significant
... 1 million barrels per day from the Caspian to market. In 2007, Turkish financial markets weathered significant domestic political turmoil, including turbulence sparked by controversy over the selection of former Foreign Minister ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/e_ec.html
significant
note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services
www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/e_ec.html
significant
... 2004 contest - won by YANUKOVYCH - was invalidated by the Ukrainian Supreme Court because of widespread and significant violations; under constitutional reforms that went into effect 1 January 2006, the majority in parliament ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/d_gv.html
significant
... of the 1991 level. Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significant structural reform have made the Ukrainian economy vulnerable to external shocks. Ukraine depends on imports ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
significant
... government employees and others on fixed incomes. Dependence on oil and a large expatriate workforce are significant long-term challenges. The UAE's strategic plan for the next few years focuses on ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
significant
... remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/a_fg.html
significant
... the economy. Although voters in December 2007 rejected CHAVEZ's proposed constitutional changes, CHAVEZ still has significant control of the economy and has indicated he intends to continue to consolidate and centralize ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/e_ec.html
significant
... quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the country from Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-related money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia and on Margarita Island ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/i_ti.html
significant
... which helped to boost GDP and agricultural exports and contain inflation. Although poverty continues to be significant problem in Zambia, its economy has strengthened, featuring single-digit inflation, a relatively stable currency ...
www.exxun.com/Zambia/e_ec.html
significantly
Afghanistan's economy is recovering from decades of conflict. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance, the ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/e_ec.html
significantly
... circulation. This policy became more sustainable in 2005 because of strong oil export earnings; it has significantly reduced inflation. Although consumer inflation declined from 325% in 2000 to under 13% in 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/e_ec.html
significantly
... to large northern hemisphere markets. In 2005, the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
significantly
... on private oil companies, then sought to renegotiate their contracts to overcome the debilitating effect of the tax. This generated economic uncertainty; private investment has dropped and economic growth has slowed significantly
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
significantly
... GDP in 2007 - and represent a significant drain on the economy. Foreign direct investment has increased significantly in the past two years, but the NAZIF government will need to continue its aggressive ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/e_ec.html
significantly
... elections. Long-term problems include low investment, uncertain land ownership rights, and the government's inability to manage its budget. Overseas remittances from Fijians working in Kuwait and Iraq have decreased significantly
www.exxun.com/Fiji/e_ec.html
significantly
... by about 10 percentage points. India achieved 8.5% GDP growth in 2006, and again in 2007, significantly expanding production of manufactures. India is capitalizing on its large numbers of well-educated people ...
www.exxun.com/India/e_ec.html
significantly
... agreement reached at Sharm al-Sheikh in February 2005, along with an internally-brokered Palestinian ceasefire, significantly reduced the violence. In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/a_fg.html
significantly
... of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001, population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of May 2005 all US government ...
www.exxun.com/JohnstonAtoll/c_pp.html
significantly
... monetary policy, making substantial headway with privatization, and opening the trade regime. Jordan's exports have significantly increased under the free trade accord with the US and Jordanian Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
significantly
... amendment proposed by President Askar AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of the president at the expense of the legislature; during large-scale ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
