strategy
... 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 economic problems facing President URIBE include reforming ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
strategy
... the Baku-T'bilisi-Erzerum gas pipeline, and the Kars-Akhalkalaki Railroad are part of a strategy to capitalize on Georgia's strategic location between Europe and Asia and develop its role ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
Strategy
... Relief Initiative that took effect in 2006. Thematic priorities under its current Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy, which also provides the framework for development partner assistance, are: macroeconomic stability; private sector competitiveness ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/e_ec.html
strategy
... assistance and recognition of its demands for independence. In 1995, Albanians dissatisfied with RUGOVA's nonviolent strategy created the Kosovo Liberation Army and launched an insurgency. In 1998, MILOSEVIC authorized a counterinsurgency ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
strategy
... international financial institutions have been engaged in a comprehensive medium-term poverty reduction and economic growth strategy. In 2005, Bishkek agreed to pursue much-needed tax reform and, in 2006, became eligible ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
strategy
... the mid 1990s followed a World Bank- and IMF-led policy of privatization and liberalization. This strategy placed the country on a slow and steady growth path from an extremely low level ...
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/e_ec.html
strategy
... of the cultivated land area and accounts for 15% of export earnings. The government's development strategy centers on creating vertical and horizontal clusters of development in these sectors. Mauritius has attracted ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/e_ec.html
Strategy
... the privatization of the country's four oil refineries, and instituted the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, a domestically designed and run program modeled on the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/e_ec.html
Stratos
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Greece/h_ml.html
Straughn
... chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS (since 1 June 1996) head of government: Prime Minister David THOMPSON (since 16 January ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/d_gv.html
straw
... of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate; major consumer of cocaine and amphetamines
www.exxun.com/Australia/i_ti.html
straw
... in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls
www.exxun.com/Turkey/i_ti.html
strawberries
citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives; sheep, poultry, stone fruits, strawberries, dairy
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
Stream
... although pressure ridges may be three times that thickness; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between ...
www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
Stream
tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/b_mp.html
stream
... oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, representing a new revenue stream for the government if commercial extraction begins. Mining also is attracting significant investor interest, particularly ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html
stream
... s total oil reserves have been estimated to be 1.5 billion barrels. Oil production came on stream in late 2003. Chad began to export oil in 2004. Cotton, cattle, and gum arabic ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/e_ec.html
streamline
... trade policy reforms will improve the business environment. On the fiscal side, a value-added tax (VAT) regime, slated to begin in 2008, should help streamline the government's inefficient tax system
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
streamlined
... October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individuals and constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister and also established the principle of parliamentary oversight; 1997 amendment streamlined the judicial system
www.exxun.com/Hungary/d_gv.html
streamlining
... new EU economies. The outgoing government has successfully pursued a comprehensive economic reform program, aimed at streamlining government and creating a more competitive business environment, further strengthening Austria's attractiveness as an ...
www.exxun.com/Austria/e_ec.html
streamlining
... exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable balance of payments surplus. Government objectives include streamlining the bureaucracy and further privatization of state assets. The government has been successful in meeting ...
www.exxun.com/Denmark/e_ec.html
streamlining
... expanded membership, the Treaty of Nice (in force as of 1 February 2003) set forth rules streamlining the size and procedures of EU institutions. An effort to establish an EU constitution, begun ...
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/a_fg.html
