U.N.: Palestinian Economy Grew 4.5 Pct
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Three of every four Palestinians live in poverty and their economy still depends on donors, despite 4.5 percent economic growth last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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A UN report -- noting while opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was up 64 percent the past year, opium production had only increased 17 -- has still led one UN official
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The Palestinian population in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem has grown about 30 percent in the past decade to 3.76 million, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported Saturday.
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France kicked off an international donors conference to boost the Palestinian economy on Monday, with delegations expected to offer some $5.6 billion and give political impetus to the renewed Middle East peace talks.
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Singapore's economy expanded 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago and grew by 8.1 percent for the full year in 2004, the city-state's Ministry of Trade said Monday.
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The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday made its largest aid appeal ever, saying $246 million was needed next year to help Palestinians in a "deep, unprecedented crisis" because of escalating violence and economic sanctions.
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Sri Lanka's economy has shown remarkable resilience in the past five years, enduring frequent floods, droughts and two decades of civil war, to average growth rates of between 4 and 5 per cent.
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The country&#39;s economy has accelerated, carried by strong household and government spending, to reach its fastest annual pace in nearly four years, official figures show.
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The Romanian government expects gross domestic product to grow by 5.1 to 5.2 percent year-on-year in 2005, the Adevarul newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Officials also reported progress in talks on handing over security control to the Palestinians in five West Bank cities.
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It&#39;s the fastest-growing economy in Europe, in the fifth year of a boom that has seen gross domestic product climb by over a third since 1999.
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The president of the World Bank pushed Tuesday for Palestinian economic reforms and the lifting of Israeli travel restrictions in the West Bank in exchange for an additional $500 million in desperately needed aid to the Palestinians.
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China's economy accelerated to 9.5 percent growth in the year through the fourth quarter, exceeding forecasts and raising the risk of another interest rate increase to avoid overheating.
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PARIS, Dec. 17 -- Countries and international organizations pledged $7.4 billion in assistance to the impoverished Palestinian Authority at a conference in Paris on Monday, saying that an infusion of cash would help the peace process begun by the United States last month in Annapolis, Md.
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According to Al-Raya newspaper (September 20, 2006), the Qatari Minister of Energy and Industry, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, said that the petrochemicals (including ammonia and urea) exports of the State of Qatar hit QR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) last year.
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Latin America's economy grew by 5.5% in 2004, its best performance since 1980, while exports registered their  best performance in two decades.
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The Philippine economyâs projected 4.5-percent growth in 2005 would be the slowest among developing Asian economies, fresh data from the World Bank show.