It's an under-developed region where, as in so much of euro-bolstered southern Europe, the biggest economic player is the state.
The study was unique in that it focused on a less developed region of the world and included data over an extensive period of time.
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As a traditional car centre, the north-east has some advantages, including labour costs that are lower than those of the more developed coastal region to the south.
This was achieved by the company's differentiated strategy of focusing on premium models for developed economies and region-specific models in emerging markets.
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BerkShares are a form of local currency developed in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts two years ago.
Nevertheless, Las Vegas Sands has expanded rapidly in the Macau region and developed a portfolio of properties to control a significant portion of the market.
For travellers seeking a local excursion, a 30-minute drive northward on paved roads leads to the Zagorohoria, a region of developed traditional mountain villages overlooking the awe-inspiring Vikos Gorge, said to be the world's deepest.
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Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture developed in the north-western part of Japan s main island and bear the mark of the region s cooler climate particularly its snowy winters.
In place of a centralized database, many countries want a federated system where the identifiers are developed by a country or region.
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For investors hunting for yield, bonds from the region offer a better return than those from more developed markets, although some money managers are growing more cautious on the region.
Hong Kong and Singapore, the region's two most developed markets outside Japan, still do not have a law against cartels.
Collectively the nations have been pushing for free trade in the region -- by 2010 for developed nations and by 2020 for developing countries.
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Another factor is that the United States has not developed the sort of intelligence infrastructure in this region that it painstakingly built up in the tribal areas of Pakistan and Yemen.
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Because there currently is no recognized system to verify that the sources of minerals from the DRC are conflict free, efforts to secure supply chains have led to a de facto embargo of minerals from the region while such systems are being developed.
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The islands enjoy a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure as compared with other countries in the region.
While there continue to be some key constitutional issues and real problems of poverty and climate change, the mood was one of urging the developed world to stick to the development commitment and funds set aside for the region, now more than ever.
They won the election, the local region lost a major developing industry and the world lost perhaps the most developed example of sustainable harvesting.
Heading into the third quarter, although growth in developed markets may stall, Samsung aims to expand its presence in emerging markets with region-specific products and entry-level LED TVs.
Kenya has well-developed agriculture, manufacturing and financial services by African standards, the best roads in the region and, despite its tribal rivalries, is fairly peaceful.
Ford Motor Co. has outlined its focus on emerging markets and Asia-Pacific region to drive growth over the next ten years given the economic slowdown in developed markets.
Over the decades, our Alliance has steadily developed into a comprehensive partnership that contributes to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, an important center for global economic growth, and beyond.
It's underpinned by strong economic growth potential relative to the developed markets, there's a great deal of individual wealth that is building up in the region in the retail and high-net-worth levels.
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Shipping companies must ensure that their ships rigorously apply the IMO guidance and industry-developed Best Management Practices in their entirety, so that, when venturing into the western Indian Ocean region, they comply with all the recommended measures: no ship is invulnerable, in particular those with relatively low freeboards and slow steaming speeds.
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The inadequacies of Asia's capital markets, where corporate-bond markets are even less developed than stockmarkets, are the flipside of a dominant banking sector that intermediates four-fifths of the region's investment, compared with just a quarter in America.
Investors have developed an appetite for European junk, sending a flood of money to some of the riskiest companies in the region.
The researchers will leverage a first-of-its-kind learning and predictive analytics tool called the IBM Traffic Prediction Tool (TPT), developed by IBM Research, which continuously analyzes congestion data, commuter locations and expected travel start times throughout a metropolitan region that can affect commuters on highways, rail-lines and urban roads.
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