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	List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of countries by past GDP (PPP) - for the periods between 1 CE and 1998 CE
		This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year.
		List of countries by past GDP (nominal) - for the years between 1998 and 2003
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) (373 words)

	List of Asian countries by GDP PPP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of Asian countries by GDP per capita
		This is a list of Asian nations ranked by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).
		Due to the dominance of Australia in the Pacific Ocean region, the Pacific nations have been included in Asia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_GDP_PPP (129 words)

	Gdp
		List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
		GDP is intended to be a measure of particular types of economic activity within a country.
		The major disadvantage of using GDP as an indicator of standard of living is that it is not, strictly speaking, a measure of standard of living.
	channing.blogsilla.com /channing.blogsilla.com/GDP (3028 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		In the first twenty places of the ranking, mostly African and Asian countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen, figure Haiti, Colombia and Dominican Republic, where alleges the report local governments have lost control of their territory and of the legitimate of the legitimate use of force.
		The Latinamerican countries in the 60 countries list are, Haiti, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Honduras.
		Ten Latinamerican countries out of a list of sixty ran the risk of becoming what is described as “failed states” according to a paper from the United States publication Foreign Policy and the US NGO “Fund for Peace”.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=6122 (1541 words)

	Countries of the Third World
		Below the list of countries, you can call them Third World of Press Freedom, the “black holes” for news where the privately-owned media is not allowed and freedom of expression does not exist.
		The least developed countries (LDCs) are a group of countries that have been identified by the UN as "least developed".
		Reporters Without Borders is publishing annually an index of the countries of the world according to their respect for press freedom.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/third_world.htm (518 words)

	ch3_exercises.html
		List number of countries, total area, average area per country for all regions of the world.
		Its area, population and gdp are sum of each in two countries, 'Korea, North' and 'Korea, South'.
		Select regions which have at least 5 countries with population over 10 Million.
	www.cs.umn.edu /research/shashi-group/Book/labs/ch3_exercises.html (227 words)

	Definitions Country Codes geographic.org Courty Profiles - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons.
		Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector.
		Country name: This entry includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation.
	www.theodora.com /wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html (9447 words)

	Asian Studies Institute - Other published material
		Countries should therefore be encouraged to build their reserves to some proportion that is acceptable.
		Domestic investments were consistently a large proportion of GDP – over a third of GDP – for all countries except the Philippines.
		In the years between 1990 and 1996, all of the countries experienced an uninterrupted period of rapid growth in their respective domestic banks' lending to the private sector.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /asianstudies/publications/working/asiancrisis.html (3273 words)

	perspire.htm
		When Asian economies delivered nothing but good news, it was possible to convince yourself that the alleged planners of those economies knew what they were doing.
		First, if there is one thing that believers in an "Asian system" really admire, it's the way Asian governments promote specific industries and technologies; this is supposed to explain their economies' soaring efficiency.
		And international capital markets have suddenly noticed that countries throughout the region have been running world-class trade deficits--bigger relative to their economies than Mexico's was just before the big peso collapse.
	web.mit.edu /krugman/www/perspire.htm (1222 words)

	CNN.com - Cool Norway best place to chill - Jul 16, 2004
		But compensation comes in the form of the very high salaries that prevail in Norway, where the GDP per capita is $36,600 in terms of purchasing power parity.
		A survey late last year by the UBS bank found that once rent and housing is stripped out, the Norwegian capital of Oslo is the costliest city in the world for goods and services, ahead of the perennial front-runner Tokyo.
		Switzerland, which headed the list in 1980, is in 11th spot.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/07/16/norway.best (609 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Nigeria
		registered in other countries: 26 (The Bahamas 2, Bermuda 10, Cambodia 2, Comoros 2, Panama 6, Seychelles 1, unknown 3) (2005)
		GDP rose strongly in 2005, based largely on increased oil exports and high global crude prices.
		The largely subsistence agricultural sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth - Nigeria is Africa's most populous country - and the country, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html (1443 words)

	STATISTICAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB/FOREIGN ECONOMICS
		Countries may be ranked by region as well as worldwide from the top 100 to the bottom 5
		List of free and commercial data bases, primarily for developing countries in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia
		Data bases require you to choose series, countries, and dates
	www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/stecfor.html (2591 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Serbia and Montenegro
		registered in other countries: 4 (The Bahamas 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2) (2005)
		In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was lifted, and it was once more accepted into UN organizations under the name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
		An agreement rescheduling the country's $4.5 billion Paris Club government debts was concluded in November 2001 - it wrote off 66% of the debt - and the London Club of private creditors forgave $1.7 billion of debt, just over half the total owed, in July 2004.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/yi.html (1677 words)

	Social Policy:Department
		The purpose of the Centre, which opened on 9 September in Seoul, is to promote policy dialogue between OECD and non-member economies and to provide capacity-building assistance to the non-OECD Asian economies by information-sharing and policy analysis.
		This report tries to explain observed changes in fertility rates across OECD countries, with an emphasis on socio-economic considerations.
		It aims to extend the understanding of fertility-related behaviours in different ways: by explaining recent developments in fertility rates and their relationships to other social drivers; by developing and testing new and expanded models to explain the cross-country variation in fertility rates due to labour markets, social and fiscal policies, and individual characteristics.
	www.oecd.org /els/social (513 words)

	Maldives culture, society, history, translations and politics, news
		A country that can repair US$100 million dollars of damage to its palatial tourist resorts within three months of a devastating tsunami, but where over 11,000 islanders are still homeless and begging for help while Gayyoom and his entourage tour the world in first class comfort pleading poverty to his foreign bankers and donors.
		A country where the native population is malnourished, while only kilometres away, rich foreign tourists stuff themselves with the best of food.
		The latest Country Briefing for Maldives from the World Bank website is also a very misleading document that contradicts the World Bank's own findings into the success and failure of its projects in Maldives...
	www.maldivesculture.com /main.html (4060 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - Urban Discussions
		List of Asian countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
		Poll: What large Asian cities are the worst to drive in?
		Let's Make a List of Top 10 Asian Cities (
	www.skyscrapercity.com /forumdisplay.php?f=134 (101 words)

	Social Analysis 10 - Blog
		We investigate differences in book prices between the United States and other countries.
		What you have to do now, is prepare a list of the stocks/bonds/options you want to invest in (write them down with their “symbols), keeping in mind that you have a limit of $100,000 to spend.
		When a seller country transfers a good or service to a buyer country, the buyer country gives up some asset to pay for the good or service.
	economics10.blogspot.com (7522 words)

	The US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues
		Unlike smaller countries, they have been able to exert their influence on other countries to push for bilateral agreements conditioned with aid, in a way that some would describe as a bribe.
		For the OECD countries to meet their obligations for aid to the poorer countries is not an economic problem.
		Rich countries like the US continue to have a financial lever to dictate what good governance means and to pry open markets of developing countries for multinational corporations.
	www.globalissues.org /TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp (10598 words)

	Singapore enjoys second highest GDP growth rate in Asia and is among top 10 Asian countries with highest growth potential in the Retail & Consumer sector
		– Singapore is one of the top 10 Asian countries with the highest growth potential in the Retail and Consumer (RandC) sector, backed by a strong GDP growth rate of 8.4% in 2004.
		Singapore enjoys second highest GDP growth rate in Asia and is among top 10 Asian countries with highest growth potential in the Retail & Consumer sector
		The study compares Singapore with the top 20 countries in the world with the highest growth potential; other Asian countries include China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
	www.pwcglobal.com /extweb/ncpressrelease.nsf/docid/913BA53A87E34A6ACA2570A700387F8E (1230 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - 2003 GDP of Asian countries
		The World Bank increased its forecast for East Asian economic growth in 2004 to what it said will be the fastest rate since early 2000.
		Mostly countries from the middle east I guess.
		In a report, the World Bank said the regional economy was expected to grow by more than six per cent this year, up from an estimate of 5.7 per cent made last October.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=97278 (896 words)

