| CONTINENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| CONTINENT | STRENGTHS | WEAKNESSES/PROBLEMS |
| AFRICA | Forests | Hot climate |
| ASIA | Young Population | Technological backwardness |
| OCEANIA, AUSTRALIA, NEWZEALAND, TASMANIA, PACIFIC ISLANDS | Vast area | In a corner of the world |
| EUROPE | Technological Progress | Aging Population |
| NORTH AMERICA | Technological Advancement | Materialistic outlook of population |
| SOUTH AMERICA | Forest and Mineral Rich | Corrupt and Dictatorship Governments |
| U.N.O | Security Council | |
| WORLD ECONOMIC AFFAIRS | ||
|---|---|---|
| AREA | ISSUES | ANALYSIS |
| INFLATION | IMF | IMF is worried about global inflation. Finds economy resilient. |
| Employment of Statistical tools and mathematical methods in investment decisions | Hitherto in investment decisions, there is an element of emotional element. It involved sentiments. Human thinking. If computer nerds decide where to invest and where not to, what will happen? No body will be concerned about the physical existence of the Companies concerned. | |
| AUSTRALIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE | CAPITAL | ANALYSIS/DESCRIPTION | |
| STATES | |||
| New South Wales | Sydney | ||
| Queensland | Brisbane | ||
| South Australia | Adelaide | ||
| Tasmania | Hobart | ||
| Victoria | Melbourne | ||
| Western Australia | Perth | ||
| Territories | |||
| Mainland | |||
| Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | ||
| Jervis Bay Territory | |||
| Northern Territory | Darwin | ||
| External | |||
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | |||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | |||
| Norfolk Island | |||
| Christmas Island | |||
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |||
| Coral Sea Islands Territory | |||
| Heard and McDonald Islands | |||
AREA | ISSUES | ANALYSIS | |
| CANADA | ||
|---|---|---|
PROVINCE | CAPITAL | ANALYSIS/DESCRIPTION |
| Ontario1 | Toronto | |
| Quebec | Quebec City | |
| Nova Scotia | Halifax | |
| New Brunswick | Fredericton | |
| Manitoba | Winnipeg | |
| British Columbia | Victoria | |
| Prince Edward Island | Charlotte Town | |
| Saskatchewan | Regina | |
| Alberta | Edmonton | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's | |
INDUSTRIES:AsbestosCanada produces 80% of world's asbestos. Asbestos is highly carcinogenous.
CANADA IS BUYING WAR TANKS FROM GERMANY
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| GERMANY | ||
|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE/STATE | CAPITAL | DESCRIPTION/FEATURES/COMMENTS |
| Berlin | Berlin | |
| Bremen | Bremen | |
| Dresden | Saxony | |
| Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Erfurt | Thuringia | |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | |
| Hanover | Lower Saxony | |
| Kiel | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Magdeburg | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Mainz | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Munich | Bavaria | |
| Potsdam | Brandenburg | |
| Saarbrücken | Saarland | |
| Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | |
| Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Wiesbaden | Hesse | |
| ITALY | ||
|---|---|---|
AREA | ISSUES | ANALYSIS |
| CITIES | ||
| Venice | The resident population of Venice is falling. The tourist rush is blooming. Venice is a water-borne city. | |
| GENOA | Facing Downward Population Spiral. | |
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| MEXICO | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE | CAPITAL | STRENGTHS/OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS/WEAKNESSES |
| Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | ||
| Baja California | Mexicali | ||
| Baja California | Sur La Paz | ||
| Campeche | Campeche | ||
| Chiapas Tuxtla | Gutiérrez | ||
| Chihuahua | Chihuahua | ||
| Coahuila | Saltillo | ||
| Colima | Colima | ||
| Durango | Durango | ||
| Guanajuato | Guanajuato | ||
| Guerrero | Chilpancingo | ||
| Hidalgo | Pachuca | ||
| Jalisco | Guadalajara | ||
| Mexico | Toluca | ||
| Michoacan Morelia | |||
| Morelos | Cuernavaca | ||
| Nayarit | Tepic | ||
| Nuevo Leon | Monterrey | ||
| Oaxaca | Oaxaca | ||
| Puebla | Puebla | ||
| Querétaro | Santiago de Querétaro | ||
| Quintana Roo | Chetumal | ||
| San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | ||
| Sinaloa | Culiacán | ||
| Sonora | Hermosillo | ||
| Tabasco | Villahermosa | ||
| Tamaulipas | Ciudad Victoria | ||
| Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala | ||
| Veracruz | Xalapa | ||
| Yucatán | Mérida | ||
| Zacatecas | Zacatecas | ||
| Federal District | Mexico City | ||
| PAKISTAN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE/PROVINCE/TERRITORY | CAPITAL | DESCRIPTION/ANALYSES | ||
| Islamabad CAPITAL TERRITORY | Islamabad '> | |||
| Sindh Province | Punjab Province | LAHORE | ||
| North West Frontier Province | PESHAWAR | |||
| Balochistan Province | QUETTA | |||
| Northern Areas Territory | GILGIT | |||
| TRIBAL AREAS TERRITORY | ||||
Thailand's military coup apparently has the support of the king and the civilians. Military juntas once take over, do not easily relent and vacate the power.
