy efficiency, and diversifying exports, have been introduced, but external borrowing has been the main mechanism used to manage the growing pressures on the economy
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
growing
growing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/i_ti.html
growing
... has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include an unsustainable foreign debt, high unemployment, growing involvement in the South American drug trade, growing urban crime, and increasing incidences of HIV ...
www.exxun.com/Belize/a_fg.html
growing
... and inefficient, and the republic traditionally is a net importer of food. The private sector is growing and foreign investment is slowly increasing, but government spending, at nearly 40% of adjusted GDP ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/e_ec.html
growing
... dynamic economies in Africa. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/a_fg.html
growing
... wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile-cellular service is growing fast international: country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/f_cm.html
growing
... GDP growth coming from high copper prices, solid export earnings (particularly forestry, fishing, and mining), and growing domestic consumption. President BACHELET in 2006 established an Economic and Social Stabilization Fund to hold ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
growing
... was largely closed to international trade to a more market-oriented economy that has a rapidly growing private sector and is a major player in the global economy. Reforms started in the ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
growing
major transshipment point for heroin produced in the Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia; growing domestic drug abuse problem; source country for chemical precursors, despite new regulations on its large chemical industry
www.exxun.com/China/i_ti.html
growing
... The government's economic reforms and democratic security strategy, coupled with increased investment, have engendered a growing sense of confidence in the economy. However, the business sector continues to be concerned about ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
growing
... a substantial portion of its oil earnings through oil-backed loans that have contributed to a growing debt burden and chronic revenue shortfalls. Economic reform efforts have been undertaken with the support ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/e_ec.html
