fiscal
... faces a severe economic constraint: Italy's official debt remains above 100% of GDP, and the fiscal deficit - 1.5% of GDP in 2007 - could approach 3% in 2009 as political pressure to ...
www.exxun.com/Italy/e_ec.html
fiscal
... fueled by the drug trade. The GOLDING administration faces the difficult prospect of having to achieve fiscal discipline in order to maintain debt payments while simultaneously attacking a serious and growing crime ...
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/e_ec.html
fiscal
... prices and in 2008 posted its tenth consecutive budget surplus. As a result of this positive fiscal situation, the need for economic reforms was less urgent and the government did not push ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/e_ec.html
fiscal
... 2002 and a 0.6% decline in 2005. The government made steady strides in controlling its substantial fiscal deficit, nearly closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in 2006, before boosting expenditures more ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
fiscal
... The economy has until recently benefited from high foreign investment in hydropower, mining, and construction. The fiscal crisis of late 2008, and the rapid drop in commodity prices - especially copper - has slowed ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
fiscal
... 7.5 billion to Lebanon for development projects and budget support, conditioned on progress on Beirut's fiscal reform and privatization program. An 18-month political stalemate and sporadic sectarian and political violence ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
fiscal
... has so far lagged the region in attracting foreign investment and creating jobs, despite making extensive fiscal and business sector reforms. Official unemployment remains high at nearly 35%, but may be overstated ...
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
fiscal
... environmental problems, dealing with the rapidly growing problem of HIV/AIDS, and satisfying foreign donors that fiscal discipline is being tightened. In 2005, President MUTHARIKA championed an anticorruption campaign. Since 2005 President ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/e_ec.html
fiscal
... administration was able to garner support from the opposition to successfully pass a pension and a fiscal reform. The administration continues to face many economic challenges including the need to upgrade infrastructure ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/e_ec.html
Fiscal
... double digits in 2000-06, in 2007 inflation had slowed to 8%, while GDP growth reached 7.5%. Fiscal reforms, including the introduction of a value-added tax and reform of the customs service ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/e_ec.html
fiscal
1 April - 31 March note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/e_ec.html
fiscal
... the IMF approved a new poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) program that should create some fiscal space for social spending and investment. The continuity of a relationship with the IMF helps ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/e_ec.html
fiscal
... domestically designed and run program modeled on the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for fiscal and monetary management. In November 2005, Abuja won Paris Club approval for a debt-relief ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/e_ec.html