DOLLARS 25,000 MEAL AT BANGKOK
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| UNITED KINGDOM | ||
|---|---|---|
COUNTRY | UNITS | CITIES |
| England | ||
| Scotland | ||
| Wales | ||
| Northern Ireland | ||
AREA | ISSUES | ANALYSIS |
UNITED KINGDOM | British Cabinet | Sep. 2006. British Cabinet, hitherto occupying a prestigious position of a model for democratic convention, has become a seat for power struggles. Four ministers resigning and asking the PM to schedule his departure is a rare event. |
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AREA | ISSUES | ANALYSIS |
Guantanamo Jails | Security Council | Sep. 2006. Bush acknowledged existence of Guantanamo jails. Now what the Security Council will do? |
Security Council | India's Permanent Membership | China is hesitating to support Indian permanent membership of Security Council. But India supported Chinese membership, when China badly needed it. What is China's true nature? |
| UNITED STATES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE | CAPITAL | OTHER CITIES | STRENGTHS/OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS/WEAKNESSES |
| Alabama | Montgomery | Birmingham | Cotton State with Falling Rank; | Excess Government Spending; Hypertension; Diabetes; Property Crime; Need for Development of Rural Airports; Demand for more tax dollars for Education |
| California | Sacramento | Los Angeles | Top in Population; | Power Crisis and Rolling Blackouts; |
| Colorado | Denver | Denver | Denver-Wall Street of the West; Mineral Rich; | Budget Cuts and Spending Controls |
| Connecticut | Hartford | Bridgeport | Depleted Uranium Stocks; Inome Inequalities; Unemployment | |
| Delaware | Dover | Wilmington | Top in Chemicals; Liberal Corporate Laws; | Suburban Crowding; |
| Florida | Tallahassee | Jacksonville | Top in Tourism | Labor Scarcity; |
| Georgia | Atlanta | Atlanta | Top in Peanuts; Second in Cotton; | Highway Safety; Population Growth; |
| Idaho | Dover | -- | Top in Potatos | Shortage of Family Doctors; Wastewater Management; |
| Illinois | Springfield | Chicago | Top in Corn Production; | Population Growth; Urban Sprawls; Long Term Water Scarcity; Mismatch between Employer Needs and Skills of Available Workforce; |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Top in Road Transportation | Energy Vulnerability; Huge fiscal deficit; Traffic Congestion; |
| Iowa | Des Moines | Dubuqu | Top in Tractor Industry; | Drug Use; Energy Shortages; Obesity; Teacher Shortages; |
| Kansas | Topeka | Wichita | Corn, Wheat; | Federal College Aid Cuts |
| Kentucky | Frankfort | Louisville | Hardwood Forests; Tobacco; | Childhood Obesity; Plant Diseases; |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | New Orleans * | Top in Sugar Industry; | Cash Crisis; Landloss due to erosion and subsidence; |
| Maine | Portland | Bar Harbor; Ogunquit; Kennebunkport; | Ship Building and Submarines; Timber and Woodpulp; | Drug Abuse; |
| Maryland | Annapolis | Baltimore | Fishing; Oyster breeding; | CashStrapped Libraries; Unaffordable Housing; |
| Massachusetts | Boston | Boston | Gang Violence; Employees unable to bear cost of Health Insurance; | |
| Michigan | Lansing | Detroit | Automobiles; Pleasure boats and Tourism; | Inadequate Funding of Schools and Universities; Sagging State Economy |
| Minnesota | Saint Paul | Minneapolis | Wheat and Bread; | Air Pollution; Increasing Population; |
| Mississippi | Jackson | Jackson | Third in Cotton; Iron and Steel | Sedimentation of Minnesota River; Mercury Exposure; |
| Missouri | Jefferson City | Kansas City | Lead Production | Methamphetamine Abuse; Pathological Gambling; Street Crime; Scarcity of Capital for Small Businesses; |
| Montana | Helena | Billings | Coal Deposits; Mining; | Budget Cuts; Shrinking Forests; Teacher Shortages |
| Nebraska | Lincoln | Omaha | Beef Industry; | Control of Insects and Pests; Labor Shortages; |
| Nevada | Carson City | Las Vegas | Silver Mining; | Gambling; Metamphetamine Abuse; Nuclear Fuel Disposal; |
| New Hampshire | Concord | Manchester | Mountain Tourism; Granite Mining; | Air Pollution; Hazardous Wastes |
| New Jersey | Trenton | Newark | Diversified Industrial Base; Gardens; | Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; Budget Problems; High Population Density; Resentment against Tax Rises; |
