word | | Economy - overview |
| royalties | Tuvalu | ... pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts. Tuvalu also derives royalties from the lease of its ".tv" Internet domain name with revenue of more than $2 ... |
| Rubber | Cambodia | ... Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed, and several rounds of discussions have been held since 2007. Rubber exports declined more than 15% in 2008 due to falling world market prices. The tourism ... |
| rubber | Liberia | ... to agriculture, Liberia had been a producer and exporter of basic products - primarily raw timber and rubber. Local manufacturing, mainly foreign owned, had been small in scope. President JOHNSON SIRLEAF, a Harvard ... |
| rubber | Luxembourg | ... low unemployment. The industrial sector, initially dominated by steel, has become increasingly diversified to include chemicals, rubber, and other products. Growth in the financial sector, which now accounts for about 28% of ... |
| ruble | Belarus | ... with balance of payments shortfalls. In line with IMF conditions, in early 2009, Belarus devalued the ruble approximately 20% and tightened some fiscal and monetary policies. Nevertheless, Belarus probably will miss its ... |
| ruble | Russia | ... international reserves, the world's third largest, in late 2008 to slow the devaluation of the ruble. The government also devoted $200 billion in a rescue plan to increase liquidity in the ... |
| rudimentary | Laos | ... rate, Laos remains a country with an underdeveloped infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. It has a rudimentary, but improving, road system, and limited external and internal telecommunications. Electricity is available in urban ... |
| Rugged | Bhutan | ... for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. Rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and ... |
| rugged | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain and the high cost of developing infrastructure. Agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood for 75% of ... |
| rule | Afghanistan | ... water, electricity, medical care, and jobs. Criminality, insecurity, and the Afghan Government's inability to extend rule of law to all parts of the country pose challenges to future economic growth. It ... |
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