weak
a transit point for opiates, hashish, and cocaine bound for regional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controls and bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money laundering
www.exxun.com/Syria/i_ti.html
weak
... in 2007. Tajikistan's economic situation remains fragile due to uneven implementation of structural reforms, corruption, weak governance, widespread unemployment, seasonal power shortages, and the external debt burden. Continued privatization of medium ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
weakened
... between the 10th and 13th centuries. Attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the empire, ushering in a long period of decline. The king placed the country under ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/a_fg.html
weakened
... in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
weakened
... came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
Weakened
... which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
weakening
... ills while at the same time attacking globalization and undermining regional stability. Current concerns include: a weakening of democratic institutions, political polarization, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/a_fg.html
weaknesses
... 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 capacity ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
weaknesses
... electoral fraud during local elections in 2002-03 and the presidential elections in 2005 have exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon. Gabon's political opposition remains weak, divided, and financially ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/a_fg.html
weaknesses
... goods and encouraged savings and investment over consumption. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 exposed longstanding weaknesses in South Korea's development model including high debt/equity ratios, massive foreign borrowing, and ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/e_ec.html
wealth
... the government has been accused of authoritarianism. Although the poverty rate has been reduced in recent years, the promise of widespread wealth from development of Azerbaijan's energy sector remains largely unfulfilled
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/a_fg.html
wealth
... nations of Europe. Long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices, the location of new oil and gas pipelines in the region, and Azerbaijan's ability to manage its energy wealth
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/e_ec.html
wealth
The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast potential wealth - is slowly recovering from two decades of decline. Conflict, which began in August 1998, dramatically reduced ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
wealth
... ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the ...
www.exxun.com/France/a_fg.html
wealth
... to face fluctuating prices for its oil, timber, and manganese exports. Despite the abundance of natural wealth, poor fiscal management hobbles the economy. The devaluation of the CFA franc - its currency - by ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/e_ec.html
wealth
... heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic ...
www.exxun.com/Portugal/a_fg.html
wealth
... controls of the Communist period. In tandem with its prudent management of Russia's windfall energy wealth, which has helped the country rebound from the economic collapse of the 1990s, the Kremlin ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/a_fg.html
wealth
... trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/a_fg.html
wealth
... as a repository for all petroleum revenues and preserve the value of Timor-Leste's petroleum wealth for future generations. The Fund held assets of US$1.8 billion as of September 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
wealth
... red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/d_gv.html
wealthier
... a small population and oil and mineral reserves have helped Gabon become one of Africa's wealthier countries; in general, these circumstances have allowed the country to maintain and conserve its pristine ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/b_mp.html
