word | | Economy - overview |
| investment | Antigua and Barbuda | ... to dominate Antigua and Barbuda's economy, accounting for nearly 60% of GDP and 40% of investment. The dual-island nation's agricultural production is focused on the domestic market and constrained ... |
| investment | Argentina | ... Her government nationalized private pension funds in late 2008 in an attempt to bolster government coffers, but the move also adversely affected private investment spending. GPD growth fell to 0.5% in 2009 |
| investment | Armenia | ... imbalance has been offset somewhat by international aid, remittances from Armenians working abroad, and foreign direct investment. Armenia joined the WTO in January 2003. The government made some improvements in tax and ... |
| investment | Australia | ... crisis, narrowly avoiding a technical recession because of monetary and fiscal stimulus, buoyant export demand and investment from China, and the strong health of Australia's banking sector. Australia became the first ... |
| investment | Azerbaijan | ... energy sectors. Several other obstacles impede Azerbaijan's economic progress: the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector and the continuing conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh ... |
| investment | Bahamas, The | ... outlook for 2010 is for slightly positive growth as tourism from the US returns, but sector investment is not expecteded to substantially increase. Financial services constitute the second-most important sector of ... |
| investment | Barbados | ... relatively highly educated workforce. The government continues its efforts to reduce unemployment, to encourage direct foreign investment, and to privatize remaining state-owned enterprises. The public debt-to-GDP ratio rose to ... |
| investment | Benin | ... over the past several years. In order to raise growth, Benin plans to attract more foreign investment, place more emphasis on tourism, facilitate the development of new food processing systems and agricultural ... |
| investment | Bhutan | ... uncertain policies in areas such as industrial licensing, trade, labor, and finance continue to hamper foreign investment. Hydropower exports to India have boosted Bhutan's overall growth, even though GDP fell in ... |
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