skewed
... Kazakhstan's northern pastures. This influx of immigrants (mostly Russians, but also some other deported nationalities) skewed the ethnic mixture and enabled non-Kazakhs to outnumber natives. Independence in 1991 caused many ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/a_fg.html
Skhira
Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Rades, Sfax, Skhira
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/g_tr.html
skies
... narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or ...
www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
skiing
tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber, banking, tobacco, furniture
www.exxun.com/Andorra/e_ec.html
Skikda
... Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
www.exxun.com/Algeria/d_gv.html
Skikda
Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
www.exxun.com/Algeria/g_tr.html
skilled
113,000 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2006 est.)
www.exxun.com/Belize/e_ec.html
skilled
NA note: major shortage of skilled labor
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/e_ec.html
skilled
... a dramatic increase in trade and economic integration with the US. Given its great natural resources, skilled labor force, and modern capital plant, Canada enjoys solid economic prospects. Top-notch fiscal management ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
skilled
... control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/a_fg.html
skilled
... has been sapped by rampant corruption, a lack of electricity and other infrastructure, a lack of skilled workers, and the political uncertainty due to the failing health of President Lansana CONTE. Guinea ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
skilled
... been buoyed by increases in remittances and foreign direct investment. Chronic problems include a shortage of skilled labor and a deficient infrastructure. The government is juggling a sizable external debt against the ...
www.exxun.com/Guyana/e_ec.html
skilled
3.6 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html
skilled
... significantly expanding production of manufactures. India is capitalizing on its large numbers of well-educated people skilled in the English language to become a major exporter of software services and software workers ...
www.exxun.com/India/e_ec.html
skilled
28.7 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
skilled
... 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-fifth of ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/e_ec.html
skilled
... for men and women who migrate legally from South and Southeast Asia for domestic or low-skilled labor, but are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude by employers in Kuwait including conditions ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/i_ti.html
skilled
11.11 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.)
www.exxun.com/Nepal/e_ec.html
skilled
1.362 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Panama/e_ec.html
skilled
note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/e_ec.html
skilled
3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975)
www.exxun.com/Somalia/e_ec.html
skilled
... extensive welfare benefits. It has a modern distribution system, excellent internal and external communications, and a skilled labor force. Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy heavily ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/e_ec.html
skilled
Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies ...
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/e_ec.html
skills
... 50% of the population is less than 21 years old. The population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of basic ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html
skills
... s economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, and more importantly, on the government's willingness to support a true market economy
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/e_ec.html
