PURPOSES - THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) The purposes of the IMO, as set forth in the convention, are the following: to facilitate cooperation among governments on technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of

navigation, and

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POVERTY AND WEALTH, INFORMATION ABOUT Trinidad and Tobago - Poverty and wealth. Distribution of wealth has always been uneven in Trinidad and Tobago. Although there is a large middle class, there are also extremes of wealth and poverty. The wealthy minority is made up of those with interests in private-sector manufacturing and, it is widely rumored, with good contacts in

politics

DJIBOUTI AGRICULTURE, INFORMATION ABOUT AGRICULTURE IN The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the number of animals in Djibouti at 200,000 cattle, 500,000 sheep, 500,000 goats, and 62,000 camels. Djibouti has a short coastline, but there is an estimated fish catch of 7,000 to 9,000 metric tons per year. Most of the catch is caught by large-scale industrial trawlers, many of which

are

MALI INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Mali's large geographical area and low income status makes maintenance of its infrastructure a major challenge. For an area of 1.24 million square kilometers (480,000 square miles), the country has a total 15,100 kilometers (9,383 miles) of roads of which only 1,827 kilometers (1,135 miles) are paved. FRANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INFORMATION ABOUT France is the world's fourth largest receiver of international investments. Realizing the importance of operating in the country where the market is, French companies have extended their presence abroad. French companies have established a sizable presence in other countries which amounted to 239.7 billion francs in 1998. ETHIOPIA OVERVIEW OF ECONOMY, INFORMATION ABOUT OVERVIEW Ethiopia - Overview of economy. The Ethiopian state consists, territorially, of the only area in Africa that was never colonized by a European power, with the exception of a brief Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941. Indeed, Ethiopia—or Abyssinia, as the area was once called—is one of the oldest independent countries in the entire

world.

LATVIA INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Latvia possesses 2,406 kilometers (1,495 miles) of railroads that extend toward Russia, Belarussia, and the other Baltic States. Both they and the cars that roll across them are aging and in need of

repair.

BELARUS INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Belarus has an extensive though aging infrastructure , which is badly in need of investment for repair and maintenance.A network of over 5,488 kilometers (3,409 miles) of railways and 52,131 kilometers (32,380 miles) of primary and secondary roads serve the country. ITALY INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Italy has an efficient and modern infrastructure, even though it performs poorly compared to other Western European countries of

comparable size.

ARGENTINA INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Argentina has a good infrastructure system in comparison with other Latin American nations, but many areas need significant improvement. The nation has 215,434 kilometers (133,870 miles) of roads, including 734 kilometers (456 miles) of expressways or highways, but only 63,553 kilometers (39,492 miles) of the country's roads are paved. PURPOSES - THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) The purposes of the IMO, as set forth in the convention, are the following: to facilitate cooperation among governments on technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of

navigation, and

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POVERTY AND WEALTH, INFORMATION ABOUT Trinidad and Tobago - Poverty and wealth. Distribution of wealth has always been uneven in Trinidad and Tobago. Although there is a large middle class, there are also extremes of wealth and poverty. The wealthy minority is made up of those with interests in private-sector manufacturing and, it is widely rumored, with good contacts in

politics

DJIBOUTI AGRICULTURE, INFORMATION ABOUT AGRICULTURE IN The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the number of animals in Djibouti at 200,000 cattle, 500,000 sheep, 500,000 goats, and 62,000 camels. Djibouti has a short coastline, but there is an estimated fish catch of 7,000 to 9,000 metric tons per year. Most of the catch is caught by large-scale industrial trawlers, many of which

are

MALI INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Mali's large geographical area and low income status makes maintenance of its infrastructure a major challenge. For an area of 1.24 million square kilometers (480,000 square miles), the country has a total 15,100 kilometers (9,383 miles) of roads of which only 1,827 kilometers (1,135 miles) are paved. FRANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INFORMATION ABOUT France is the world's fourth largest receiver of international investments. Realizing the importance of operating in the country where the market is, French companies have extended their presence abroad. French companies have established a sizable presence in other countries which amounted to 239.7 billion francs in 1998. ETHIOPIA OVERVIEW OF ECONOMY, INFORMATION ABOUT OVERVIEW Ethiopia - Overview of economy. The Ethiopian state consists, territorially, of the only area in Africa that was never colonized by a European power, with the exception of a brief Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941. Indeed, Ethiopia—or Abyssinia, as the area was once called—is one of the oldest independent countries in the entire

world.

