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... one of the highest per capita incomes in the region. Offshore finance and information services are important foreign exchange earners and thrive from having the same time zone as eastern US financial ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/e_ec.html
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... the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda ...
www.exxun.com/Bermuda/a_fg.html
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... and food must be imported. Bermuda's industrial sector is small, although construction continues to be important; the average cost of a house in June 2003 had risen to $976,000. Agriculture is ...
www.exxun.com/Bermuda/e_ec.html
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... for narcotics air transshipments between Peru and Colombia; upsurge in drug-related violence and weapons smuggling; important market for Colombian, Bolivian, and Peruvian cocaine; illicit narcotics proceeds are often laundered through the ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/i_ti.html
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... made the British Virgin Islands even more attractive to international business. Livestock raising is the most important agricultural activity; poor soils limit the islands' ability to meet domestic food requirements. Because of ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/e_ec.html
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... the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping. Following independence in 1975, and a ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/a_fg.html
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strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/b_mp.html
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important location between Cuba and Central America
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/b_mp.html
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... GDP. Timber has accounted for about 16% of export earnings and the diamond industry, for 40%. Important constraints to economic development include the CAR's landlocked position, a poor transportation system, a ...
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/e_ec.html
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... the Sudanese military have driven hundreds of thousands of Darfur residents into Chad; Chad remains an important mediator in the Sudanese civil conflict, reducing tensions with Sudan arising from cross-border banditry ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/i_ti.html
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... years, China has re-invigorated its support for leading state-owned enterprises in sectors it considers important to "economic security," explicitly looking to foster globally competitive national champions. After keeping its currency ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
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... of narcotics proceeds are either laundered or invested in Colombia through the black market peso exchange; important supplier of heroin to the US market; opium poppy cultivation is estimated to have fallen ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/i_ti.html
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important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel
www.exxun.com/Comoros/b_mp.html
