word | | Economy - overview |
| decade | West Bank | ... sustained by inflows of donor aid rather than private sector economic activity. After suffering an almost decade-long downturn following the start of the second intifada in 2000, overall standard-of-living ... |
| decade | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe's economy is growing despite continuing political uncertainty. Following a decade of contraction from 1998 to 2008, Zimbabwe's economy recorded estimated real growth of 6% in 2011. However, the government ... |
| decades | Afghanistan | Afghanistan's economy is recovering from decades of conflict. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance, the ... |
| decades | Botswana | ... HIV/AIDS is second highest in the world and threatens Botswana's impressive economic gains. An expected leveling off in diamond mining production within the next two decades overshadows long-term prospects |
| decades | Colombia | ... major improvements to sustain economic expansion. In late 2010, Colombia experienced its most severe flooding in decades, with damages estimated to exceed $6 billion. The rains resumed in 2011, causing further damages ... |
| decades | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | ... Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast potential wealth - is slowly recovering from decades of decline. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960 and conflict that began in May 1997 ... |
| decades | Japan | ... world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch. For three decades, overall real economic growth had been spectacular - a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5 ... |
| decades | Korea, South | South Korea over the past four decades has demonstrated incredible growth and global integration to become a high-tech industrialized economy. In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in ... |
| decades | Pakistan | Pakistan has suffered from decades of internal political disputes and low levels of foreign investment, leading to slow economic growth and underdevelopment. Between 2001-07, however, poverty levels decreased by 10%, as Islamabad ... |
| decades | Portugal | ... economy since joining the European Community - the EU's predecessor - in 1986. Over the past two decades, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy ... |
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