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general assessment: separate facilities for military and public needs are available domestic: all commercial telephone services are available, including connection to the Internet international: country code (Diego Garcia) - 246; international telephone service ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/f_cm.html
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... economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands in 1984, but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/i_ti.html
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... averaged more than 6% growth since 2004, attracting significant amounts of foreign direct investment, but corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime remain significant challenges
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/e_ec.html
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remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive
www.exxun.com/Burma/d_gv.html
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light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
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... its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services, as well as responding to ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/a_fg.html
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... enjoys solid economic prospects. Top-notch fiscal management has produced consecutive balanced budgets since 1997, although public debate continues over the equitable distribution of federal funds to the Canadian provinces. Exports account ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
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... by cycles of long-term drought. The economy is service-oriented, with commerce, transport, tourism, and public services accounting for about three-fourths of GDP. Although nearly 70% of the population lives ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
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... costs, and a history of instability. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private sector investment projects. A consortium led by two US companies has been investing ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/e_ec.html
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... The economy continues to improve in part because of austere government budgets, focused efforts to reduce public debt levels, an export-oriented growth strategy, improved domestic security, and high commodity prices. Ongoing ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
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... at the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial claims in the western Caribbean Sea - final public hearings are scheduled for 2007; dispute with Venezuela over maritime boundary and Venezuelan-administered Los ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/i_ti.html
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... New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country lived beyond its means, maintaining a bloated public service and accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state assets ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
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... Rican Solidarity Movement; Costa Rican Union of Private Sector Enterprises or UCCAEP [Rafael CARRILLO]; Federation of Public Service Workers or FTSP; National Association for Economic Development or ANFE; National Association of Educators ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/d_gv.html
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... a difficult problem because of rising import prices, labor market rigidities, and fiscal deficits. Tax and public expenditure reforms will be necessary to close the budget gap. In October 2007, a national ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
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no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2008)
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/h_ml.html
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... development. The state retains a large role in the economy, as privatization efforts often meet stiff public and political resistance. While macroeconomic stabilization has largely been achieved, structural reforms lag because of ...
www.exxun.com/Croatia/e_ec.html
public
... large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2006
www.exxun.com/Cuba/f_cm.html
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... the south, and economic growth tends to be volatile, given the north's relative isolation, bloated public sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size. Agriculture and services, together, employ ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
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in 2006, Austrian public protests for the Czech Republic to close the Temelin nuclear power plant resulted in an Austrian parliamentary motion threatening international legal action
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/i_ti.html
public
... have accounted for more than half of the country's export earnings and one-fourth of public sector revenues in recent years. In 1999/2000, Ecuador suffered a severe economic crisis, with GDP ...
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
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... 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
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... National Alliance or ENA (a coalition including EIJ, EIS, ELF, and a number of ELF factions) [HERUY Tedla Biru]; Eritrean Public Forum or EPF [ARADOM Iyob]; Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP) [HAGOS, Mesfin
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/d_gv.html