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	MSN Encarta - Belarus
		Belarus, officially Respublika Belarus (Republic of Belarus), landlocked republic in east central Europe, bordered by Russia to the east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and the Baltic republics of Latvia and Lithuania to the northwest.
		Belarus was established in 1919 as the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), which in 1922 became one of the four founding republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
		Belarus has four additional discernible geographic regions: an area of lakes, hills, and forests in the north; an agricultural region with mixed-conifer forests in the west; a broad elevated plain in the east; and the Poles’ye (also called the Pripet Marshes), a lowland of rivers and swamps that extends into Ukraine, in the south.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553191/Belarus.html (585 words)

	Economy of Belarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Belarus has seen little structural reform since 1995, when President Alexander Lukashenko launched the country on the path of "market socialism." In keeping with this policy, Lukashenko re-imposed administrative controls over prices and currency exchange rates and expanded the state's right to intervene in the management of private enterprise.
		Belarus has only small reserves of petroleum and natural gas and imports most of its oil and gas from Russia.
		Belarus has established ministries of energy, forestry, land reclamation, and water resources and state committees to deal with ecology and safety procedures in the nuclear power industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Belarus (1006 words)

	Inogate Countries - REPUBLIC of BELARUS (Economy) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belarus is a graphic example of the problems created when an industrial "colony" becomes independent.
		As with all NIS, Independence initially led the economy of Belarus in recession with the sharpest fall in GDP, of 12.6%, recorded in 1994.
		Belarus, one of the main suppliers of televisions, household appliances, computers and electronics to the FSU, now exports refrigerators and freezers to a number of non-CIS countries.
	www.inogate.org /html/countries/economy/belarus_ec.htm (811 words)

	Belarus
		Belarus is one of the former republics of the Soviet Union, its people ethnically different from the Russians.
		Belarus describes its economy as "market socialism." This involves the state setting prices, state intervention in the management of private enterprises, and extensive regulations of industry.
		It is said that because of the winds on April 26, 1986, 70 percent of the radioactive dust from the Chernobyl nuclear mishap fell on Belarus.
	www.fsmitha.com /world/belarus.htm (911 words)

	Belarus History, Belarus Flag, Culture of Belarus, Economy of Belarus, History of Belarus
		Belarus is famous for its opera and ballet, which always have the audience asking for more.
		Belarus is also famous for musical comedy, which is held at the popular Theater of Musical Comedy Minsk.
		The economy of Belarus has the contribution of approximately 5.3 million people, which make up for the labor force, out of which 35 percent are employed in industry; 21 percent in agriculture and forestry; and 40 percent in services such as trade and transportation.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/belarus1.html (536 words)

	Access International Domains
		Belarus has implemented very little structural reform since 1995, when President Lukashenko announced the new economic policy of "market socialism." The government reimposed administrative controls over prices and currency exchange rates and greatly augmented the stateâs right to intervene in private businesses.
		Belarus has an external debt of $851 million (2001 est.), while the countryâs inflation rate was estimated in 2003 at 28.2 percent per annum.
		Belarus has been slow to embrace the market and political reforms that characterize the trend of most Eastern European countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
	webdb.iu.edu /internationalprograms/scripts/accesscoverpage.cfm?country=belarus (990 words)

	Sluckaja Brama - Economy
		Belarus Economy (en) - maintained by the Belarus' Mission to UN, a strictly official and pro-presidential overview of Belarus' economic developments.
		Economy of Belarus: Trends, Assessments, Forecasts (ru) - maintained by the Institute of Privatization and Management, an analytical report on the state of the Belarusian economy for the first quarter of 2002.
		Main socio-economic indicators of the Republic of Belarus for February 2002 2001 (en) - maintained by The Ministry of Statistics and Analysis, vital statistics on Belarus' economy and foreign trade.
	www.geocities.com /sluckaja_brama/economy.html (1683 words)

	Belarus (08/05)
		Belarus was the site of the Union of Brest in 1597, which created the Greek Catholic Church, for long the majority church in Belarus until suppressed by the Russian empire, and the birthplace of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who played a key role in the American Revolution.
		The Council of the Republic is the house of territorial representation.
		Belarus was previously a recipient of assistance under the U.S. Defense Department's Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program, whose objective is to reduce the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction remaining on the territory of the former Soviet Union, by promoting denuclearization and demilitarization and preventing weapons proliferation.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5371.htm (6230 words)