| New Mexico | Santa Fe | Albuquerque | Fine Particle Pollution; Multicultural heritage; Water scarcities | |
(Feb.11, 2007) ALBUQUERQUE: The City Mayor claims that their city is the "fittest" in US with large number of Gyms and woods. (Associated Press Report and Yahoo news).
COMMENT: Smaller Cities have flexibility and manageability. A mayor can do something to change things.
| New York | Albany | New York City | World's Financial Capital | Bad Schools; Non-affordable Housing; Runaway Insurance Rates; |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | Raleigh | Charlotte | Tourism | Addiction Disease; Credit Problem of North Carolina Cropper Farmers; Parenting and Pregnanting Adolescents; |
| North Dakota | Bismarck | Fargo | Wheat ranches; | Anemia; Dental Cavities; Diabetes; Intestinal Parasites; Retaining Rural Health Professionals; |
| Ohio | Columbus | Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland; | Diversified Industrial Base; | Basement Failures of Residential Buildings; Occupational illnesses and injuries of workers; |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | Multilinguistic Multi Tribal Environment; | Asthma; Breathing Problems; Workers' Compensation; |
| Oregon | Salem | Portland | Forests, Plywood and Timber; | Water Resources; Inadequate Funding of Public Schools |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | Philadelphia | Coal, Oil and Steel; | Rise of Trade Unionism |
| Rhode Island | Providence | Providence | Island Tourism | Automobile Thefts; Coastal Resources Management; Insurance Frauds; Neglected Urban Schools; |
| South Carolina | Columbia | Columbia | Rice Farming; Beach Tourism; | Counterfeit Bills; Water Hyacinth |
| . South Dakota | Pierre | Sioux Falls | Gold Mining; Mountain Tourism; Ranch Tourism; | Children Driving Bikes; Deficit State Budgets; Drunken Driving By Teenagers; Teen Tobacco Use; Voter Intimidation; |
| Tennessee | Nashville | Memphis | Music Recording Business; | Obesity; |
| Texas | Austin | Dallas, Houston | Beaf; Cotton; Oil Refining; | Budget Deficits; Lyme Disease; Rapidly growing population; |
| Utah | Park City, Moab; Salt Lake City, St. George City | Mountain Tourism, Skiing; | Industrial Plant Shut-downs; Personal bankruptcies; Underground Economy; | |
| Vermont | Montpelier | Burlington | Mountain Tourism; Skiing; | Aging Sewer Collection Systems; Water Quality Standards; |
| Virginia | Richmond | Norfolk; Virginia Beach, Williamsburg; | Vacation Tourism | Fiscal Problems; Tax Increases; |
| Washington | Olympia | Seattle | Apple Orchards; Hydro Electric Power; Mountain Tourism; Rain Forests; | Antibiotics Resistance; Mad Cow Disease; Work related burns; |
| West Virginia | Charleston | Charleston | Mountains; Forests; | Cardiovascular Diseases; Obesity; |
| Wisconsin | Madison | Milwaukee | Mountain Tourism; Top in Dairy Products: butter; cheese; milk; | Family Violence; High taxes; Nitrate Contamination of Ground Water; Sexual Assault; |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne | Cheyenne, Jackson | Tourism | Artifact Looting; Occupational Lead Poisoning; Underage Drinking; Unemployment; |
CROSS BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS | ||
|---|---|---|
| AREA | EVENT/NEWS | COMMENT |
| FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES | BOGUS UNIVERSITIES BORDERLESS EDUCATION | UNESCO - REFORM, INNOVATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DIVISION initiated a process of establishing a website consisting list of accredited institutions recognised by NATIONAL AUTHORITIES. 1. Students can become INFORMED DECISION MAKERS. 2. Can get AUTHENTIC INFORMATION. |
WORLD EDUCATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| AREA | EVENT/NEWS | COMMENT |
| STRENGTH | 100 million students | China, India, US and Russia account for 53% of student strength |
| Back to Contents AFRICA  | ||
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| COUNTRY | STRENGTHS/OPPORTUNITIES | WEAKNESSES/THREATS |
| Algeria | Income Disparities; Underemployment; Unemployment; | |
| Angola | Oil Rich. | Income disparities |
| Benin | Problems: Child Trafficking; Deforestation; Poverty; Prostitution; | |