LATVIA INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Latvia possesses 2,406 kilometers (1,495 miles) of railroads that extend toward Russia, Belarussia, and the other Baltic States. Both they and the cars that roll across them are aging and in need of

repair.

BELARUS INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Belarus has an extensive though aging infrastructure , which is badly in need of investment for repair and maintenance.A network of over 5,488 kilometers (3,409 miles) of railways and 52,131 kilometers (32,380 miles) of primary and secondary roads serve the country. ITALY INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Italy has an efficient and modern infrastructure, even though it performs poorly compared to other Western European countries of

comparable size.

ARGENTINA INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Argentina has a good infrastructure system in comparison with other Latin American nations, but many areas need significant improvement. The nation has 215,434 kilometers (133,870 miles) of roads, including 734 kilometers (456 miles) of expressways or highways, but only 63,553 kilometers (39,492 miles) of the country's roads are paved. PURPOSES - THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) The purposes of the IMO, as set forth in the convention, are the following: to facilitate cooperation among governments on technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of

navigation, and

LATVIA INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Latvia possesses 2,406 kilometers (1,495 miles) of railroads that extend toward Russia, Belarussia, and the other Baltic States. Both they and the cars that roll across them are aging and in need of

repair.

TOPOGRAPHY - JAPAN - LOCATED, AVERAGE, AREA The highest is the beautiful Mt. Fuji (Fuji-san), at 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan has 265 volcanoes (including the dormant Mt. Fuji), of which about 20 remain active. Earthquakes occur continually, with an average of 1,500 minor shocks per year. One of the world's greatest recorded natural disasters was the Kanto earthquake of 1923, when the

ENVIRONMENT

Iraq - Environment. The major sources of environmental damage are effluents from oil refineries, factory and sewage discharges into rivers, fertilizer and chemical contamination of the soil, and industrial air pollution in urban areas. An estimated 1% of agricultural land is lost each year through soil erosion and

salinization.

POLAND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INFORMATION ABOUT Photo by: jurand. During the last decade of the 20th century, international trade was fully liberalized. The direction of Poland's trade has changed substantially as the result of the breakup of the Soviet bloc of countries. Today, Poland's major trading partners are located mostly in Western Europe and North America and not in the

former.

EGYPT INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Egypt's infrastructure is relatively underdeveloped. The country is serviced by a network of over 64,000 kilometers (39,769 miles) of primary and secondary roads, BELARUS INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS Belarus has an extensive though aging infrastructure , which is badly in need of investment for repair and maintenance.A network of over 5,488 kilometers (3,409 miles) of railways and 52,131 kilometers (32,380 miles) of primary and secondary roads serve the country. GERMANY INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER, AND COMMUNICATIONS centers and the world. In 2000 the total length of paved highways was 650,891 kilometers (404,444 miles), including 11,400 kilometers (7,083 miles) of express-ways. BANGLADESH WORKING CONDITIONS, INFORMATION ABOUT WORKING Bangladesh - Working conditions. Due to rapid growth of the population in the last few decades the Bangladeshi labor force has grown rapidly, as there was a large proportion of young people born in the 1960s and 1970s. According to the EIU Country Profile the Bangladeshi labor force almost doubled in a matter of a decade, growing from 30.9 PERU POVERTY AND WEALTH, INFORMATION ABOUT POVERTY AND Peru - Poverty and wealth. Despite years of promises and billions in social programs, the bulk of Peru's population (54 percent) lives in poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook. Of the poor, the UNDP estimates that 19 percent live in "absolute poverty," meaning they survive on less than US$1 a day.

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