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| | Montenet - Economy of Montenegro: Economic Development |
 | | The causes for this relative delay lie in the small population, lack of raw materials, underdeveloped transport, reduced investments, and probably mostly due to the national effort to insure independence and the historical survival of the state. |
 | | The first factories were built in Montenegro in the first decade of the XX century, followed by wood mills, an oil refinery, a brewery, and the electric power-plants. |
 | | These projects are expected to achieve rapid economic development, as well as accelerating the transition of Montenegrin economy by attracting foreign investment, after the outer wall of UN sanctions is lifted, and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (or one of them) are reintegrated in the international financial community. |
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