infrastructure
... DA SILVA announced a package of further economic reforms to reduce taxes and increase investment in infrastructure. The government's goal of achieving strong growth while reducing the debt burden is likely ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... received a Millennium Challenge Account threshold grant to improve girls' education at the primary school level, and appears likely to receive a grant in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, and land reform
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... latter especially causing environmental degradation. Other areas, such as manufacturing and services, are struggling with inadequate infrastructure, unpredictable import/export policies, deteriorating health and education systems, and endemic corruption. A major banking ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... of the population is less than 21 years old. The population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of basic infrastructure
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html
infrastructure
general assessment: privatization begun in 1988; most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... China's villages had been connected to the telephone network; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of China's ...
www.exxun.com/China/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure, and the difficult operating environment. Conditions began to improve in late 2002 with the withdrawal ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure. Agriculture, employing about one-third of the working population, provides the economic base with major ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
infrastructure
air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife
www.exxun.com/Croatia/b_mp.html
infrastructure
... all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to meet the demands of Egypt's growing population through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure
www.exxun.com/Egypt/a_fg.html
infrastructure
... Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million compact to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in the country's northern region through investments in education, public services, enterprise development, and transportation infrastructure
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
infrastructure
deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/b_mp.html
infrastructure
... region, causing food production to drop by 62%. Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges. Since the ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/e_ec.html
infrastructure
general assessment: outdated and unreliable fixed-line infrastructure heavily concentrated in Accra; competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with subscribership about 35 per 100 persons and rising domestic: primarily ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... the US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of a well developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money laundering center; significant domestic cocaine and cannabis ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/i_ti.html
infrastructure
... of poverty. Investor confidence has been sapped by rampant corruption, a lack of electricity and other infrastructure, a lack of skilled workers, and the political uncertainty due to the failing health of ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... fighting between Senegalese-backed government troops and a military junta destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and caused widespread damage to the economy in 1998; the civil war led to a ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... remittances and foreign direct investment. Chronic problems include a shortage of skilled labor and a deficient infrastructure. The government is juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public ...
www.exxun.com/Guyana/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... the US. Haiti suffers from high inflation, a lack of investment because of insecurity and limited infrastructure, and a severe trade deficit. In 2005, Haiti paid its arrears to the World Bank ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html