damage
... sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
damage
MILOSEVIC-era mismanagement of the economy, an extended period of economic sanctions, and the damage to Yugoslavia's infrastructure and industry during the NATO airstrikes in 1999 left the economy only half ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/e_ec.html
damage
general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network has been slow as a result of damage stemming from the 1999 war and transition to a competitive market-based system; network was only 65 ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/f_cm.html
damage
... with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
damage
acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
www.exxun.com/Sweden/b_mp.html
damage
general assessment: rudimentary service limited to urban areas domestic: system suffered significant damage during the violence associated with independence; extremely limited fixed-line services; mobile-cellular services and coverage limited primarily to ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/f_cm.html
damage
deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle ...
www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
damage
... 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 Thorns starfish; Tuvalu is concerned ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
damage
... in GDP in 2004-07 was undergirded by substantial gains in labor productivity. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage in the Gulf Coast region in August 2005, but had a small impact on overall ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
damage
... inflation surged, and the burden of external debt doubled. Cooperation with the IMF helped stem the damage. Uruguay in 2007 improved its debt profile by paying off $1.1 billion in IMF debt ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/e_ec.html
damage
... financial services are small but growing components of the economy. The islands are vulnerable to substantial damage from storms. The government is working to improve fiscal discipline, to support construction projects in ...
www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/e_ec.html
damage
... the island with sustained winds of 250 kph and a 6 m storm surge inflicting major damage. A US Air Force assessment and repair team returned to the island in September and ...
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/a_fg.html
damaged
... of growth in construction and agriculture as well. Much of the country's infrastructure is still damaged or undeveloped from the 27-year-long civil war. Remnants of the conflict such as ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/e_ec.html
damaged
... the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges. Since the war ended, the government has maintained a firm grip on ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/e_ec.html
damaged
... makes up one-third of industrial activity but is not efficient. Fiji's tourism industry was damaged by the December 2006 coup and is facing an uncertain recovery time. The coup has ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/e_ec.html
damaged
... that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/a_fg.html
damaged
The 1975-90 civil war seriously damaged Lebanon's economic infrastructure, cut national output by half, and all but ended Lebanon's position as a Middle Eastern entrepot and banking hub. In the ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
damaged
general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete domestic: two wireless networks provide good service; political instability hampers privatization and deployment of new technologies; combined ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/f_cm.html
damaged
... and small obsolete factories mostly in light industry and food processing. The civil war (1992-97) severely damaged the already weak economic infrastructure and caused a sharp decline in industrial and agricultural production ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
damaged
... from the economy. The government's land reform program, characterized by chaos and violence, has badly damaged the commercial farming sector, the traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/e_ec.html
damages
... 27 million square kilometers; researchers in 1997 found that increased ultraviolet light passing through the hole damages the DNA of icefish, an antarctic fish lacking hemoglobin; ozone depletion earlier was shown to ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
damages
water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation
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