production
... to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/i_ti.html
production
... Nevertheless, the economy remains highly controlled by the government. Long-run economic constraints include declining oil production, high unemployment and inflation, rising budget deficits, and increasing pressure on water supplies caused by ...
www.exxun.com/Syria/e_ec.html
production
... severely damaged the already weak economic infrastructure and caused a sharp decline in industrial and agricultural production. While Tajikistan has experienced steady economic growth since 1997, nearly two-thirds of the population ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
production
... economic infrastructure and to alleviate poverty. Long-term growth through 2005 featured a pickup in industrial production and a substantial increase in output of minerals led by gold. Recent banking reforms have ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/e_ec.html
production
... an appreciating currency. Exports have performed at record levels, rising nearly 17% in 2006 and 12% in 2007. Export-oriented manufacturing - in particular automobile production - and farm output are driving these gains
www.exxun.com/Thailand/e_ec.html
production
... has been reduced by eradication efforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role in methamphetamine production for regional consumption; major consumer of methamphetamine since the 1990s despite a series of government ...
www.exxun.com/Thailand/i_ti.html
production
... intensive industry, however, has done little to create jobs for the unemployed because there are no production facilities in Timor. Gas is piped to Australia. In June 2005 the National Parliament unanimously ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
production
... Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) that could eventually lead to a debt reduction plan. Economic growth remains marginal due to declining cotton production, underinvestment in phosphate mining, and strained relations with donors
www.exxun.com/Togo/e_ec.html
production
small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/e_ec.html
production
... is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted for expansion and is growing. The government ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/a_fg.html
production
... decade, reached 6.3% in 2007 because of development in non-textile manufacturing, a recovery in agricultural production, and strong growth in the services sector. However, Tunisia will need to reach even higher ...
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/e_ec.html
production
... in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
production
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; some synthetic drug production for export to the West; limited government eradication program; used as transshipment point for opiates and other ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/i_ti.html
production
... of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Services ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/e_ec.html
production
... was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
production
... the world's second-largest cotton exporter and fifth largest producer; it relies heavily on cotton production as the major source of export earnings. Other major export earners include gold, natural gas ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
production
... the principal sources of income for the population. The territory lacks sufficient rainfall for sustainable agricultural production, and most of the food for the urban population must be imported. Incomes in Western ...
www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/e_ec.html
production
... from 645 metric tons in 2005 - partially due to improved methodologies used to calculate levels of production; Colombia conducts aggressive coca eradication campaign, but both Peruvian and Bolivian Governments are hesitant to ...
www.exxun.com/World/i_ti.html
production
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair
www.exxun.com/Yemen/e_ec.html
productive
... a poor investment climate hampers attracting outside investment slowing the inflow of foreign exchange. The most productive sectors will continue to be in extractive industries, especially oil and gas, mining, and timber ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
productive
... than 50% 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html