word | | Economy - overview |
| customs | Turks and Caicos Islands | ... source of tourists, accounting for more than three-quarters of the 175,000 visitors that arrived in 2004. Major sources of government revenue also include fees from offshore financial activities and customs receipts |
| customs | Ukraine | ... Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms. Ukrainian Government officials eliminated most tax and customs privileges in a March 2005 budget law, bringing more economic activity out of Ukraine's ... |
| cut | Australia | ... billion to offset the effect of the slowing world economy, while the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to historic lows. These policies - and continued demand for commodities, especially from China ... |
| cut | Bolivia | ... a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions ... |
| cut | Burundi | ... the second highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa; the delay of funds after a corruption scandal cut off bilateral aid in 2007 reduced government's revenues and its ability to pay salaries ... |
| cut | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | ... term problems for the mining sector and for the economy as a whole. The global recession cut economic growth in 2009 to less than half its 2008 level, but growth returned to ... |
| cut | Croatia | ... Bank expects Croatia to 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 ... |
| cut | Cyprus | ... serious risk of contagion from the Greek debt crisis, Nicosia is promising to implement measures to cut the cost of the state payroll, curb tax evasion, and revamp social benefits. However, it ... |
| cut | Denmark | ... through increased borrowing costs and lower export demand, consumer confidence, and investment. The global financial crises cut Danish GDP by 0.9% in 2008 and 4.7% in 2009 and held growth to about ... |
| cut | Equatorial Guinea | ... agriculture). A number of aid programs sponsored by the World Bank and the IMF have been cut off since 1993 because of corruption and mismanagement. The government has been widely criticized for ... |
| cut | Fiji | ... special access to European Union markets but will be harmed by the EU's decision to cut sugar subsidies. Sugar processing makes up one-third of industrial activity but is not efficient ... |
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