substantial
... is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for about 20% of imports. In addition to nickel, substantial financial support from France - equal to more than 15% of GDP - and tourism are keys ...
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/e_ec.html
substantial
... The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an estimated 1,444 in 2008), with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest
www.exxun.com/Niue/a_fg.html
substantial
5.6% plus substantial underemployment (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/e_ec.html
substantial
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/b_mp.html
substantial
... problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to decrease as industrial establishments bring their facilities up to EU code, but at substantial cost to business and the government
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
substantial
... meters, about 15% of the world total and third largest in the world. Qatar has permitted substantial foreign investment in the development of its gas fields during the last decade and became ...
www.exxun.com/Qatar/e_ec.html
substantial
... formed an extremist insurgency bent on retaking Rwanda, much as the RPF tried in 1990. Despite substantial international assistance and political reforms - including Rwanda's first local elections in March 1999 and ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
substantial
... production often does not keep pace with population growth, requiring food imports. Rwanda continues to receive substantial aid money and obtained IMF-World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative debt relief ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/e_ec.html
substantial
... construction activity. This lower-middle-income country is vulnerable to natural disasters - tropical storms wiped out substantial portions of crops in 1994, 1995, and 2002. In 2007, the islands had more than ...
www.exxun.com/SaintVincentandtheGrenadines/e_ec.html
substantial
... and mismanagement. Sao Tome has to import all fuels, most manufactured goods, consumer goods, and a substantial amount of food. Over the years, it has had difficulty servicing its external debt and ...
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/e_ec.html
substantial
... Sierra Leone is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, its physical and social infrastructure is not well developed, and ...
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/e_ec.html
substantial
... in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 by the ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/a_fg.html
substantial
... independence - that Taiwan's people must have the deciding voice; public opinion polls consistently show a substantial majority of Taiwan people supports maintaining Taiwan's status quo for the foreseeable future; advocates ...
www.exxun.com/Taiwan/d_gv.html
substantial
... transferred from the Uzbekistan SSR to newly formed Tajikistan SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a substantial minority in Sughd province. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
substantial
... according to Tajik plans, Rogun will be the world's tallest dam. Tajikistan has also received substantial infrastructure development loans from the Chinese government to improve roads and an electricity transmission network ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
substantial
... 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 helped increase private ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/e_ec.html
substantial
... massive international program, manned by 5,000 peacekeepers (8,000 at peak) and 1,300 police officers, led to substantial reconstruction in both urban and rural areas. By the end of 2005, refugees had returned ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
substantial
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
www.exxun.com/Turkey/c_pp.html
Substantial
... ships abroad and remittances are a vital source of income, contributing around $4 million in 2006. Substantial income is received annually from the Tuvalu Trust Fund (TTF), an international trust fund established ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/e_ec.html
substantial
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
substantial
... fertile black soil generated more than one-fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, its diversified heavy industry ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
substantial
... shifts in national resources to the military. The rise in GDP in 2004-07 was undergirded by substantial gains in labor productivity. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage in the Gulf Coast region in ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
