infrastructure
... import demand, and a strong currency have pushed the trade deficit up in recent years, while infrastructure bottlenecks and a tight labor market are constraining growth in export volumes and stoking inflation ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations (2007
www.exxun.com/Belarus/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... and animal husbandry. Rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive. The economy is closely aligned with India's through strong trade and ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/e_ec.html
infrastructure
air pollution from metallurgical plants; sites for disposing of urban waste are limited; water shortages and destruction of infrastructure because of the 1992-95 civil strife; deforestation
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/b_mp.html
infrastructure
... DA SILVA announced a package of further economic reforms to reduce taxes and increase investment in infrastructure. The government's goal of achieving strong growth while reducing the debt burden is likely ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... received a Millennium Challenge Account threshold grant to improve girls' education at the primary school level, and appears likely to receive a grant in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, and land reform
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... latter especially causing environmental degradation. Other areas, such as manufacturing and services, are struggling with inadequate infrastructure, unpredictable import/export policies, deteriorating health and education systems, and endemic corruption. A major banking ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... of the population is less than 21 years old. The population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of basic infrastructure
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html
infrastructure
general assessment: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of China's ...
www.exxun.com/China/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure, and the difficult operating environment. Conditions began to improve in late 2002 with the withdrawal ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... there are now fewer than 10,000 connections; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership now exceeds 4 million - roughly 7 ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has surged reaching ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure. Agriculture, employing about one-third of the working population, provides the economic base with major ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
infrastructure
air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife
www.exxun.com/Croatia/b_mp.html
infrastructure
... all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to meet the demands of Egypt's growing population through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure
www.exxun.com/Egypt/a_fg.html
infrastructure
... Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million compact to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in the country's northern region through investments in education, public services, enterprise development, and transportation infrastructure
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
infrastructure
deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/b_mp.html
infrastructure
... region, causing food production to drop by 62%. Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges. Since the ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/e_ec.html
infrastructure
general assessment: fixed-line infrastructure outdated and unreliable; competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with subscribership about 25 per 100 persons and rising domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/f_cm.html
