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	Economy of Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paraguay has a market economy and is marked by a large informal sector.
		It is, therefore, vulnerable to the vagaries of weather and to the fortunes of the Argentine and Brazilian economies.
		Economy of: Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Paraguay (812 words)

	Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
		Paraguay has a market economy marked by a large informal sector that features both re-export of imported consumer goods to neighbouring countries as well as the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors.
		Paraguay's economy is very dependent on Brazil, its neighbour in the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paraguay (1209 words)

	Paraguay - Encyclopedia Dramatica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Paraguay is a nation nobody gives a shit, the Paraguayans least of all.
		Paraguay is often called "South America's Switzerland", not because of chocolates or quality of life but because it's landlocked, and South Americans find that hilarious for some weird reason.
		The life expectancy in Paraguay is an artificial 160 years, when the citizen must mandatorily present himself to the nearest poultry farm for processing.
	www.encyclopediadramatica.com /index.php/Paraguay (237 words)

	Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Paraguay, inland republic in South America, bounded on the northwest and north by Bolivia, on the east by Brazil, and on the south and southwest by Argentina.
		Paraguay proper, where rainfall is heavy, is covered by dense evergreen forests mixed with a wide variety of tropical grasses, ferns, palms, and exotic flowers.
		The population of Paraguay is 5,070,856, mostly in the western Oriental.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/LatinAmerica/adaehr/enparaguay.html (552 words)

	Paraguay - The Economy
		Paraguay's economy also was characterized by a large underground sector, in which smuggling and contraband had become normal features by the 1970s.
		Paraguay's poverty was mostly a rural phenomenon, which increasingly involved competition for land in the eastern region near the Brazilian border, especially in the departments (administrative divisions) of Alto Paraná, Canendiyú, and Caaguazú.
		Paraguay contained little oil and no precious metals or sea coasts, but the country was self-sufficient in many areas and was endowed with fertile land, dense forests, and swift rivers.
	countrystudies.us /paraguay/37.htm (650 words)

	Paraguay (03/06)
		Paraguay is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies.
		Paraguay is a partner in hemispheric initiatives to improve counternarcotics cooperation, combat money laundering, trafficking in persons, and other illicit cross-border activities, and adequately protect intellectual property rights.
		Paraguay was deemed eligible in both 2004 and 2005 to participate in the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Threshold Country Program (TCP), which helps countries improve their governance, levels of investment in their citizens, and economic freedom, so they can qualify for the MCC’s principal program.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1841.htm (3209 words)

	Peace Corps \| World Wise Schools \| Lesson Plans \| Teacher Guides \| Paraguay
		One interpretation says that the name, Paraguay, means "the place with the great river." Other possible meanings are "river that begins the sea," "crowned river," or "tail of the sea." Even in name, Paraguay's river resources are memorialized, as is the constant quest of its people for an outlet to the sea.
		Brazil and Paraguay both had to consider influences of the project on the ecosystems in the area, analyze possible changes in climatic effects and/or seismic activity, and deal with health issues (such as a clean water supply and the increase of water-borne bacteria).
		Paraguay's fertile land is a valuable natural resource, and most of the population earn their livings through agriculture.
	www.peacecorps.gov /wws/guides/paraguay/overview.html (4022 words)

	Discrete Mathematics Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked country of central South America, bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.
		Paraguay means "a place with a great river" in the Guarani Indian language, and most of its boundaries are marked by rivers.
		Paraguay's traditional exports, meat and lumber, have been adversely affected by trade restrictions; by 1986, cotton, vegetable oils, and soybeans provided nearly 45% of export revenues.
	www.colorado.edu /education/DMP/activities/matrices/olchnd08.html (426 words)

	Paraguay - Itaipú, Yacyretá, and Corpus
		Because the Paraguayan parliament demanded early on that Paraguay receive a fair share of the project's work, Paraguay was officially earmarked for 50 percent of all major contracts.
		Because Paraguay was expected to use only a tiny fraction of its power for the foreseeable future, it sold most of its share back to Brazil, also at a predetermined rate, including normal compensation and royalties.
		An early point of contention between Paraguay and Argentina was the percentage of each country's land that would be flooded for the project's dam; more than 1,690 square kilometers would be needed--a larger area than was flooded for Itaipú.
	countrystudies.us /paraguay/49.htm (1188 words)

	Paraguay History & Paraguay Culture \| iExplore.com
		The recorded history of Paraguay starts from the first encounters between European explorers and the Guarani tribes populating the upper reaches of what are now the Parana and Paraguay rivers.
		Although democratic politics in Paraguay have more or less survived, the population is deeply disillusioned and there are signs that the rural peasantry, after decades of impoverishment, are now organizing to challenge the established order.
		The economy is still in recession; growth is at around 2 per cent, whilst high unemployment (officially at 18.5 per cent but in reality nearer to 40 per cent) has forced much of the workforce into the unregulated ‘fl’ parts of the economy.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Paraguay/History (1368 words)

