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... and exports. The economy has fluctuated widely in recent years. Economic development is constrained by a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, and remoteness from international markets. Tourism provides more than one ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/e_ec.html
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... a lesser role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labor. Most staple foods must be imported. Industry, which consists mainly of garment ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
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1.362 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Panama/e_ec.html
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... from the apartheid era - especially poverty, lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups, and a shortage of public transportation. South African economic policy is fiscally conservative but pragmatic, focusing on controlling ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
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... foreign aid, agriculture, and trade with neighboring countries. Much of the population continues to suffer from shortages of housing, clean water, electricity, medical care, and jobs. Criminality, insecurity, and the Afghan Government ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/e_ec.html
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... of modern equipment, unclear property rights, and the prevalence of small, inefficient plots of land. Energy shortages and antiquated and inadequate infrastructure contribute to Albania's poor business environment, which make it ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/e_ec.html
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... results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil ...
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/b_mp.html
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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
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soil erosion; deforestation due to demand for wood used as fuel; water shortages; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/b_mp.html
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This island economy suffers from a poor natural resource base, including serious water shortages exacerbated by cycles of long-term drought. The economy is service-oriented, with commerce, transport, tourism, and public ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
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air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of ...
www.exxun.com/China/b_mp.html
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... has rolled back limited reforms undertaken in the 1990s to increase enterprise efficiency and alleviate serious shortages of food, consumer goods, and services. The average Cuban's standard of living remains at ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/e_ec.html
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... into a surplus of 1.5% in 2007. As in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, water shortages are a perennial problem; a few desalination plants are now on line. After 10 years ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
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water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/b_mp.html
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deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/b_mp.html
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... but continued Israeli-imposed crossings closures, which became more restrictive after Hamas violently took over the territory in June 2007, have resulted in widespread private sector layoffs and shortages of most goods
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/e_ec.html
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... customs and financial (tax) enforcement, smuggling is a declining problem. Georgia has overcome the chronic energy shortages of the past by renovating hydropower plants and by bringing newly available natural gas supplies ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
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... private-sector-led growth. As a result of these inefficiencies, significant informal market activity flourishes and shortages are common. High oil prices in recent years have enabled Iran to amass nearly $70 ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
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... of on-going systemic problems including a lack of arable land, collective farming practices, and persistent shortages of tractors and fuel. During the summer of 2007, severe flooding again occurred. Large-scale ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
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... for its livelihood. Namibia normally imports about 50% of its cereal requirements; in drought years food shortages are a major problem in rural areas. A high per capita GDP, relative to the ...
www.exxun.com/Namibia/e_ec.html
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... has been in effect since April 2006 and has expanded export opportunities for many agricultural and manufactured goods. Energy shortages fueled by high oil prices, however, are a serious bottleneck to growth
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/e_ec.html
