word | | Economy - overview |
| budget | Montenegro | ... euro - rather than the Yugoslav dinar - as official currency, collected customs tariffs, and managed its own budget. The dissolution of the loose political union between Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 led to ... |
| budget | Morocco | ... from high unemployment and poverty. In 2011, high food and fuel prices strained the government's budget and widened the country's current account deficit. Key economic challenges for Morocco include fighting ... |
| budget | Mozambique | ... of these gains, Mozambique remains dependent upon foreign assistance for more than half of its annual budget, and in 2008 54% of the population remained below the poverty line. Subsistence agriculture continues ... |
| budget | Namibia | ... pegged one-to-one to the South African rand. Until 2010, Namibia drew 40% of its budget revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Increased payments from SACU put Namibia's ... |
| budget | Netherlands | ... and expanding export credit facilities. The stimulus programs and bank bailouts, however, resulted in a government budget deficit of 5.3% in 2010 that contrasted sharply with a surplus of 0.7% of GDP ... |
| budget | Niger | ... to TANDJA's moves to extend his term as president. Nearly half of the government's budget is derived from foreign donor resources. Future growth may be sustained by exploitation of oil ... |
| budget | Norway | ... 1994; nonetheless, as a member of the European Economic Area, it contributes sizably to the EU budget. In anticipation of eventual declines in oil and gas production, Norway saves state revenue from ... |
| budget | Philippines | ... to announce a stimulus effort and increased public spending on infrastructure in 2012. AQUINO's first budget emphasizesd education, health, conditional cash transfers for the poor, and other social spending programs, relying ... |
| budget | Poland | ... fund health care, education, and the state pension system and weak revenues caused the public sector budget deficit to rise to 7.8% of GDP in 2010, but measures to shore up public ... |
| budget | Portugal | ... levels of public debt have made it vulnerable to bond market turbulence. The government reduced the budget deficit from 10.1% of GDP in 2009 to 4.5% in 2011, an achievement made possible ... |
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