undergone
... Since the discovery of oil in the UAE more than 30 years ago, the UAE has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
underground
... natural gas supplies as feedstock to support its expanding petrochemical and aluminum industries. Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of oil and underground water resources are long-term economic problems
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/e_ec.html
underground
fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/b_mp.html
underground
desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/b_mp.html
underground
... poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity
www.exxun.com/Moldova/i_ti.html
underground
desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/b_mp.html
underground
... Turkmenistan or DPT [Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW] note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, small opposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries; the two most prominent opposition groups-in-exile have been National ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/d_gv.html
underground
... in greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's underground water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
undergrowth
... other); beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; damage to coral reefs from the spread of the Crown of ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
underinvestment
... leading to the suspension of free trade negotiations with the US. These measures, combined with chronic underinvestment in the state oil company, Petroecuador, led to a drop in petroleum production in 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
underinvestment
... chronic economic problems. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and shortages of spare parts. Industrial and power output have declined in parallel from pre ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
underinvestment
... 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
underlying
... the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
underlying
... real non-oil GDP growth in 2006 was negative, the economy probably rebounded in 2007. The underlying economic policy challenge the country faces remains how best to use oil-and-gas wealth ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
undermine
... and housing. Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion. Plans for the future include upgrading the labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
undermine
... and energy, continue to weigh down the economy, and administrative controls, widespread corruption, and other rigidities undermine the potential for private-sector-led growth. As a result of these inefficiencies, significant informal ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
undermined
... has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings. Although looting, insurgent attacks, and sabotage have undermined economy rebuilding efforts, economic activity is beginning to pick up in areas recently secured by ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/e_ec.html
undermined
... to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 and February 2005. An Israeli-Palestinian agreement reached ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/a_fg.html
undermined
... of the 1990s, the Kremlin in recent years has overseen a recentralization of power that has undermined democratic institutions. Russia has severely disabled the Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/a_fg.html
undermined
... achieved in 1976 and independence two years later. Ethnic violence, government malfeasance, and endemic crime have undermined stability and civil society. In June 2003, then Prime Minister Sir Allan KEMAKEZA sought the ...
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/a_fg.html
undermining
... a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative capacity - risk undermining planned economic reforms. Burundi will continue to remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
