overcome
... a higher windfall revenue tax on private oil companies, then sought to renegotiate their contracts to overcome the debilitating effect of the tax. This generated economic uncertainty; private investment has dropped and ...
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
overcome
... Due to improvements in customs and financial (tax) enforcement, smuggling is a declining problem. Georgia has overcome the chronic energy shortages of the past by renovating hydropower plants and by bringing newly ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
overcoming
... roots, improving country-wide connectivity; wireless local loop licences have been issued with the hope of overcoming the lack of fixed-line infrastructure international: country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/f_cm.html
overcrowded
... strengthen incentives to seek employment. The addition of 80 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Because of their ...
www.exxun.com/World/e_ec.html
overcrowding
limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/b_mp.html
overdependence
... border. The country has embarked upon an industrial policy designed to diversify the economy away from overdependence on the oil sector by developing its manufacturing potential. The policy aims to reduce the ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
overdependence
... 1986 independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/a_fg.html
overdependence
... reform-minded administration. Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/e_ec.html
overdependence
... are found in the mountainous areas, and Peru's coastal waters provide excellent fishing grounds. However, overdependence on minerals and metals subjects the economy to fluctuations in world prices, and a lack ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/e_ec.html
overdependence
... political polarization, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/a_fg.html
overexploitation
... exports. The nation's coastal waters are among the richest fishing areas in the world, but overexploitation by foreigners threatens this key source of revenue. The country's first deepwater port opened ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/e_ec.html
overexploitation
... incidental mortality of seabirds resulting from long-line fishing for toothfish note: the now-protected fur seal population is making a strong comeback after severe overexploitation in the 18th and 19th centuries
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
overfishing
... destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/b_mp.html
overfishing
waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/b_mp.html
overfishing
soil erosion; deforestation due to demand for wood used as fuel; water shortages; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/b_mp.html
overfishing
overfishing by unlicensed vessels is a problem; reindeer were introduced to the islands in 2001 for commercial reasons; this is the only commercial reindeer herd in the world unaffected by the 1986 ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/b_mp.html
overfishing
introduction of foreign species on Iles Crozet has caused severe damage to the original ecosystem; overfishing of Patagonian Toothfish around Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
overfishing
deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage
www.exxun.com/Guinea/b_mp.html
overfishing
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/b_mp.html
overfishing
... 1986 independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/a_fg.html
overfishing
overfishing, climate change, pollution
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
overfishing
inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing
www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
overfishing
soil erosion, deforestation, invasive species, overfishing
www.exxun.com/Samoa/b_mp.html
