poor
... contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/b_mp.html
poor
... gas prices. Overall prospects in the near future are discouraging because of widespread internal poverty, a poor educational system, government misuse of oil and gas revenues, and Ashgabat's reluctance to adopt ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/e_ec.html
poor
Tuvalu consists of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. The country has no known mineral resources and few exports. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/e_ec.html
Poor
... a consistent upturn in Uganda's export markets. In 2000, Uganda qualified for enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief worth $1.3 billion and Paris Club debt relief worth $145 million ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
Poor
... copper prices and foreign investment. In 2005, Zambia qualified for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative, consisting of approximately USD 6 billion in debt relief. Zambia experienced a bumper ...
www.exxun.com/Zambia/e_ec.html
poor
... urban rationalization program, which resulted in the destruction of the homes or businesses of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition, according to UN estimates. President Mugabe in June 2007 instituted price ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/a_fg.html
poor
... the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
poor
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/f_cm.html
poorer
... tech modern world economy. Four decades ago, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. In 2004, South Korea joined the trillion dollar club of ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/e_ec.html
poorer
... own internal problems and priorities, the industrialized countries devote insufficient resources to deal effectively with the poorer areas of the world, which, at least from an economic point of view, are becoming ...
www.exxun.com/World/e_ec.html
poorest
... step forward. Although Albania's economy continues to grow, the country is still one of the poorest in Europe, hampered by a large informal economy and an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/a_fg.html
poorest
Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. Following a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
poorest
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation. Although agriculture is almost all in private hands, farms are small and inefficient, and the republic ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/e_ec.html
poorest
... in 2006-07. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana has transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/e_ec.html
poorest
One of the poorest countries in the world, landlocked Burkina Faso has few natural resources and a weak industrial base. About 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, which is ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
poorest
One of the world's poorest countries, Comoros is made up of three islands that have inadequate transportation links, a young and rapidly increasing population, and few natural resources. The low educational ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
poorest
... high unemployment and underemployment remains an important challenge. The country suffers from marked income inequality; the poorest half of the population receives less than one-fifth of GNP, while the richest 10 ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/e_ec.html
poorest
Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest countries in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and technical assistance ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/e_ec.html
poorest
One of the five poorest countries in the world, Guinea-Bissau depends mainly on farming and fishing. Cashew crops have increased remarkably in recent years, and the country now ranks sixth in ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
poorest
... a prolonged struggle, Haiti became the first black republic to declare its independence in 1804. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/a_fg.html
poorest
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty. Two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html
