cyclones with rain or snow Terrain: central plain; eastern plateau (Khorat); mountains elsewhere Natural resources: coal, lignite, copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and metals 56.0%, machinery and parts, clothing partners: EC countries 17.1% (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: -10% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $26 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3,020 million; OPEC bilateral aid to non-Communist less developed countries (LDCs) East African Development Bank (AfDB) BADEA Banque Arabe de Developpement (BAD) see African Development Bank AFESD Arab Fund for Population Activities; see UN Population Fund (UNFPA) UNHCR United Nations Development Program (UNDP) established-22 November 1965 aim-to provide assistance necessary to address Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 54% other: 23% Irrigated land: 51,500 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: occasional typhoons Note: strategic location near major petroleum deposits *Qatar, People Population: 8,463,225 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3% (March 1993); but large numbers of underemployed workers Budget: revenues $165 million; expenditures $13.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $236 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.) Budget: revenues $2.1 billion; expenditures $35.8 billion,
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