| Botswana | Problems: Heavy dependence on Diamond Mining Industry; HIV; Illegal Zimbabwean Immigrants; Limited domestic markets; Unemployment | |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Problems: Desertification; Droughts; External Debt; Filariasis; Helminthiasis; HIV; Illiteracy; Intestinal Parasites; Poverty; schistosomiasis |
| Burundi | Bujumbara | Cholera outbreak (occasional); HIV; Illiteracy; water scarcity; Poor roads; |
| Cameroon | Problems: Banditry; Cholera (occasional); Deforestation; Poverty; Slums; Violence against Women; Yellow Fever; | |
| Cape Verde | Problems: Child Abuse; Droughts; Disputes with Guinea Bissau; Flue; Juvenile Prostitution; Malaria; Malnutrition; | |
| Central African Republic | Problems: Corruption; Desertification; Measles; Poverty; TseTse Flies; | |
| Chad | Deforestation; Floods; Primary Education | |
| Comoros | Union of 3 islands | Poverty; Mercury Pollution; Population Growth; Volcanos; Water shortage; |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Brazzaville | |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Hepatitis; | |
| Côte d'Ivoire IVORY COAST | Tourism | Dumping of Toxic Chemical; Low Agricultural Prices; Waste |
| Djibouti | Drug Addiction (Narcotics: Khat); Ethnic tensions; Refugees Subsistence Farming; | |
| Egypt | Problems: Air Pollution; Heavy Taxation; HIV Monument Protection; Religious Extremism; Violence against children; | |
| Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial guinia) | Oil Rich; | Absence of Drug Laws; Corruption of Rules; Subsistence Farming; |
| Eritrea | Conflict with Ethiopia; | |
| ETHIOPIA | Addis Ababa | Conflict with Eritrea; Poverty; One of the poorest nations in the world. Amharic Language. 3.3 million year old fossil of a 3 year old female child found; |
| Gabon | External Debt; Amoebiasis; Cholera; HIV/AIDS; Leishmaniasis; Leprosy; Lymphatic Filariasis; Malaria; Meningitis; Onchocerciasis; Paragonomisis; Schistosomiasis; Trypanosomiasis; VERTEBRAL Tuberculosis; Typhoid Fever | |
| Gambia | Gambia is very narrow just 35 kms. wide and 300 km. long, along the Gambia River. Gambia separates North and South Senegal. Gambia provides water transport to Senegal. Occasional differences arise. | |
| Ghana | Take Off stage of industrial development | Corruption in Army; Deforestation; Soil DegradationUnemployment |
| Guinea | 1. Poverty. | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Corruption; Fake drugs; Low rice yields; Mosquitos; Smuggling; | |
| Kenya | Problems: 1. Refugees from Somalia. | |
| Lesotho | Food Insecurity; Gender Inequality | |
| Liberia Capital:Monrovia | Political Unrest | |
| Libya | Oil Rich | Disputes with Chad; Corruption |
| Malawi | Land Infertility; Plywood export problems; Shortage of Doctors and Nurses; | |
| Mali | water pollution; Bilharzia (Schistosome) | |
| Mauritania | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Locusts; Malnutrition; Slavery; | |
| Mauritius | Monoculture; Poultry Diseases; | |
| Morocco | Deficient Housing; Drought; Illiteracy; Poverty; Unemployment | |
| Mozambique-Maputo | Food Insecurity; Poor rail; Poor roads; Not much harmony with South Africa; | |
| Namibia | Not much harmony with Angola; Teenage pregnancies; South African domination; | |
| Niger | Archaeological thefts; Poverty; Vitamin A deficiency; | |
| Nigeria | Oil Rich | Agricultural Credit; HIV; Rampant corruption; Solid Waste Management; Transnational Corporate Exploitation; Urban Design; |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Past history of genocide and its effects; Poverty; Urbanisation and displacement of poor; |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Exotic Birds; Golden Beaches; Tropical jungles; Volcanic Mountains; | Dependence on cocoa |
| Senegal | Anti Western Patriotism; Cross Border transport through Gambia; Droughts; Slum Upgradation; | |
| Seychelles | ||
| Sierra Leone -Free Town | Strategic Location on Atlantic Ocean; Tourism; | Low Average Life Span |
| Somalia | Excess Dependence on Cattle Grazing; Child mortality; Semi nomadic population; | |
| South Africa | Not much harmony with Mozambique; | |
| Sudan | 1. Internal rebels. 2. Flight of refugees to Uganda. | |
| Swaziland | Food Insecurity; | |
| Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | Problems: Cholera (occasional0, Diarrhoea (occasional); HIV; Malaria : |
| Togo | Problems: 1. Deforestation 2. Water Pollution 3. Dictatorship | |
| Tunisia | 1. External debt. | |
