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| debt | Argentina | ... 20th century from recurring economic crises, persistent fiscal and current account deficits, high inflation, mounting external debt, and capital flight. A severe depression, growing public and external indebtedness, and a bank run ... |
| debt | Austria | ... central and eastern Europe as well as political and economic uncertainties caused by the European sovereign debt crisis. The government's efforts in 2011 to pass a constitutional amendment limiting public debt ... |
| debt | 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 |
| debt | Barbados | ... reduce unemployment, to encourage direct foreign investment, and to privatize remaining state-owned enterprises. The public debt-to-GDP ratio rose to over 100% in 2009-11, largely because a sharp slowdown in ... |
| debt | Belgium | ... in 2009 to 4.2% in 2011. Despite the relative improvement in Belgium's budget deficit, public debt hovers near 100% of GDP, a factor that has contributed to investor perceptions that the ... |
| debt | Belize | ... a small amount. In February 2007, the government restructured nearly all of its public external commercial debt, which helped reduce interest payments and relieved some of the country's liquidity concerns. Growth ... |
| debt | Benin | ... in telecommunications, water, electricity, and agriculture. The Paris Club and bilateral creditors have eased the external debt situation, with Benin benefiting from a G-8 debt reduction announced in July 2005, while ... |
| debt | Brazil | ... Since 2003, Brazil has steadily improved its macroeconomic stability, building up foreign reserves, and reducing its debt profile by shifting its debt burden toward real denominated and domestically held instruments. In 2008 ... |
| debt | Burundi | ... East African Community, which should boost Burundi's regional trade ties, and received $700 million in debt relief in 2009. Government corruption is also hindering the development of a healthy private sector ... |
| debt | China | ... are inflation - which, late in 2010, surpassed the government's target of 3% - and local government debt, which swelled as a result of stimulus policies, and is largely off-the-books and ... |
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