word | | Economy - overview |
| debt | Guinea | ... the economy. The junta leaders spent and printed money at an accelerating rate, driving inflation and debt to perilously high levels. In early 2010, the junta collapsed and was replaced by a ... |
| debt | Guinea-Bissau | ... million extended credit arrangement with the IMF that runs through 2012. Guinea-Bissau made progress with debt relief in 2011 when members of the Paris Club opted to write-off much of ... |
| debt | Guyana | ... a shortage of skilled labor and a deficient infrastructure. The government is juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public investment. In March 2007, the Inter-American Development ... |
| debt | Haiti | ... its arrears to the World Bank, paving the way for reengagement with the Bank. Haiti received debt forgiveness for over $1 billion through the Highly-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative in mis ... |
| debt | Hungary | ... 4.2% in 2010 and 2.9% in 2011. Hungary's impending inability to service its short-term debt - brought on by the global financial crisis in late 2008 - led Budapest to obtain an ... |
| debt | Iceland | ... the krona, implementing capital controls, reducing Iceland's high budget deficit, containing inflation, addressing high household debt, restructuring the financial sector, and diversifying the economy. Three new banks were established to take ... |
| debt | Indonesia | ... the country's credit rating to investment grade for the first time since 1997. Indonesia's debt-to-GDP ratio in recent years has declined steadily because of increasingly robust GDP growth ... |
| debt | Ireland | ... help Dublin further increase the capitalization of its banking sector and avoid defaulting on its sovereign debt. Since entering office in March 2011, the KENNY government has intensified austerity measures to try ... |
| debt | Italy | ... service sectors. Italy is the third-largest economy in the euro-zone, but exceptionally high public debt burdens and structural impediments to growth have rendered it vulnerable to scrutiny by financial markets ... |
| debt | Jamaica | ... Economic growth faces many challenges: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of more than 120%. Jamaica's onerous public debt burden - the fourth ... |
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