dependence
... growth - especially in power generation, telecommunications, natural gas exploration, and petrochemicals - to lessen the kingdom's dependence on oil exports and to increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population, nearly 40 ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
dependence
... upgrade hotels and other services. At the same time, the government has moved to reduce the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, and small-scale manufacturing. Sharp drops ...
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/e_ec.html
dependence
... center-right government considerable scope to implement its reform program aimed at increasing employment, reducing welfare dependence, and streamlining the state's role in the economy. The govenment plans to sell $31 ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/e_ec.html
dependence
... backtracking. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significant structural reform have made the ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
Dependence
... costs for businesses in the UAE and adversely impacting government employees and others on fixed incomes. Dependence on oil and a large expatriate workforce are significant long-term challenges. The UAE's ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
dependence
... Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
dependence
... to the local market. 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
dependencia
23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 capital district* (distrito capital), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
Dependencias
... and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
dependencies
6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/d_gv.html
dependencies
... Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats, 555 for metropolitan France, 15 for overseas departments, 7 for dependencies; members are elected by popular vote under a single-member majority system to serve five ...
www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
dependencies
9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/d_gv.html
Dependencies
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Netherlands Antilles local long form: none local short form: Nederlandse Antillen former: Curacao and Dependencies
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/d_gv.html
Dependencies
conventional long form: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies conventional short form: New Caledonia local long form: Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances local short form: Nouvelle-Caledonie
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
dependencies
1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/d_gv.html
dependencies
... DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: applies to the United Kingdom proper, not to its overseas dependencies or territories
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
dependencies
... over 250,000 km, the world's 322 international land boundaries separate 194 independent states and 70 dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and other miscellaneous entities; ethnicity, culture, race, religion, and language have ...
www.exxun.com/World/i_ti.html
dependency
... Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/a_fg.html
dependency
... after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies, but when the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/a_fg.html
dependency
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*, Western
www.exxun.com/Fiji/d_gv.html
dependency
... Antarctic claim known as "Adelie Land." The US Government does not recognize it as a French dependency. Bassas da India: A French possession since 1897, this atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
