employment
... appreciation has slowed export volume growth, but since 2004, Brazil's growth has yielded increases in employment and real wages. The resilience in the economy stems from commodity-driven current account surpluses ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
employment
... the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/a_fg.html
employment
... to be resolved, it is still having a negative effect on Burkina Faso's trade and employment. In 2007 higher costs for energy and imported foodstuffs, as well as low cotton prices ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
employment
... there is also international trafficking of Chinese citizens; women are lured through false promises of legitimate employment into commercial sexual exploitation in Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan; Chinese men and women are ...
www.exxun.com/China/i_ti.html
employment
... 10.6% in 2006, fueled by growth in the construction and education sectors, as well as increased employment of Turkish Cypriots in the area under government control. GDP declined about 2.0% in 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
employment
... in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas; there were credible reports of ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/i_ti.html
employment
... based on agriculture, accounting for almost half of GDP, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices. Coffee is critical to ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
employment
full employment; labor shortage (2001)
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
Employment
9.1% note: this is the International Labor Organization's estimated rate for international comparisons; Germany's Federal Employment Office estimated a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.8% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Germany/e_ec.html
employment
... In recent years, Gibraltar has seen major structural change from a public to a private sector economy, but changes in government spending still have a major impact on the level of employment
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/e_ec.html
employment
Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 23% of employment and 32% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut ...
www.exxun.com/Guernsey/e_ec.html
employment
... watching. The 2006 closure of the US military base at Keflavik had very little impact on the national economy; Iceland's low unemployment rate aided former base employees in finding alternate employment
www.exxun.com/Iceland/e_ec.html
employment
... only moderate growth. Iran's educated population, economic inefficiency and insufficient investment - both foreign and domestic - have prompted an increasing number of Iranians to seek employment overseas, resulting in significant "brain drain
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
employment
... technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the island; this has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of ...
www.exxun.com/IsleofMan/e_ec.html
employment
... in closely-knit groups called keiretsu. A second basic feature has been the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of the urban labor force. Both features have now eroded. Japan ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/e_ec.html
employment
... Subsistence agriculture, dominated by rice, accounts for about 40% of GDP and provides 80% of total employment. The economy will continue to benefit from aid from international donors and from foreign investment ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
employment
... of high oil prices and imports of construction material. Diversifying beyond tourism and fishing and increasing employment are the major challenges facing the government. Over the longer term Maldivian authorities worry about ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
employment
... rural regions to urban centers and tourist areas for sexual exploitation, often through fraudulent offers of employment or through threats of physical violence; the Mexican trafficking problem is often conflated with alien ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/i_ti.html
employment
... coconuts, breadfruit, tomatoes, and melons. Garment production is by far the most important industry with the employment of 17,500 mostly Chinese workers and sizable shipments to the US under duty and quota ...
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/e_ec.html
employment
... challenges and must maintain the reform momentum in order to catch up with regional competitors, improve employment opportunities, and alleviate poverty. Longer-term fiscal stability will require more sustainable revenue sources, rather ...
www.exxun.com/Philippines/e_ec.html
Employment
... support of tourism. With limited fresh water resources, all food must be imported, as must all energy resources and most manufactured goods. Employment is strong and attracts labor from Brazil and Portugal
www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/e_ec.html
