inflows
... after the US, although in per capita terms the country is still lower middle-income. Annual inflows of foreign direct investment in 2007 rose to $75 billion. By the end of 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
inflows
... demand for consumer and intermediate goods. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inflows equivalent to nearly all export income. Implementation in 2006 of the Central America-Dominican Republic ...
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
inflows
... robust GDP growth of close to 10% in 2006 and 12% in 2007, based on strong inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. However, a widening trade deficit and higher inflation ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
inflows
... expatriate community in the United States, it is the top remittance recipient in Central America, with inflows serving as a primary source of foreign income equivalent to nearly two-thirds of exports
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
inflows
... state energy and telephone companies. Honduras is the fastest growing remittance destination in the region with inflows representing over a quarter of GDP, equivalent to nearly three-quarters of exports. The economy ...
www.exxun.com/Honduras/e_ec.html
inflows
... Upward pressure on the local currency continued in 2007 due to massive oil-related foreign-exchange inflows. Aided by strong growth and foreign exchange earnings, Kazakhstan aspires to become a regional financial ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
inflows
... term growth as tobacco accounts for more than half of exports. The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations. In December ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/e_ec.html
inflows
... an estimated 6.5%, based on rising private consumption, a jump in corporate investment, and EU funds inflows. GDP per capita is still much below the EU average, but is similar to that ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/e_ec.html
inflows
... and exports. Rising inflation returned in the second half of 2007, driven largely by unsterilized capital inflows and by rising food costs, and approached 12% by year-end. In 2006, Russia signed ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
inflows
... economy is booming on the back of increases in oil production, high oil prices, and large inflows of foreign direct investment. GDP growth registered more than 10% per year in 2006 and ...
www.exxun.com/Sudan/e_ec.html
inflows
... December 2007 elections. Foreign investor sentiment was further tempered by a 30% reserve requirement on capital inflows instituted in December 2006, and discussion of amending Thailand's rules governing foreign-owned businesses ...
www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
influence
... note: about a dozen minor parties participated in the 1992 elections but only won a few seats; they and more than 100 other smaller parties have little influence in the National Assembly
www.exxun.com/Angola/d_gv.html
influence
based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence
www.exxun.com/Aruba/d_gv.html
influence
... receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land to British India. Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in 1907; three years later, a treaty was signed whereby ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/a_fg.html
influence
The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently entered a period ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/a_fg.html
influence
... fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/a_fg.html
influence
... Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/d_gv.html
influence
based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/d_gv.html
influence
indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/c_pp.html
influence
... 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence. More than 32,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
influence
... up of traditional leaders note: the House of Ariki advises on traditional matters and maintains considerable influence but has no legislative powers elections: last held 26 September 2006 (next to be held ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/d_gv.html
influence
... the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's ...
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/a_fg.html