	Economy (from Belarus) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Belarus ranks as a flourishing agricultural region despite its cool climate and the areas of swampy or sandy soil.
		A landlocked republic of Eastern Europe, Belarus borders Latvia on the north, Russia on the north and east, Ukraine on the south, Poland on the west, and Lithuania on the northwest.
		In the years preceding the dissolution of the union in 1991, the economy of Russia and the union as a whole was in decline.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-230132?tocId=230132&ct= (852 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Economy of Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belarus continues to be heavily dependent on Russia, with the potential for greater economic dependency looming in the proposed European Union (EU)-style union between the two states.
		The World Bank’s most recent project in Belarus began with its June 2001 approval of a $22.6 million loan to finance repairs in over 450 schools, hospitals, and homes for orphans, the elderly, and the disabled throughout Belarus.
		Environmental Issues Belarus has established ministries of energy, forestry, land reclamation, and water resources and state committees to deal with ecology and safety procedures in the nuclear power industry.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryEconomy.asp?CountryID=38&RegionID=2 (849 words)

	CIA 1993 Factbook: Economy Belarus
		Belarus ranks fourth in gross output among the former Soviet republics, having produced 4% of the total GDP and employing 4% of the labor force in the old USSR.
		The soil in Belarus is not as fertile as the fl earth of Ukraine, but by emphasizing favorable crops and livestock (especially pigs and chickens), Belarus has become a net exporter to the other former republics of meat, milk, eggs, flour, and potatoes.
		Belarus produces petrochemicals, plastics, synthetic fibers (nearly 30% of former Soviet output), and fertilizer (20% of former Soviet output).
	cesimo.ing.ula.ve /GAIA/CIA/factbook/descriptions/Belarus__Economy.html (485 words)

	Defense Industry - Belarus
		Belarus ranks among the most developed of the former Soviet states, with a relatively modern - by Soviet standards - and diverse machine building sector and a robust agriculture sector.
		The economy remains centrally planned, and is primarily industrial, with industry accounting for approximately half of economic output.
		Belarus' continuing problems with an opaque, arbitrary legal system, a confiscatory tax regime, cumbersome licensing system, price controls, and lack of an independent judiciary create a business environment not conducive to prosperous, profitable investment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/belarus/industry.htm (916 words)

	Economy of Belarus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In addition to the burdens imposed by high (A general and progressive increase in prices) inflation, businesses have been subject to pressure on the part of central and local governments, e.g., arbitrary changes in regulations, numerous rigorous inspections, and retroactive application of new business regulations prohibiting practices that had been legal.
		Belarus has established ministries of energy, forestry, (Click link for more info and facts about land reclamation) land reclamation, and water resources and state committees to deal with ecology and safety procedures in the nuclear power industry.
		The most serious environmental issue in Belarus results from the accident at the 1986 (A city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (16 April 1986)) Chernobyl (Click link for more info and facts about nuclear power plant) nuclear power plant.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ec/Economy_of_Belarus.htm (754 words)

	Belarus the Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Independent Belarus's economy, like that of the Belorussian SSR, still relies on inefficient, state-supported, industrial facilities, which are increasingly hampered by their need for fuels whose prices are gradually reaching world levels.
		The economic recession in Belarus intensified in 1994, leading to Belarus's worst economic year to that point.
		In 1994 the net material product had dropped by 21 percent from 1993 (down by more than one-third from its 1989 level), which was worse than in the two previous years; this decline was felt across the board.
	www.country-studies.com /belarus/the-economy.html (200 words)

	Belarus Energy - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
		In January 1995, Russia and Belarus signed an agreement under which Russia was to deliver some 66 percent of Belarus's yearly required crude oil at prices that did not exceed domestic Russian prices (which were set to rise significantly over the course of the year).
		Although Belarus imports most of its fuels, it has small deposits of oil and natural gas close to the Polish border, as well as oil shale, coal, and lignite.
		Belarus also has a large supply of peat (more than one-third of the total for the former Soviet Union), which is used to power industry, heat homes, and fuel boilers at electric power plants.
	www.photius.com /countries/belarus/economy/belarus_economy_energy.html (771 words)

	Belarus, a new emerging economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration but, to date, neither side has actively sought to implement the accord.
		An idea, obviously of a provocative kind, was launched in August to the effect that Belarus should unify with Russia forthwith, becoming its ninetieth entity, that is a component of the Russian Federation of 89, (69) regions and (20) republics.
		Belarus for the sophisticated elite in Moscow is a frightful bore.
	www.newnations.com /archive/2002/October/by.html (1003 words)

