booming
... digit growth in 2000-01 and 8% or more per year in 2002-07 - thanks largely to its booming energy sector, but also to economic reform, good harvests, and increased foreign investment; growth slowed ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
boon
... upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/a_fg.html
boost
... national income. The Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) came into force in March 2007, which should boost investment and exports and reduce losses to the Asian garment industry
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/e_ec.html
boost
... with about 30,000 visitors in 2001. Another large source of income is interest paid on money the government has in the bank. The British military presence also provides a sizeable economic boost
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
boost
... development program that includes creating basic infrastructure to improve the lives of the rural poor and boost economic performance. The government has reduced controls on foreign trade and investment. Higher limits on ...
www.exxun.com/India/e_ec.html
boost
... of goods. It also permitted some private farming - on an experimental basis - in an effort to boost agricultural output. In October 2005, the government tried to reverse some of these policies by ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
boost
... formed in July 2008. Political stability since the Doha Accord of May 2008 has helped to boost investment and tourism, but economic growth is likely to slow in 2009 as a result ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
boost
... in high technology industries, medical technology, and pharmaceuticals. The Government of Malaysia is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand to wean the economy off of its dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/e_ec.html
boost
... Baltic states. Since 2004, EU membership and access to EU structural funds have provided a major boost to the economy. Unemployment is falling rapidly, though at roughly 9.7% in 2008, it remains ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/e_ec.html
boost
... ahead of Portugal's targeted schedule. Nonetheless, the government faces tough choices in its attempts to boost the economy, which grew by 0.9% in 2008, while keeping the budget deficit within the ...
www.exxun.com/Portugal/e_ec.html
boost
... genocide presidential and legislative elections in August and September 2003 - the country continues to struggle to boost investment and agricultural output, and ethnic reconciliation is complicated by the real and perceived Tutsi ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
boost
... islands to the great betterment of living standards. The government hopes an expansion of tourism will boost economic prospects. Fish farming, crab fishing, and agriculture are being developed to diversify the local ...
www.exxun.com/SaintPierreandMiquelon/e_ec.html
boost
... oil production are good, and a drilling program is underway. Offshore oil drilling was given a boost in 2004 when the State Oil Company (Staatsolie) signed exploration agreements with several Western oil ...
www.exxun.com/Suriname/e_ec.html
