The country's vital cashew nut crop provides a modest living for most of Guinea-Bissau's farmers and is the main source of foreign exchange.
Under a trade deal with the European Union called GSP-plus, Sri Lanka's garment exports (its second-largest source of foreign exchange) enjoy duty-free access to the EU. But GSP-plus hinges partly on human rights.
And remittances, a big source of foreign-exchange revenue in the region, could fall steeply in a prolonged slowdown.
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If the source of the foreign exchange is inward investors, not exporters, a country can impose capital controls to deter them.
Investors who have bought in cheap--one Philly source says the stock exchange has doubled in value since last year--could be hoping to sell.
McNamara feels the network will serve as a platform for the exchange of open-source components, a way to "process" those raw materials into something that is useful and available to the entire community.
The pavilion became not only an opportunity to exchange ideas but also a source of knowledge for architects to rely on in their efforts to shape the city.
It requires companies to examine their supply chains and disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whether they source tin, tungsten, tantalum, or gold from conflict-mines in the DRC or surrounding countries.
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The proposed LEI system in this paper relies on the at-source creator of the legal entity and its local certifying agent (an internationally recognized auditor, law firm, perhaps a local exchange or business registry owner or other trusted source) to ensure the accuracy of data.
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The only source of new money for stocks remains companies giving shareholders cash in exchange for their shares.
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The five-year bonds, called India Development Bonds, came with insurance against exchange-rate risk and promises not to scrutinise the source of the investment.
When Andrew Fluegelman first got hold of an early IBM PC, he noticed that there was no way to exchange files with other PC users or log on to early services like CompuServe or The Source or computer bulletin boards.
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