undercut
... Increased fish production and mining of zinc, copper, uranium, and silver spurred growth in 2003-07, but growth in recent years was undercut by poor fish catches and high costs for metal inputs
www.exxun.com/Namibia/e_ec.html
undercut
... the world's largest uranium deposits. Drought cycles, desertification, and a 2.9% population growth rate, have undercut the economy. Niger shares a common currency, the CFA franc, and a common central bank ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
The economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Growth in real output has averaged around 5% in the past seven years, but rapid population ...
www.exxun.com/Benin/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The economy is predominantly agricultural with more than 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture. Economic growth depends on ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
... commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as a top-heavy civil service and a generally unfavorable climate for business ...
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
Guinea possesses major mineral, hydropower, and agricultural resources, yet remains an underdeveloped nation. The country has almost half of the world's bauxite reserves and is the second-largest bauxite producer. The ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
... sectors. The non-bank financial sector, including pension funds and insurance, remains weak. Capital markets are underdeveloped. The high global price of oil in 2007 increased the cost of domestic fuel and ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
... financial crisis beginning in 1997. Despite this high growth rate, Laos remains a country with a underdeveloped infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. It has no railroads, a rudimentary road system, and limited ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
Pakistan, an impoverished and underdeveloped country, has suffered from decades of internal political disputes, low levels of foreign investment, and a costly, ongoing confrontation with neighboring India. However, since 2001, IMF-approved ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/e_ec.html
underdeveloped
... the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland still faces the lingering challenges of high unemployment, underdeveloped and dilapidated infrastructure, and a poor rural underclass. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
underdeveloped
... of the USSR in 1991. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is actively ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/a_fg.html
underemployed
1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
underemployed
50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.)
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
underemployed
2.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is nearly 7% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
underemployed
0.8% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
underemployment
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half the population (2001 est.)
www.exxun.com/Angola/e_ec.html
underemployment
1% (includes underemployment) (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/e_ec.html
underemployment
7.5% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
underemployment
4% unemployment in urban areas; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
underemployment
... Tropical Storm Noel reconstruction. Although the economy is growing at a respectable rate, high unemployment and underemployment remains an important challenge. The country suffers from marked income inequality; the poorest half of ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/e_ec.html
underemployment
6.2% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
underemployment
... public that would indicate that the government intends to follow through on its promises. Unemployment and underemployment rates remain extremely high; short-run economic progress depends on sustained bilateral and multilateral aid ...
www.exxun.com/Gambia/e_ec.html
underemployment
widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)
www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html
