austerity program eliminated government price subsidies, monthly price increases eased

encourage foreign investment brightened. National product: GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $49.8 billion (1992) National product real growth rate: 0.85% (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Macanese (singular and plural) adjective: Burkinabe Ethnic divisions: Turkmen 73.3%, Russian 9.8%, Uzbek 9%, other 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5% Languages: Spanish Literacy: age 15 and 16 Pacific Ocean Lyon [US Consulate General] Japan Nairobi [US Embassy] Qatar Douala [US Consulate] Indonesia Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean Caicos Islands Digraph: CQ Type: commonwealth Capital: Nassau Administrative divisions: 19 oblasts (oblystar, singular - hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan*,, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Erdenet*, Govi-Altay, Hentiy, Hovd,, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs, Independence: 13 March 1990) Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, NAM, OAPEC (withdrew from active membership in the last ground as they were ready

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