| Uganda | Problems: 1. AIDS | |
| Western Sahara (SADR) | 1. Desertification and sand dunes.2. Hunger. | |
| Zambia | Zambia's problems: 1. debt 2. poverty 3. shortage of clothing 4. small sized land holdings | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe's problems: 1. Inflation 2. Land scarcity and conflict with white farmers 3. Antipathy of Europe, particularly Britain | |
| ASIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTRY | CAPITAL | STRENGTHS | WEAKNESSES/THREATS |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Difficult Terrain; Drug Smuggling; Internal Strife, Landlocked; Landmin\es and Unexploded Ordnance; | |
| Armenia | Yerevan | Industrial Advancement; Non ferrous metals mining; | Landlocked; Lack of energy sources |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Irrigated Land; Oil Rich | |
| Bahrain | Manama | Oil Rich | Overexploitation of Oil; |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Irrigated Lands; | Frequent Floods; Poverty |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Himalayan Forests | Landlocked; |
| Brunei-Darussalam | Bandar-Seri-Begawan | Oil and Natural Gas | Excess Subsidisation |
| Cambodia | Phnom-Penh | Water resources | Frequent Floods; Illiteracy; Rampant Corruption; |
| CHINA | BEIJING | MAINLAND CHINA | Raising Income disparities; Rural Poverty; |
| East Timor | Dili | Petroleum and Natural Gas Reserves | Exploitation by neighbors like Australia |
| India | New Delhi | Crazy of inviting Foreign Direct Investment; Good Science and Technology Base; Newly Industrializing Country; | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Oil and Natural Gas; | High rate of inflation; Low Foreign Investment; Low GDP Growth Rate; Rampant Corruption; Weak Legal System; |
| Iran | Tehran | Oil and Natural Gas | |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Oil and Natural Gas; Strategic Location | Shia Sunni Strife |
| Israel | Jerusalem | Technological advancement | External strife; |
| Japan | Tokyo | Technological progress; Hardworking population with High Savings and Low Consumption habits | Deflation; Dysfunctional Politicla Economy; Jobless Rate; Slow growth of Exports |
| Jordan | Amman | Development of Light Industry; Succeeding in Population Control | Low Energy Sources; Low Water Sources; Excess dependence on exports of Phosphates and Potash; |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Oil and Natural Gas | Droughts |
| Korea, North | Pyongyang | Loyal Population | International Restrictions and Criticism |
| Korea, South | Seoul | Industrial Growth | Nuclear Capabilities of North Korea |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Better Feminine Rights; Oil and Natural Gas | Little Agriculture; Food Imports; |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishtek | Mineral Wealth; Water Wealth; | Landlocked; Mountainous Terrain; |
| Laos | Vientiane | Water Transportation | Landlocked; Poor Communications; Rural Poverty; Subsistence Agriculture; |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Growing Economy; Low Inflation; Natural Resources; Skilled Workers; Stable Exchange Rate Policy; Strong Government Budget; | Diabetes; Ethnic Tensions; Flood Hazard Management; High Internal Debt; Low Rice yield; Renal Failures; Tuberculosis; Waste Recycling; Weak Banking System |
| Maldives | Male | Underexploited Fishing Grounds; | Excess Coral Mining; Excess Sand Mining; |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Corruption; Grassland Desertification; Harsh Climate; High Government Debt; Landlocked; Small Domestic Market; | |
| Myanmar | Yangon | Strong Buddhism and Serenity; Tropical Forests; | Poverty; |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Excess Dependence on Foreign Aid;InternalStrife and Maois't Insurgence; | |
| Oman | Muscat | Oil and Natural Gas | Forced Labour; Gender Inequality; Human Trafficking; Poor Water Quality; |
| PAKISTAN | ISLAMABAD | International Accounting Standards | Illiteracy; Militant Islamism; |
| Philippines | Manila | Call Centres and Voice Work; | Corruption |
| Qatar | Doha | Oil and Natural Gas | Overexploitation of Groundwater Resources; |
| Russia | Moscow | Engineering and Scientific Talent; OIl and Natural Gas | Chechenya; Crumbling Conventional Military System; |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Oil and Natural Gas | Militant Islamism; Wahabism; Inadequate Water Resources and Improper Water Use; |
