word | | Economy - overview |
| African | Senegal | ... economic downturn in 2009 and GDP growth fell to 2%. As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified ... |
| African | Swaziland | ... to which it sends 60% of its exports. Swaziland's currency is pegged to the South African rand, effectively subsuming Swaziland's monetary policy to South Africa. The government is heavily dependent ... |
| aftermath | World | ... and reduce income disparities among nations. Much of the resilience of the world economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis has resulted from government and central bank leaders around the globe ... |
| again | Bermuda | ... A number of reinsurance companies relocated to the island following the 11 September 2001 attacks and again after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 contributing to the expansion of an already robust international ... |
| again | Greece | ... of GDP from 2001 to 2006, but finally met that criterion in 2007-08, before exceeding it again in 2009, with the deficit reaching 15% of GDP. Austerity measures reduced the deficit to ... |
| again | Hong Kong | ... financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, it again faces a possible slowdown as exports to the Euro zone and US slump.The Hong Kong ... |
| again | Japan | ... Government stimulus spending helped the economy recover in late 2009 and 2010, but the economy contracted again in 2011 as the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake in March disrupted manufacturing. Electricity supplies remain ... |
| again | Kenya | ... curb corruption. The IMF, which had resumed loans in 2000 to help Kenya through a drought, again halted lending in 2001 when the government failed to institute several anticorruption measures. In the ... |
| again | Portugal | ... back in 2001-08, and contracted 2.5% in 2009, before growing 1.3% in 2010. But GDP fell again in 2011, as the government implemented austerity measures, including a 5% public salary cut, a ... |
| again | Sri Lanka | ... final years spurred GDP growth to around 6-7% per year in 2006-08. After experiencing 3.8% growth in 2009, Sri Lanka's economy again achieved growth rates above 7% per year in 2010-11 |
| against | Benin | ... civil servant salaries in 2011, following a series of strikes, has increased pressure on the national budget. Benin has appealed for international assistance to mitigate piracy against commercial shipping in its territory |
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