commodities
processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/e_ec.html
commodities
... expert-level discussions; Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria Region, which remains under OSCE supervision; the ICJ gave ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/i_ti.html
commodities
... with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico, to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across the international borders; abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/i_ti.html
commodities
... caused an exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection. The ruling ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/a_fg.html
commodity
... growth has yielded increases in employment and real wages. The resilience in the economy stems from commodity-driven current account surpluses, and sound macroeconomic policies that have bolstered international reserves to historically ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
commodity
... its modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other ...
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
commodity
... 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 the pension system, reducing high unemployment ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
commodity
... fully funded program. Growth rose slightly in 2006-07, primarily due to increases in global demand and commodity prices on world markets, but the standard of living fell. The Guinea franc depreciated sharply ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
commodity
... range of exports, notably bananas and coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disasters and shifts in commodity prices, however, investments in the maquila and non-traditional export sectors are slowly diversifying the ...
www.exxun.com/Honduras/e_ec.html
commodity
... government failed to institute several anticorruption measures. Despite the return of strong rains in 2001, weak commodity prices, endemic corruption, and low investment limited Kenya's economic growth to 1.2%. Growth lagged ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
commodity
... to more than 11% during the first few months of 2008, primarily because of rising world commodity prices. The Pakistani rupee has depreciated since the proclamation of emergency rule in November 2007
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/e_ec.html
commodity
... economy rebounded between 2003 and 2007, posting modest growth each year, as growing world demand for commodities combined with high prices and favorable weather to support Paraguay's commodity-based export expansion
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
commodity
... 80% of exports and 30% of government revenues, leaving the country vulnerable to swings in world commodity prices. Russia's manufacturing base is dilapidated and must be replaced or modernized if the ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
commodity
... after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/a_fg.html
Commodity
... of Tradesmen and Craftsmen or TESK [Dervis GUNDAY]; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or TUSIAD [Omer SABANCI]; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges or TOBB [M. Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU
www.exxun.com/Turkey/d_gv.html
commodity
... boost already rising exports. The economy has grown strongly since 2004 as a result of high commodity prices for Uruguayan exports, a strong peso, growth in the region, and low international interest ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/e_ec.html
commodity
... Tax revenues come mainly from import duties. Economic development is hindered by dependence on relatively few commodity exports, vulnerability to natural disasters, and long distances from main markets and between constituent islands ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
Commodore
... Re-elected in May 2006, QARASE was ousted in a December 2006 military coup led by Commodore Voreqe BAINIMARAMA, who initially appointed himself acting president. In January 2007, BAINIMARAMA was appointed interim ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/a_fg.html
Commodore
... prime minister from among the members of Parliament and is responsible to Parliament; note - coup leader Commodore Voreqe BAINIMARAMA has appointed an interim cabinet elections: president elected by the Great Council of ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/d_gv.html
common
... semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
common
typhoons common from December to March
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/b_mp.html
common
based on English common law
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/d_gv.html
