Libya Humanitarian Overview

Libya Humanitarian Overview

Since mid-2014, fighting in populated areas continues across Libya, leading to civilian casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure and displacement. In the last 12 months, an estimated 1.62 million people¹ have been directly affected. According to the latest UN and partners’ needs analysis, 1.1 million people, of whom 378,000 are children and 307,000 ...

Lebanon: an Overview

Lebanon: an Overview

Lebanon, a small middle-income country located on the eastern Mediterranean, is typical of many developing nations as it is undergoing demographic and epidemiological transitions with limited resources at hand, and yet unique due to its diverse population and long history of conflict. The conditions of Lebanese women are also fairly unique: A gender anal ...

Laos Country Overview

Laos Country Overview

The recorded history of Laos dates back to the 14th Century when the independent Kingdom of Lane Xang (one million elephants) first emerged. It was during the Lane Xang period that Theravada Buddhism was introduced to Laos. Conflicts with Siam and other neighboring countries occurred over later centuries. In the early 18th Century the Kingdom split into ...

Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan

Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan

The modern Kyrgyz Republic is based on a civilization of nomadic tribes that moved across the northern part of Central Asia, intermixing with other tribes and peoples. The first Kyrgyz state, the Kyrgyz Khanate, existed from the sixth to the thirteenth century and extended at its greatest size from present-day south-central Siberia to present-day eastern ...

Kiribati 2016 Country Review

Kiribati 2016 Country Review

Kiribati won independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Like other Pacific island countries, Kiribati is far from major markets, has few natural resources and a narrow economic base. Production and exports are limited to copra, fish and seaweed, and the economy is vulnerable to fluctuations in world commodity demand and prices.

Jordan Factsheet

Jordan Factsheet

UNHCR coordinates the refugee response under the leadership of the Government of Jordan and through the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), in a collaborative effort between the donor community, UN agencies, international and national NGOs, communitybased organizations, refugees and host communities.

India Economic Summit Overview

India Economic Summit Overview

With a strong demographic dividend, a growing entrepreneurial ecosystem and a large domestic market, the time is right for India’s economy to soar. The world is expecting India to translate its potential into action. If the economic liberalization of 1991 was a watershed moment for India, 25 years later India again stands on the threshold of another hist ...

Iceland in Figures 2018

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The 2018 National Reform Programme of Hungary

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 121(2) and 148(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies1 , and ...

Honduras 2016 Country Review

Honduras 2016 Country Review

Honduras is a country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua. It became a Spanish colony in the early 1500s and gained independence in 1821. The country was under the rule of dictatorship from 1933 to 1948. The following decades saw civilian governments alternating with military coups and rule until 1982 when an ...

Market Outlook Perth Western Australia

Market Outlook Perth Western Australia

IMPORTANT TIMEZONE 1 hour timezone 5 hour business timezone Perth shares a time zone with approximately 60% of the world’s population. The recent introduction of Perth-London direct flights reinforces the Perth’s role as Australia’s Western Gateway and provides a vital entry point for European travellers.

Making a Will - All You Need to Know

Making a Will - All You Need to Know

Get an idea of what your estate will be worth by drawing up a list of your assets and debts. Assets that typically make up an estate include: your home, and any other property you own savings in bank and building society accounts National Savings, such as premium bonds insurance, such as life assurance or an endowment policy pension funds that inclu ...

Guyana Basic Country Data

Guyana Basic Country Data

Total Population: 754,493 Population 0-14 years: 34% Rural population: 72% Population living under USD 1.25 a day: no data Population living under the national poverty line: no data Income status: Lower middle income economy Ranking: Medium human development (ranking 117) Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US dollar): 133 Li ...

Guinea Overview

Guinea Overview

Provide international protection and material assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in Guinea (Liberian, Sierra Leonean and Ivorian refugees); continue to promote and complete the organized voluntary repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees; pursue durable solutions such as resettlement to third countries and local integration especially for urban ref ...

Guernsey Facts and Figures 2018

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Guernsey’s Facts and Figures booklet, which contains a wealth of fiscal, economic, social and environmental data. Over the last few years we have consciously expanded what we report to ensure the booklet is of interest and use to everyone on the island, not just policy makers. It is a key part of our government transpa ...

GUAM–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022

GUAM–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022

Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States of America in the western Pacific Ocean. Guam has an estimated population of 162 000 spread across 19 villages. The majority of people live in the northern part of the island. Guam is one of five Pacific island jurisdictions of the United States of America with a civilian government a ...