| Singapore | Singapore | Disciplined Population; Rapid Industrialisation; | Alcohol Abuse; |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Textile Industry; Apparel Manufacturing Industry; | Internal Strife from LTTE; |
| Syria | Damascus | Chemical Weapons | Lack of Peace with Israel |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Technological Progress; Financial Resources | Excess dependence on China |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Oil Exports | Inadequate Infrastructure; Internal Power Struggle; Poorest Post-Soviet Block Country; |
| THAILAND | Bangkok | Investment Potential | Politicla Instability |
| Turkey | Ankara | Democratic Systems; Free Economy; Manmade Textiles; Secular Systems; | social modernisation |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Fascinating Handicrafts; | Excess Government Control |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Oil and Natural Gas; Well supervised banks; | Urban Explosion |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Home Building Industry; Textile Industry; | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Doi Moi Economic Reforms; Friendship with USA | Bankruptcy of State Owned Enterprises; |
| EUROPE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallest Continent next to . Industrially most advanced. | |||
| COUNTRY | CAPITAL | STRENGTH & OPPORTUNITIES | WEAKNESSES & THREATS |
| Albania | Tirana | Low Inflation; Mineral Rich | Brain Drain; Corruption; Large Informal Economy; Organised Crime; Power Shortages; Reproductive Health Problems; Unemployment; Water Quality; |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Tax Haven; Tourism | Deforestation; Food Imports |
| Austria | Vienna | Balanced Budgets; | Aging Population |
| Belarus | Minsk | Good Growth Rate | Inflation; Land locked; Low Foreign Investment |
| Belgium | Brussels | Developed Transport Network; Industrial Development; | Poor Natural Resources |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Less Corruption | Boundary Disputes; Current Account Deficit; Fragmentation of Agricultual Farms; Informal Economy; InterEthnic Strife; Unemployment; |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Fixed Exchange Rates System; Good International Investment; Macro Economic Stability; Strong Economic Growth | Antiquated Telephone System; |
| Croatia | Zagreb | MacroEconomic Stabilisation | Border Disputes with Bosnia; Unemployment; |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Strong Foreign Investment; Strong Domestic Investment; | Floodprone; Landlocked; Public Finance Gap; |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Budget Surpluses; High GDP per Capita; Market Economy; Low Gini Index (Better Distribution of Incomes) ; High Investment in Education and Public Health; Honesty and transparency in public management; State-of-the-Art Infrastructure; | Aging population; Flood Threats prevented by building dykes |
| Estonia | Tallinn | Balanced Budget; Low Public Debt; | Coastal Water Pollution; Current Account Deficit; |
| Finland | Helsinki | Diversified Industrial Economy; Strong National Innovation Systems; Lake Dominated Terrain; | |
| France | Paris | Economy in Transition from Mixed Economy to Market Economy; Oil Seeds Production; | Budget Deficit; Economic Slow Down; High Taxation; Labour Rigidities; Unemployment; |
| GERMANY | Berlin | Oil Seed Production; Polymer Science; Progressive Capital Markets; Top Industrial Power in Europe; | Aging Population; Budget Deficits; Pollution of the Baltic Sea; Unemployment; |
| Greece | Athens | Largest Merchant Shipping Fleet in Europe; Public Sector Domination | Budget Deficit; Disputes with Turkey; Inflation; Public Debt; Unemployment; |
| Hungary | Budapest | Strong Economic Growth; Economy in Transition; | Budget Deficit; Current Account Deficit; High Interest Rates; Landlocked; |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | Geothermal Power; | Covered by Glaciers; No Natural Resources; |
| Ireland | Dublin | Air Transportation; Export Driven Economy; High Per Capita GDP | Dispute with UK and Denmark over Faro Islands |
