word | | Economy - overview |
| account | Gibraltar | ... shipping sector contribute 30%, 30%, and 25%, respectively, of GDP. Telecommunications, e-commerce, and e-gaming account for the remaining 15%. In recent years, Gibraltar has seen major structural change from a ... |
| account | Greenland | ... halibut and, more recently, crabs. Due to Greenland's continued dependence on exports of fish - which account for 82% of exports - the economy remains very sensitive to foreign developments. International consortia are ... |
| account | Guernsey | Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 23% of employment and about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and ... |
| account | Guyana | ... world recession, but picked up in 2010-11. The slowdown in the domestic economy and lower import costs helped to narrow the country's current account deficit, despite generally lower earnings from exports |
| account | India | ... the government's fuel subsidy expenditures contributing to a higher fiscal deficit, and a worsening current account deficit.Little economic reform took place in 2011 largely due to courruption scandals that have slowed ... |
| account | Jamaica | The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which now account for more than 60% of GDP. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite ... |
| account | Kiribati | ... UN agencies, and Taiwan accounts for 20-25% of GDP. Remittances from seamen on merchant ships abroad account for more than $5 million each year. Kiribati receives around $15 million annually for the ... |
| account | Kosovo | ... Remittances from the diaspora - located mainly in Germany, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries - are estimated to account for about 17% of GDP, and foreign subsidies for approximately 20%. Kosovo's citizens are ... |
| account | Latvia | ... during 2006-07, but entered a severe recession in 2008 as a result of an unsustainable current account deficit and large debt exposure amid the softening world economy. Triggered by the collapse of ... |
| Account | Lesotho | ... Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility with the IMF. In July 2007, Lesotho signed a Millennium Challenge Account Compact with the US worth $362.5 million. Economic growth dropped in 2009, due mainly to ... |
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