	Paraguay - Gurupedia
		Paraguay's highly centralised and often dictatorial government was fundamentally changed by the 1992
		The Paraguayan landscape consists of grassy plains and wooded hills in the region east of Paraguay River that divides the country in two; the region west of the river, the (Gran) Chaco features mostly low, marshy plains near the river and dry forest and thorny scrub further west.
		Koreans, ethnic Chinese, Arabs, Brazilians, and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay and they have to an extent retained their respective languages.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pa/paraguay.htm (727 words)

	Paraguay - GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
		Three years after Paraguay overthrew Spanish authority and gained its independence, the country's economy was controlled by the autarchic policies of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814- 40), who closed the young nation's borders to virtually all international trade (see El Supremo Dictador, ch.
		Paraguay was occupied by its enemies in 1870; the countryside was in virtual ruin, the labor force was decimated, peasants were pushed into the environs of Asunción from the east and south, and the modernization of the preceding three decades was undone.
		Paraguay's economic performance was also set back by world recession, poor weather conditions, and growing political and economic instability in Brazil and Argentina.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-10113.html (1831 words)

	Paraguay spprcs1.htm
		Paraguay proper, where rainfall is heavy, is covered by dense evergreen forests interspersed with a wide variety of tropical grasses, ferns, palms, and exotic flowers.
		Paraguay is governed under a 1992 constitution that gives much power to the president but limits each holder of the office to one term.
		Paraguay was among the states that favored collective action by the Organization of American States against the Cuban regime, but such measures were not approved by the two-thirds majority required.
	www.natlaw.com /pubs/spprcs1.htm (3206 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Rumsfeld, Paraguayan President Discuss Mutual Concerns
		Rumsfeld is impressed with Paraguay's leadership and its commitment to strengthening its national security to deal with issues in the region and to reform its military, he told reporters following a 90-minute meeting in Duarte Frutos' presidential residence.
		While working to strengthen Paraguay's economy, the country's leaders also are focused on modernizing their military and creating a better-trained, modernized force capable of addressing security issues in the region.
		Paraguay has been a counterterrorist champion in the unruly "tri-border region," where its borders converge with those of Argentina and Brazil.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Aug2005/20050817_2462.html (638 words)

	paraguay map and map of paraguay and information page
		On the surface Paraguay appeared to be a potentially valuable Spanish dominion, but then, with no gold found, no silver to be mined, and no local Indians forced into slave labor, this isolated colony remained peaceful, and for the most part, out of the spotlight of the Spanish Crown.
		And you guessed it, Paraguay's economy crashed, political infighting continued, and a long series of dictatorships prevailed on into the late 20th century, including the 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, which was overthrown in 1989.
		Relative Location Paraguay, dissected by the Tropic of Capricorn, is located in both the southern and western hemisphere..
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/py.htm (903 words)

	Paraguay - Wikitravel
		Paraguay [1] is a landlocked country in South America, northeast of Argentina, with borders with Bolivia and Brazil.
		The formal economy grew by an average of about 3% annually in 1995-97, but GDP declined slightly in 1998, 1999, and 2000.
		The national beverage in Paraguay is a tea called, and is made from the yerba plant.
	wikitravel.org /en/Paraguay (1475 words)

	Paraguay: A terrorist's utopia? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Paraguay, worried over its growing reputation as a country harboring terrorists, has announced that it would temporarily restrict issuing visas and increase security along its borders, particularly focusing on the eastern portion of the country with its large Arab communities.
		For instance, Argentine officials have maintained that Hezbollah terrorists used Ciudad del Este, Paraguay’s principle city in the tri-border area, as headquarters for their bombing of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Buenos Aires Argentine-Israeli Community Center in 1994.
		Paraguay’s foreign minister, Jose Antonio Moreno, stated that 40 FBI agents had arrived in Paraguay and were headed to Ciudad del Este, a "transit point for shadowy groups." Many experts foresaw this increased U.S. presence as inevitable; however, a deployment of this magnitude can only have been accelerated by the recent terrorist attack.
	www.coha.org /WRH_issues/wrh_21_20_paraguay.htm (900 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Paraguay
		Paraguay, one of South America's least densely populated countries, experienced more than three decades of dictatorship under Alfredo Stroessner, who was ousted in 1989.
		The 1990s saw slow, steady growth, but by 2002 the economy was in serious trouble, partly because of a financial crisis in neighbouring Argentina.
		Paraguay and Bolivia fought over it in the 1930s; the war left 100,000 dead.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1222081.stm (475 words)

