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... of 2004; all sanctions were removed by June 2006, helping Libya attract greater foreign direct investment, especially in the energy sector. Libyan oil and gas licensing rounds continue to draw high international ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/e_ec.html
especially
... recent years, but is not fully modernized. Malta's economy is dependent on foreign trade, manufacturing - especially electronics and pharmaceuticals - and tourism all of which have been negatively affected by global economic ...
www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
especially
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
especially
... and is forcing cuts in spending. The global credit crisis has stalled growth in key sectors, especially those that had been fueled by foreign investment. Mongolia's economy continues to be heavily ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
especially
pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/b_mp.html
especially
typhoons (especially May to July)
www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/b_mp.html
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active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
especially
... produce or secure the natural gas needed to power them. Oman actively seeks private foreign investors, especially in the industrial, information technology, tourism, and higher education fields. Industrial development plans focus on ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/e_ec.html
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frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
especially
forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
especially
... major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/i_ti.html
especially
... the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors. A large percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, derives its living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. Because ...
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
especially
... cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, and Europe; weak border controls, extensive corruption and money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weak anti-money-laundering laws and enforcement
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/i_ti.html
especially
uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
especially
typhoons (especially November to March)
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/b_mp.html
