Development
... announced the privatization of the country's four oil refineries, and instituted the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, a domestically designed and run program modeled on the IMF's Poverty Reduction and ...
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Development
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
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development
contamination of groundwater on Saipan may contribute to disease; clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species conflicts with development
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
development
... seeks private foreign investors, especially in the industrial, information technology, tourism, and higher education fields. Industrial development plans focus on gas resources, metal manufacturing, petrochemicals, and international transshipment ports. The drop in ...
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development
... sectors, despite severe electricity shortfalls. Poverty levels decreased by 10% since 2001, and Islamabad steadily raised development spending in recent years. In 2008 the fiscal deficit - a result of chronically low tax ...
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development
... tourist sector have been greatly bolstered by the expansion of air travel in the Pacific, the rising prosperity of leading East Asian countries, and the willingness of foreigners to finance infrastructure development
www.exxun.com/Palau/e_ec.html
development
... has implemented tax reforms, as well as social security reforms, and backs regional trade agreements and development of tourism. Not a CAFTA signatory, Panama in December 2006 independently negotiated a free trade ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/e_ec.html
development
... was hampered by several coup attempts, which prevented a return to full political stability and economic development. Fidel RAMOS was elected president in 1992 and his administration was marked by greater stability ...
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development
... world. The drop in oil prices in late 2008 and the global financial crisis will reduce Qatar's budget surplus and may slow the pace of investment and development projects in 2009
www.exxun.com/Qatar/e_ec.html
development
permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
development
... in the price of oil and a national welfare fund to help fund pensions and infrastructure development. Total foreign debt is approximately one-third of GDP. The state component of foreign debt ...
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development
there is no air connection to Saint Helena or Tristan da Cunha; an international airport for Saint Helena is in development for 2010
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/g_tr.html
development
recent test drilling for oil in waters around Saint Pierre and Miquelon may bring future development that would impact the environment
www.exxun.com/SaintPierreandMiquelon/b_mp.html
development
... boost economic prospects. Fish farming, crab fishing, and agriculture are being developed to diversify the local economy. Recent test drilling for oil may pave the way for development of the energy sector
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