production
... links and dependence on India's financial assistance. The industrial sector is technologically backward, with most production of the cottage industry type. Most development projects, such as road construction, rely on Indian ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/e_ec.html
production
... 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/a_fg.html
production
... significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company, which was made the sole exporter of natural gas. The ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
production
... spending, at nearly 40% of adjusted GDP, remains unreasonably high. The interethnic warfare in Bosnia caused production to plummet by 80% from 1992 to 1995 and unemployment to soar. With an uneasy ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/e_ec.html
production
... to 40%. HIV/AIDS infection rates are the second highest in the world and threaten Botswana's impressive economic gains. An expected leveling off in diamond mining production overshadows long-term prospects
www.exxun.com/Botswana/e_ec.html
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... industrial or agricultural activities on the islands. When the native Ilois return, they plan to reestablish sugarcane production and fishing. The territory earns foreign exchange by selling fishing licenses and postage stamps
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/e_ec.html
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... is among the highest in Asia, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. The government provides for all medical services and free education through the university level and ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
production
... other legislation favoring the mining sector, the country has seen an upswing in gold exploration and production. While the bitter internal crisis in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to be resolved ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
production
... and cultivation in 2005 was 40,000 hectares, a 10% increase from 2004; the decline in opium production in the United Wa State Army's areas of greatest control was more than offset ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/i_ti.html
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narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; limited methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/i_ti.html
production
petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
production
... the trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living standards. Since World War II, the impressive growth of the manufacturing, mining ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
production
... of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; increasing ecstasy production, some of which is destined for the US; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering because of ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/i_ti.html
production
... of GDP. Although nearly 70% of the population lives in rural areas, the share of food production in GDP is low. About 82% of food must be imported. The fishing potential, mostly ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
production
... refinery. The nation's total oil reserves have been estimated to be 1.5 billion barrels. Oil production came on stream in late 2003. Chad began to export oil in 2004. Cotton, cattle ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/e_ec.html
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... group on climate change, headed by Premier WEN Jiabao. The Chinese government seeks to add energy production capacity from sources other than coal and oil as its double-digit economic growth increases ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
production
... include reforming the pension system, reducing high unemployment, and funding new exploration to offset declining oil production. The government's economic reforms and democratic security strategy, coupled with increased investment, have engendered ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
production
... labor force, and provides most of the exports. The country is not self-sufficient in food production; rice, the main staple, accounts for the bulk of imports. The government - which is hampered ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
production
... The Republic of Congo was once one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/a_fg.html
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transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis in remote areas; domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising; significant consumption of amphetamines
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/i_ti.html
production
Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the West African states ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/a_fg.html
production
... on agriculture and related activities, engaging roughly 68% of the population. Since 2006, oil and gas production have become more important engines of economic activity than cocoa. According to IMF statistics, earnings ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/e_ec.html
