word | | Economy - overview |
| social | Bhutan | ... industry type. Most development projects, such as road construction, rely on Indian migrant labor. Model education, social, and environment programs are underway with support from multilateral development organizations. Each economic program takes ... |
| social | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ... economic challenges since the recession began has been to reduce spending on public sector wages and social benefits to meet the IMF's criteria for obtaining funding for budget shortfalls. Banking reform ... |
| social | China | ... the work force; (c) reducing corruption and other economic crimes; and (d) containing environmental damage and social strife related to the economy's rapid transformation. Economic development has progressed further in coastal ... |
| social | Costa Rica | ... weak investor protection, remain. Poverty has remained around 15-20% for nearly 20 years, and the strong social safety net that had been put into place by the government has eroded due to ... |
| social | Croatia | ... enter a recession in 2012 and has urged the new government to cut spending, particularly on social programs. Croatia's high foreign debt, anemic export sector, strained state budget, and over-reliance ... |
| social | Cyprus | ... to implement measures to cut the cost of the state payroll, curb tax evasion, and revamp social benefits. However, it has been slow to act, lacking a consensus in parliament and among ... |
| social | Ecuador | ... and announced plans to obtain further Chinese loans. China has become Ecuador's largest foreign lender since Quito defaulted in 2008, allowing the government to maintain a high rate of social spending |
| social | Egypt | ... and contributed to public discontent. After unrest erupted in January 2011, the Egyptian Government drastically increased social spending to address public dissatisfaction, but political uncertainty at the same time caused economic growth ... |
| social | Eritrea | ... and began mineral extraction in 2010. Eritrea'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 ... |
| social | France | ... the world from tourism. France's leaders remain committed to a capitalism in which they maintain social equity by means of laws, tax policies, and social spending that reduce income disparity and ... |
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