| Italy | Rome | Developed Economy; Oil Seed Producer; | Illegal Immigrants from Mediterranean; Corruption; Organised Crime; Stagnation of Growth; Unemployment; |
| Latvia | Riga | Poor Quality of Drinking Water; Drainage and Sewerage; | |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Low Taxation; | Landlocked; |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | Market Economy | MusculoSkeletal Complaints of Workers; Slow growth of Housing Construction and Investment; |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Easy Access to Belgium, France and Germany;Top in per Capita GDP; | Aging Society; Multilingual enviroment; |
| Macedonia | Skopje | Low Inflation; MacroEconomic Stability; | Landlocked; Grey Economy; |
| Malta | Valletta | Geographical Central Location; Productive Labour; | Excess dependence on Foeign Trade; Food Imports; Scarcity of Fresh Water; |
| Moldova | Chisinau | - | Dependence on Agriculture; Landlocked; Poor Energy Sources; Poverty; |
| Monaco | Monaco | Tax Haven; Tourist Resorts; | Casinos and Gambling; Second Smallest Independent Country in the World; |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | Democratic Reforms; Economic Reforms; Legislative Reforms; Public Administration Reforms Aims to be Efficient MicroState; Efforts towards fiscal discipline | Dependence on External Support; Slack Banking Regulation; Severe Unemployment |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Basic Chemicals; Dairy Products; Genomics; Growth of Transport Services; Floriculture; High GDP per Capita; Horticulture; Molecular Biology; Naval Electronics | Care of Elderly; Quality of Breathing Air; |
| Norway | Oslo | HydroElectric Power; Oil and Natural Gas; Sea Food; Shipping; Strong Social Welfare Programmes | Tertiary Education (Non University Higher Education); Use of Antibiotics in Fish Farms; |
| Poland | Warsaw | Cut Glass, Pottery; Textiles; | Corruption; Dilapidated Infrastructure; Exchange Rate Volatility; Outmoded Telecommunication System; Surplus Labour in Agricultural Sector; Unemployment; |
| Portugal | Libson | Diversified Services Sector; | Budget Deficit; Low Foreign Direct Investment; |
| Romania | Bucharest | Strong Military, Police; Oil Seed Production | Bureaucratic Delays; Persistent Corruption |
| Russia | Moscow | Metallurgy; Oil and Natural Gas; Falling Foreign Debt; Phenominal Rise in Foreign Reserves; Suspicions of Rising State Control | Chechnya Violence; Inflation |
| San Marino | San Marino | Tourism; | Dependence for Food on Italy |
| Serbia | Belgrade | Chemicals, Electronics, Machine Building, PetroChemicals; | Restabilisation from past political uncertainties; |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | Attracted good Foreign Direct Investment; Heavy Industries; | Banking Sector Domination by Foreign Banks; Unemployment; |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | Consensus Politics; Modern Infrastructure; Social Discipline; Sports Goods Exports; | |
| Spain | Madrid | Financial Management; Science and Technology; | High level of wages; Slot Machine Gambling; |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Engineering Industry; Fiscal Discipline; Hydro Power; Iron Ore; Timber; | Aging Population |
| Switzerland | Bern | Commitment to Neutrality; Strong Banking Practices; | Landlocked; |
| Ukraine | Kiev | Ability to combine Russian Technology and Western Technologies; Multiethnic Society; Research and Development; | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | London | Public Health; Infectitious Disease Control; Science and Technology; BioTecnology; Commercial Development of University Funded Initiatives; | Stagnating Economy; |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | Tourist Income | Church Financial Problems |
| NORTH AMERICA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leading Continent along with Europe.. | |||
| COUNTRY | CAPITAL | STRENGTHS/OPPORTUNITIES | PROBLEMS/WEAKNESSES/THREATS |
| Anguilla (UK) | The Valley | Strong Self Reliant Government | Dependence on Tourism; No Natural Resources; |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | Hotels and Tourism | Bitter memories of Slavery |
| Aruba ( Netherlands) | Oranjestad | Oil Refining; Tourism | Money Laundering and Narcotics |
