word | | Economy - overview |
| challenges | Algeria | ... increases. Public spending has increased by 27% annually during the past five years. Long-term economic challenges include diversification from hydrocarbons, relaxing state control of the economy, and providing adequate jobs for ... |
| challenges | Azerbaijan | ... severe than in many other countries in the region. The current global economic slowdown presents some challenges for the Azerbaijani economy as oil prices remain below their mid-2008 highs, highlighting Azerbaijan ... |
| challenges | Bahrain | ... s economy, such as the suspension of an expatirate labor tax, will make Bahrain's foremost long-term economic challenges - youth unemployment and the growth of government debt - more difficult to address |
| challenges | Belgium | ... injections from the government, and the nationalization of the Belgian arm of a Franco-Belgian bank. An ageing population and rising social expenditures are mid- to long-term challenges to public finances |
| challenges | Bolivia | ... world commodity prices resulted in large trade surpluses. However, a lack of foreign investment in the key sectors of mining and hydrocarbons and higher food prices pose challenges for the Bolivian economy |
| challenges | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ... in 2009 reflecting local effects of the global economic crisis. One of Bosnia's main economic challenges since the recession began has been to reduce spending on public sector wages and social ... |
| challenges | Bulgaria | ... 2.2% in 2011. Corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime remain significant challenges and continue to hamper the country's investment climate and economic prospects |
| challenges | China | ... produces. Still, per capita income is below the world average. The Chinese government faces numerous economic challenges, including: (a) reducing its high domestic savings rate and correspondingly low domestic demand; (b) sustaining ... |
| challenges | Colombia | ... third largest Latin American exporter of oil to the US. Inequality, underemployment, and narcotrafficking remain significant challenges, and Colombia's infrastructure requires major improvements to sustain economic expansion. In late 2010, Colombia ... |
| challenges | Congo, Republic of the | ... s budget deficit. The current administration presides over an uneasy internal peace and faces difficult economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty. The drop in oil prices during the global crisis ... |