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| added | Mongolia | ... soaring food prices. Government spending -- on line to increase as much as 75% over 2011 -- has added to concers over inflation. Remittances from Mongolians working abroad, particularly in South Korea, are significant ... |
| added | Morocco | ... s current account deficit. Key economic challenges for Morocco include fighting corruption, reducing government spending, reforming the education system and judiciary, addressing socioeconomic disparities, and building more diverse, higher value-added industries |
| added | Mozambique | ... dramatic improvements in the country's growth rate. Fiscal reforms, including the introduction of a value-added tax and reform of the customs service, have improved the government's revenue collection abilities ... |
| added | Portugal | ... government implemented austerity measures, including a 5% public salary cut, a 2% increase in the value-added tax, and an extraordinary tax on yearend bonuses to comply with conditions of an EU ... |
| added | World | ... the reallocation of resources away from investment to anti-terrorist programs. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan added new uncertainties to global economic prospects. Despite these challenges, the world economy also shows great ... |
| adding | Turkey | ... in basic industry, banking, transport, and communication, and an emerging cadre of middle-class entrepreneurs is adding dynamism to the economy and expanding production beyond the traditional textiles and clothing sectors. The ... |
| addition | Algeria | ... a cushion of $173 billion in foreign currency reserves and a large hydrocarbon stabilization fund. In addition, Algeria's external debt is extremely low at about 2% of GDP. Algeria has struggled ... |
| addition | Belarus | ... of private enterprises. Since 2005, the government has re-nationalized a number of private companies. In addition, businesses have been subjected to pressure by central and local governments, including arbitrary changes in ... |
| addition | Canada | ... achieved marginal growth in 2010 and 2011 and plans to balance the budget by 2015. In addition, the country's petroleum sector is rapidly becoming an even larger economic driver with Alberta ... |
| addition | Denmark | ... half of 2012 and is promoting priorities involving a responsible, dynamic, green, and safe Europe. In addition, one of Denmark's most important objectives will be to help steer Europe out of ... |
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