infrastructure
... 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/a_fg.html
infrastructure
general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/f_cm.html
infrastructure
... that began in 1997. Despite this high growth rate, Laos remains a country with an underdeveloped infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. It has no railroads, a rudimentary road system, and limited external ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... Donors Conference. The Israeli-Hizballah conflict in July-August 2006 caused an estimated $3.6 billion in infrastructure damage, and prompted international donors to pledge nearly $1 billion in recovery and reconstruction assistance ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
infrastructure
Civil war and government mismanagement destroyed much of Liberia's economy, especially the infrastructure in and around the capital, Monrovia. Many businesses fled the country, taking capital and expertise with them, but ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... government and eliminated advantages from inclusion in a de facto free trade area. An absence of infrastructure, UN sanctions on the downsized Yugoslavia, and a Greek economic embargo over a dispute about ...
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... reflected in more equitable income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, and a much-improved infrastructure. The economy rests on sugar, tourism, textiles and apparel, and financial services, and is expanding ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... a fiscal reform. The administration continues to face many economic challenges including the need to upgrade infrastructure, modernize labor laws, and allow private investment in the energy sector. CALDERON has stated that ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/e_ec.html
infrastructure
note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built in the north end of the island (2008)
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/g_tr.html
infrastructure
... corruption and poor regulatory capability makes the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/i_ti.html
infrastructure
... the past eight years, the islands enjoy a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure compared with other countries in the region. Most of the oil Netherlands Antilles imports for ...
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... into recession in 2008, and in line with global peers, the central bank has cut interest rates aggressively; the new government is responding with plans to raise productivity growth and develop infrastructure
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/e_ec.html
infrastructure
... but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/a_fg.html
