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... per capita GDP equal to that of the four largest West European countries. The economy depends heavily on exports, particularly in consumer electronics and information technology products. It was hard hit from ...
www.exxun.com/Singapore/e_ec.html
heavily
... mines remaining active. Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland is heavily dependent on South Africa from which it receives more than nine-tenths of its imports ...
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/e_ec.html
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... a skilled labor force. Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy heavily oriented toward foreign trade. Privately owned firms account for about 90% of industrial output, of ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/e_ec.html
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Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy depends heavily on agriculture, which accounts for more than 40% of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs 80% of ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/e_ec.html
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This small, sub-Saharan economy is heavily dependent on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for 65% of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa, coffee ...
www.exxun.com/Togo/e_ec.html
heavily
... of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about $4 million annually - to maintain public services with annual ...
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/e_ec.html
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... Trinidad and Tobago is the leading Caribbean producer of oil and gas, and its economy is heavily dependent upon these resources but it also supplies manufactured goods, notably food and beverages, as ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/e_ec.html
heavily
... wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/h_ml.html
heavily
... North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
heavily
... Uzbekistan is now the world's second-largest cotton exporter and fifth largest producer; it relies heavily on cotton production as the major source of export earnings. Other major export earners include ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
heavily
... groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural spheres rather than physical geographic considerations
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
heavy
locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau
www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
heavy
San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding
www.exxun.com/Argentina/b_mp.html
heavy
... from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/b_mp.html
heavy
... Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as a top-heavy civil service and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. Since 1990, the government has ...
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
heavy
... governments. Repeated droughts during the second half of the 20th century caused significant hardship and prompted heavy emigration. As a result, Cape Verde's expatriate population is greater than its domestic one ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/a_fg.html
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... of the labor force contributes to a subsistence level of economic activity, high unemployment, and a heavy dependence on foreign grants and technical assistance. Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, contributes 40 ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
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... Costa Rica legally and illegally are an important source of (mostly unskilled) labor, but also place heavy demands on the social welfare system. Foreign investors remain attracted by the country's political ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
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coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/b_mp.html
heavy
earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/b_mp.html
heavy
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
www.exxun.com/Dominica/b_mp.html
heavy
extra heavy crude oil 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,389 km; refined products 1,185 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/g_tr.html
heavy
... century). The coups and a 1990 constitution that cemented native Melanesian control of Fiji, led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties, but ensured that Melanesians became the ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/a_fg.html
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air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
www.exxun.com/Georgia/b_mp.html