| Bahamas | Nassau | Offshore Banking; Tourism; | Excess Dependence on US; Lack of interest in Agriculture and Manufacturing; |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | Offshore Banking; Tourism; | Decay of Sugar Industry; Excess Dependence on Tourism from US |
| Belize | Belmopan | Offshore Banking; Tourism | HIV AIDS; Smuggling Narcotics; Smuggling Illegal Immigrants; |
| Bermuda (UK) | Hamilton | Abundant Rainfall; Financial Services Sector; High Per Capita Income; | Food Imports; |
| British Virgin Islands (UK) | Road Town | Offshore Banking; Tourism | Corporate Financial Crime; Food Imports; Money Laundering; |
| CANADA | Ottawa | Abundant Natural Resources; Large Size; | Budget Discipline; Excess Dependence on Exports to US; Public Funding of Health Care; |
| Cayman Islands (UK) | George Town | Offshore Financial Center; Luxury Tourism; | Food Imports; Money Laundering |
| Costa Rica | San José | Agriculture; High Standard of Living; Technology; Tourism; | Budget Deficits; External Debt; Internal Debt; |
| Cuba | Havana Dominica | Strict Communist Controls | Droughts and Hurricanes |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Coffee; Sugar; Tobacco; Tourism; | Excess Dependence on Exports to US; Income Inequalities; Unemployment; |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | Stagnating Economy, undergoing Economic Reforms | Excess Dependence on remittances from Expatriaots |
| Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | Very Large Geographical Areas | Excess Dependence on Fish Exports; Excess Reliance on Denmark; Public Sector Domination; Short Tourist Seasons; |
| Grenada | Saint George's | Banana, Cocoa, Construction; Nutmeg; Offshore Financial Centre; Tourism; | |
| Guadeloupe (France) | Basse-Terre | Tourism; | Excess Dependence on France; Excess Dependence on Banana Exports; Food Imports; Fuel Imports; Hurricanes; |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | Agricultural Sector Domination; Banana; Cocoa; Coffee; | Corruption; Drug Smuggling; High Trade Deficit; Money Laundering; |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Reliance on Soft Institutional External Debt from World Bank | HIV-AIDS; Political Violence; |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Export of Non Traditional Agricultural Commodities; MacroEconomic Discipline; | Border Disputes with El Salvadar; Excess Dependence on Exports to US; Income Disparities; Unemployment; |
| Jamaica | Kingston | Alumina; Bauxite Exports; Strong Services Sector | Exchange Rate Instability; Organised Crime; Unmanageable Internal Debt; |
| Martinique (France) | Fort-de-France | Banana; Rum from Sugarcane brewing; | Excess Dependence on France; Grain Imports; Meat Imports; Vegetable Imports; |
| MEXICO | Mexico City | Economic Reforms; Liberalisation and Globalisation; Trillion Dollar Economy | Dependence on Free Trade Agreements; Income and Wealth Disparities; |
| Montserrat (UK) | Plymouth (Brades) | Open Economy; | Dependence on British Aid; Land unsuitable for Agriculture; Volcanic Eruptions |
| Navassa Island (USA) Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands) | Willemstad | Biodiversity; Scope for Commercial Trawlers; | Subsistence Fishing; |
| Nicaragua | Managua | Metallic Minerals | External Debt; Heavily indebted Poor Country; Low Annual Growth; |
| Panama | Panama City | Strong Export Oriented Services Sector; Registration of Ships; | Unemployment |
| Puerto Rico (USA) | San Juan | Domination of Industry over Agriculture; Tourism; | Excess Dependence on US; |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | Export Oriented Manufacturing; Luxury Tourism; Offshore Tax Haven; | Atrophy of Sugarcane cultivation and Sugar Industry; |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | Good Foreign Investment; Offshore Banking and Tourism; | Unemployment |
| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | Fishing Grounds; | Disputes with Canada; Excess Dependence on France; |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | Offshore Banking; Tax Haven; | Illegal Narcotics like marijuana; Hurricanes and Storms |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Oil and Natural Gas; Tourism; | Crime; |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | Cockburn Town | Offshore Financial Centre; Fishing; Tourism | Dependence on US; Food Imports; |
| USA | Washington, D.C. | ||
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