	Encyclopedia: Economy of Belarus
		Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or, especially in India, disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership and/or transferring the management of a service or activity from the government to the private sector.
		Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries, but note that this is also American and Canadian slang for gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane.
		Economies by country Jump to: navigation, search The economy of Europe is comprised of more than 665 million people in 48 different states.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economy-of-Belarus (2739 words)

	Belarus Economy - GDP, Budget, Industry and Agriculture
		These developments led to the conclusion of a staff-monitored program in cooperation with the IMF, addressing, among other topics price and wage liberalization, a widening of privatization, fiscal reform, the adoption of international accounting standards in the banking sector, and the repeal of several egregious laws and decrees to improve the investment climate.
		In 2002 Belarus’ economy remained stagnant or in decline with more than 40% of industrial enterprises operating at a loss.
		Belarus continues to be heavily dependent on Russia, with the potential for greater economic dependency looming in the proposed EU-style union between the two states.
	www.factrover.com /economy/Belarus_economy.html (734 words)

	Belarus Foreign Economic Relations - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		By mid-1995 Belarus still relied primarily on Russia and other members of the CIS as its primary trade partners but had started looking to expand its economic ties beyond the CIS (see table 6, Appendix A).
		In January 1995, Belarus signed a number of agreements in hopes that they would improve its access to foreign markets: trade barriers were lowered between Russia and Belarus, and Kazakhstan joined the agreement to create a free-trade area (however, one month later, the accord was still not implemented).
		Belarus and the EU signed an agreement to create a free-trade zone between the EU and Belarus.
	www.photius.com /countries/belarus/economy/belarus_economy_foreign_economic_rel~675.html (272 words)

	Belarus Economy - overview - Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belarus's economy in 2003-04 posted 6.1% and 6.4% growth.
		Growth has been strong in recent years, despite the roadblocks in a tough, centrally directed economy and the high, but decreasing, rate of inflation.
		This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization.
	www.indexmundi.com /belarus/economy_overview.html (278 words)

	Economy - Belarus - Europe
		In the same period annual output declined in almost all sectors of the economy.
		The 2000 GDP of Belarus was an estimated $29.9 billion.
		Of the labor force, 35 percent are employed in industry; 21 percent in agriculture and forestry; and 40 percent in services such as trade and transportation.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/belarus/economy.htm (174 words)

	Belarus - Belarus Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belarus is a lower middle income country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$ 1,590.
		The economy is highly industrialized and largely dependent on the import of energy and raw materials.
		Main socio-economic indicators of the Republic of Belarus for January-June 2004 are available on site of Ministry of Statistics and Analysis.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/BELARUSEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20236667~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:328431,00.html (181 words)

	Belarus Now: Information and Analytical Bulletin; Politics. Economics. Finances. WWW.OPEN.BY; economics Rates of ...
		Under the draft decree, the 25% reduction of customs duties may be applied to all goods (except for alcohol and tobacco) of foreign companies which make direct investments in the republic's economy in the amount of not less than $10 mln and contribute not less than $1 mln in the charter capital of Belarusian enterprise.
		According to experts of the Economy Ministry, the principal sources of external financing today are foreign loans coming to Belarus under intergovernmental lending lines, those of international finance organisations and direct foreign investments.
		Under the Ministry of Economy data, the above indices are among the lowest in the East Europe and CIS countries.
	www.open.by /belarus-now/cont/1998/0331/economics/bg3-ec.html (371 words)

	Economic History and Economy of Belarus
		Belarus (Byelorussia, White Russia) is the smallest of the three Slavic States of the former Soviet Union with a population of about ten million people.
		In 1994 Alexander Lukashenko was elected President of Belarus, with particular support from the pensioners, government employees and collective farmers who feared the financial chaos of the post-Soviet period.
		Economic theory suggests that hobbling the economy to protect the pensions of the retired and the government employees will result in the producing members of the society departing leaving Belarus industries crippled.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/belarus.htm (470 words)

	The News-Herald - News - 07/16/2005 - 11-year-old girl from Russia gets breath of fresh air
		"Because of the unfortunate state of economy in Belarus, and the lack of support of their government, they have established organizations to host these children in more than 20 countries around the world and rely on them to raise funds to transport the children," the group's Web site says.
		The fund helps bring healthy children between the ages of 8 and 12 to countries such as the United States for a six- to eight-week respite from the contaminated air of their homeland.
		The country of Belarus is NOT the same as the country of Russia.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14870029&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6 (882 words)

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