	Economy of Paraguay
		Landlocked Paraguay has a market economy marked by a large informal sector.
		The formal economy grew by an average of about 3% annually in 1995-97, but averaged near-zero growth in 1998-2001 and contracted by 2.3 percent in 2002, in response to regional contagion and an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease.
		Aided by a firmer exchange rate and perhaps a greater confidence in the economic policy of the DUARTE FRUTOS administration, the economy rebounded between 2003 and 2005, posting modest growth each year.
	infotut.com /geography/Paraguay/Economy (264 words)

	Paraguay - 999 Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked nation in South America.
		In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865–1870), Paraguay lost two-thirds of its adult male population and 140,000 km² of its territory.
		Asuncion in Paraguay remains the world’s cheapest city, according to the latest cost of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
	www.911paraguay.com /news (1179 words)

	Economy of Paraguay: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Paraguay[For more info, click on this link] has a market economy marked by a large informal sector.
		The formal economy grew by an average of about 3% annually in 1995-97, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The economy is dependent on exports of soybean[Click link for more facts about this topic]s, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ec/economy_of_paraguay.htm (1487 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Economy of Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to Paraguayan Central Bank (BCP) data, Paraguay's real GDP in 2004 of $7.98 billion (in 1994 dollars) represented an increase of 3.9% from 2003.
		Given the importance of the informal sector, accurate economic measures are difficult to obtain.
		It runs a deficit in the trade of goods, but a large surplus in services, reflecting large exports of electricity from Paraguay’s two large hydroelectric dams shared with Brazil and Argentina.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryEconomy.asp?CountryID=140&RegionID=4 (461 words)

	Paraguay Economy
		Paraguay has a predominantly agricultural economy, with a struggling commercial sector.
		There is a large subsistence sector, including sizable urban unemployment and underemployment, and a large underground re-export sector.
		The GDP per capita rose slightly, to $1,019 in current US dollar terms, but has fallen by nearly a third over the past ten years.
	www.traveldocs.com /py/economy.htm (575 words)

	Paraguay Economy 1997 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		The formal sector is largely oriented toward services, but a largepercentage of the population derive their living from agricultural activity,often on a subsistence basis.
		The formal economy has grown an average of 3%to 4% over the past five years.
		Paraguay's ongoing integration into Mercosur offers potentialfor investment and growth.
	www.photius.com /wfb1997/paraguay/paraguay_economy.html (349 words)

	Discrete Mathematics Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This activity is designed to allow students to use their knowledge of matrices and Leontief Models and apply them to a real world economy.
		Economists from time to time study the dependency of sectors of the economy in certain countries on other sectors.
		Given some information about a country in South America called Paraguay, you will develop an economic study of its' economy and compute some basic demand matrices.
	www.colorado.edu /education/DMP/activities/matrices/olcact08.html (300 words)

	Economy, Business & Real Estate of Paraguay
		Paraguay and the International Monetary Fund - Paraguay and the International Monetary Fund - Country profile, activities, news, publications and related economic data.
		Paraguay - Economic Trends and Outlook - Paraguay - Economic Trends and Outlook -
		Paraguay Homepage - Paraguay Homepage - All about Paraguay - Fotos - General Informations - Real States - Contacts.
	www.escapeartist.com /paraguay3/paraguay3.html (273 words)

	Paraguay Economy - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Economy—overview: Paraguay has a market economy marked by a large informal sector.
		The formal economy has grown an average of about 3% over the past six years, but GDP declined in 1998.
		However, population has increased at about the same rate over the same period, leaving per capita income nearly stagnant.
	www.photius.com /wfb1999/paraguay/paraguay_economy.html (281 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - South America - Paraguay - Economy
		World > South America > Paraguay> Economy (Notes)
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	www.geographyiq.com /countries/pa/Paraguay_economy_summary.htm (455 words)

	Flags of Paraguay - geography; Paraguaian Flags, Paraguay Map, Paraguay Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources
		Flags of Paraguay - geography; Paraguaian Flags, Paraguay Map, Paraguay Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources
		Paraguay's flag is unique in that the front and back are different.
		The first image is the FRONT of the flag.
	www.theodora.com /flags/new/paraguay_flags.html (105 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Paraguay
		A detailed list of facts and figures for Paraguay.
		A description of the history, government, politics and economy of Paraguay.
		Paraguay Fire Victims Found Doors Locked: Toll in Supermarket Blaze at Least 320
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/world/americas/southamerica/paraguay (319 words)

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