word | | Economy - overview |
| calm | European Union | ... the European Stabilization Mechanism (ESM) - to replace the EFSF in 2013; however leaders were unable to calm market jitters throughout late 2011. Leaders have also discussed closer fiscal integration and further increasing ... |
| caloric | Japan | ... the world. Usually self sufficient in rice, Japan imports about 60% of its food on a caloric basis. Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly ... |
| Cambodia | Cambodia | ... more than 280,000 people - about 5% of the work force - and contributes more than 70% of Cambodia's exports. In 2005, exploitable oil deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, representing ... |
| Cambodian | Cambodia | ... by renewed exports. With the January 2005 expiration of a WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, Cambodian textile producers were forced to compete directly with lower-priced countries such as China, India ... |
| CAMERON | United Kingdom | ... and moving forward public spending on capital projects. Facing burgeoning public deficits and debt levels, the CAMERON government in 2010 initiated a five-year austerity program, which aims to lower London's ... |
| Cameroon | Cameroon | Because of its modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems ... |
| campaign | Libya | ... Libya in the past five years made progress on economic reform as part of a broader campaign to reintegrate the country into the international fold. This effort picked up steam after UN ... |
| campaign | Lithuania | ... the hardest hit by the 2008-09 financial crisis. In 2009, the government launched a high-profile campaign, led by Prime Minister KUBILIUS, to attract foreign investment and to develop export markets, and ... |
| Canada | Antigua and Barbuda | ... economic growth in the medium term will continue to depend on tourist arrivals from the US, Canada, and Europe and potential damages from natural disasters. After taking office in 2004, the SPENCER ... |
| Canada | Burma | ... restrictions, limiting the private sector's access to credit. The United States, the European Union, and Canada have imposed financial and economic sanctions on Burma. US sanctions, prohibiting most financial transactions with ... |
| Canada | Canada | As an affluent, high-tech industrial society in the trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living standards. Since World War ... |
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