	Global Exchange : "Most Wanted" Corporate Human Rights Violators of 2005
		Many countries have been required to open up their water supply to private companies as a condition for receiving IMF loans, and the World Bank has approved millions of dollars in loans for the privatization of water systems.
		Nestlé is also notorious for its aggressive marketing of infant formula in poor countries the 1980s, which may have led to the deaths of countless children who did not receive the nutrients that would have been present in breast milk.
		Because of public pressure, the WTO announced a new agreement in 2003 to allow poor countries to access cheap generic antiretroviral drugs, but in practice, the drugs are just as inaccessible to poor countries as they were before.
	www.globalexchange.org /getInvolved/corporateHRviolators.html (5298 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - South Asia expands free trade area
		Seven South Asian countries have finalised an agreement to set up a free trade area, a move predicted to more than double the size of the regional market.
		The landmark deal to create a South Asian Free Trade Area was signed in Islamabad, Pakistan, in January 2004 during a summit of regional leaders, with 1 January 2006 set as the deadline for implementation.
		Under the terms of the agreement, the more-developed countries among the seven member states would bring down their tariffs for non-SAARC trade from the existing 30% to zero in five years.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/A8CE0815-087C-4B94-A02E-3B324DB04E34.htm (383 words)

	List of Datafiles of Historical Prices and Wages
		The focus will be on data bases related to Europe and on non-European (in particular Asian) countries in the period before 1914.
		The long term goal is to enhance the exchange and (re-)use of these data in order to write truly international-comparative histories of the development of markets and their institutional settings.
		All data bases will not only include the data themselves, but also descriptions of the way in which they are constructed, the sources which are used, and relevant publications in which the data are analysed.
	www.iisg.nl /hpw (455 words)

	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Financial Crises: Causes and Indicators, May 1998--Contents
		The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries.
		Countries in Transition: Public Pension Expenditure, 1993 and 1996
		Countries in Transition: General Government Revenue and Expenditure, 1997
	www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/weo/weo0598 (420 words)

	Periodbot output starting #21268617
		21273058: List of Asian countries by GDP PPP [edit]
		A disgruntled employee or jilted lover will be that neighbor tomorrow.'' —John C. Dvorak
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~tom7/periodbot/226.html (2941 words)

	LINEAMENTA FOR SYNOD OF ASIA
		Several Asian countries are caught up in the vicious circle of malnutrition, under-nourishment, uncontrolled population explosion and unplanned urbanization with all their accompanying social and moral evils as well as political problems.
		This includes the Middle East, the Gulf countries, South Asian countries, the Central Asian countries, the South East Asian countries, Asian Siberia and the countries of the Far East.
		In this spirit she is supported in this period of preparation by the prayers and good works of all the Church's members, particularly by those of the heavenly community of Asian Saints and Martyrs, and as in every endeavour, looks to the Virgin Mary for her unfailing assistance.
	www.ewtn.com /new_evangelization/asia/synod/lineamenta.htm (16489 words)

	UN Chronicle: Specific success stories - successful projects by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific or ESCAP
		The development and strengthening of transport linkages within and between the Asian countries are among the objectives of the Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific (Phase II 19921996), adopted by ESCAP.
		Many Asian Highway member countries have not acceded to major international land transport facilitation conventions, including transit conventions, which all play an important role in the development of landlocked countries, such as Afghanistan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal and all Asian Republics.
		In 1992, the Commission approved the Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project as an umbrella project comprising the Asian highway, the trans-Asian railway and the facilitation of land transport projects.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n1_v34/ai_19897988 (1477 words)

	Backgrounder: Asian Highway Network
		As a transport link, the highway network is conducive to promoting the economic exchanges between Asian countries and for making Asian countries fully participate in the globalizing economy.
		According to the agreement, the Asian highway network consists of highway routes of international importance within Asia, including highway routes crossing more than one subregion, within subregions, and within ESCAP member countries.
		In 2003, representatives of 32 ESCAP member countries passed the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network in Bangkok, Thailand, and on April 26, 2004, more than 20 member countries signed the agreement at the 60th session of the ESCAP held in Shanghai, China.
	english.sina.com /news/china/6273096.shtml (1477 words)

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