unemployment
... declining interest rates, increased foreign competition, exchange rate instability, a sizable merchandise trade deficit, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of 135%. Jamaica's onerous debt burden ...
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/e_ec.html
unemployment
... is a small Arab country with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources. Poverty, unemployment, and inflation are fundamental problems, but King ABDALLAH II, since assuming the throne in 1999 ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
unemployment
... 4-5% annually. A downturn in consumer spending was offset by rapid export growth. Moderate inflation, low unemployment, and an export surplus in 2007 characterize this solid economy, but inflation and unemployment are ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/e_ec.html
unemployment
... continues to work with the EU and with Kosovo's government to accelerate economic growth, lower unemployment, and attract foreign investment. In order to help integrate Kosovo into regional economic structures, UNMIK ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
Unemployment
... the most trade with Russia, has grown rapidly since rebounding from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. Unemployment fell to 3.2% in 2007 while wages continued to grow at double digit rates, contributing ...
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/e_ec.html
unemployment
... benefiting from its proximity to France, Belgium, and Germany - features solid growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. The industrial sector, initially dominated by steel, has become increasingly diversified to include chemicals, rubber ...
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/e_ec.html
unemployment
... in attracting foreign investment and creating jobs, despite making extensive fiscal and business sector reforms. Official unemployment remains high at nearly 35%, but may be overstated based on the existence of an ...
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
unemployment
... 1986 independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/a_fg.html
unemployment
... negotiating a Stabilization and Association agreement with the European Union in anticipation of eventual membership. Severe unemployment remains a key political and economic problem for this entire region. Montenegro has privatized its ...
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/e_ec.html
unemployment
... National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), a $2 billion social development plan to address poverty and unemployment and to improve the living conditions of the country's urban slums. Moroccan authorities are ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/e_ec.html
unemployment
... economy, which depends heavily on foreign trade. The economy is noted for stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable current account surplus, and an important role as a European transportation ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/e_ec.html
unemployment
... are now too large to transverse the transoceanic crossway and should help to reduce the high unemployment rate. The government has implemented tax reforms, as well as social security reforms, and backs ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/e_ec.html
unemployment
... of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland still faces the lingering challenges of high unemployment, underdeveloped and dilapidated infrastructure, and a poor rural underclass. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
Unemployment
... EU membership and access to EU structural funds have provided a major boost to the economy. Unemployment is falling rapidly, though at roughly 12.8% in 2007, it remains well above the EU ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/e_ec.html
unemployment
... and dependence on foreign oil. High debt servicing obligations constrain the KING administration's ability to respond to adverse external shocks. Economic fundamentals remain solid, even though unemployment needs to be reduced
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/e_ec.html
Unemployment
... opportunities for the swelling Saudi population, nearly 40% of which are youths under 15 years old. Unemployment is high, and the large youth population generally lacks the education and technical skills the ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
unemployment
... toward greater regional integration with a unified external tariff and a more stable monetary policy. High unemployment, however, continues to prompt illegal migrants to flee Senegal in search of better job opportunities ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/e_ec.html
Unemployment
... towards EU membership and is currently pursuing a Stabilization and Association Agreement with Brussels. Serbia is also pursuing membership in the World Trade Organization. Unemployment remains an ongoing political and economic problem
www.exxun.com/Serbia/e_ec.html
Unemployment
... has been strong. Slovakia's economic growth exceeded expectations in 2001-07 despite the general European slowdown. Unemployment, at an unacceptable 18% in 2003-04, dropped to 8.6% in 2007 but remains the economy ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/e_ec.html
unemployment
... have allowed for somewhat greater foreign participation in Slovenia's economy and have helped to lower unemployment. In March 2004, Slovenia became the first transition country to graduate from borrower status to ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/e_ec.html
unemployment
... as South Africa has reaped the benefits of macroeconomic stability and a global commodities boom. However, unemployment remains high and outdated infrastructure has constrained growth. At the end of 2007, South Africa ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html