Saudi Arabia 2016
Yearbook 2016 Saudi Arabia. On January 2, 47 people were executed in twelve locations around Saudi Arabia, triggering protests both in the country and abroad. Particularly sharp criticism came from…
ECONOMIC FOCUS BY COUNTRY
Singapore has a highly industrialized economy that is strongly geared towards the world market thanks to international networking and tax incentives. The most important branches of industry include the oil processing industry, the electronics industry and mechanical engineering, and increasingly also biotechnology. In some service areas, particularly in transport, logistics and finance, Singapore is an international hub. In terms of area, the smallest country in Southeast Asia is aiming for a leading position in selected areas such as information, biotechnology and genetic engineering.
The economy of Brunei in northwest Borneo is almost entirely geared towards the production of oil and natural gas. Revenues in this sector make up 95% of export revenues and contribute around two thirds to GDP. On the basis of the natural gas reserves, the sultanate is aiming to locate further petrochemical industries. More than half of the labor force works in the public service, manual activities are mostly taken over by labor immigrants from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, etc. For more information about the continent of Asia, please check topb2bwebsites.com.
Yearbook 2016 Saudi Arabia. On January 2, 47 people were executed in twelve locations around Saudi Arabia, triggering protests both in the country and abroad. Particularly sharp criticism came from…
Qatar is a sovereign Arab state located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Qatar has been ruled as an absolute…
Yearbook 2016 Philippines. According to countryaah, the current population of Philippines is 109,581,089. About 20 people were killed during the run-up to the presidential election in May, including seven in…
Yearbook 2016 Pakistan. In January, 22 people were killed in a terror attack against Bacha Khan University in the city of Charsadda in northwestern Pakistan. The attack is said to…
Oman is an absolute monarchy, with the Sultan of Oman as the head of state and Prime Minister. The Sultan has full executive authority, and serves as the Chairman of…
Yearbook 2016 North Korea. According to countryaah, the current population of North Korea is 25,778,827. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula increased further during the year, which North Korea began by…
Yearbook 2016 Nepal. After the government made a legislative change to the country’s new constitution, in February protesters lifted roadblocks at a border crossing to India. As a result, Nepal…
Yearbook 2016 Burma. According to countryaah, the current population of Myanmar is 54,409,811. Burma got its first civilian president in 50 years in March when Parliament appointed Htin Kyaw from…
Yearbook 2016 Mongolia. According to countryaah, the current population of Mongolia is 3,278,301. Agriculture was affected by drought and poor harvest from the previous autumn and by a harsh winter…
Yearbook 2016 Maldives. According to countryaah, the current population of Maldives is 540,555. President Abdulla Yamin continued during the year to strengthen his grip on power by silencing or in…
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. Since its independence from the British Empire in 1957, the country has been governed as a parliamentary democracy. The federal…
Yearbook 2016 Lebanon. Little Lebanon continued to be characterized by conflicts in the region and by the interconnected power measurement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. According to countryaah, the current…
Yearbook 2016 Laos. According to countryaah, the current population of Laos is 7,275,571. Laos was chairman of the Southeast Asian cooperation organization ASEAN during the year. In September, ASEAN leaders…
Yearbook 2016 Kyrgyzstan. According to countryaah, the current population of Kyrgyzstan is 6,524,206. Reduced production of gold and silver put severe pressure on the country’s economy. In January, exports fell…
Yearbook 2016 Kuwait. Falling oil prices caused a budget deficit to arise after 16 years of surplus. The deficit amounted to $ 15 billion in the fiscal year ending last…
Yearbook 2016 Kazakhstan. The low oil prices pushed the country’s economy. Exports, dominated by oil and minerals, had fallen more than 40% in one year and the currency tenge had…
Yearbook 2016 Jordan. The war in Syria continued to cast its shadow over Jordan. King Abdullah said in February that Jordan was threatened with collapse. Approximately 1.4 million Syrian refugees…
Japan’s politics are dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been in power since 1955. The party is considered to be a conservative and nationalist one, and it…
Yearbook 2016 Israel. During the year, a large number of people fell victim to the wave of violence between Palestinians and Israelis, which began in the fall of 2015. In…
Yearbook 2016 Iraq. During the year, the Iraqi military pushed the Islamic State (IS) from much of the territory occupied by the terrorist sect in 2014 and 2015. At the…
Yearbook 2016 Iran. Most of the international sanctions against Iran were lifted in January after the UN nuclear agency IAEA confirmed that the country fulfilled its commitments under the agreement…
Yearbook 2016 Indonesia. According to countryaah, the current population of Indonesia is 273,523,626. Indonesian President Joko Widodo appeared to have consolidated his grip on power during the year. Two opposition…
India is a federal union of 29 states and 7 union territories. The country is governed by the Constitution of India, which is the supreme law of the land. India…
Yearbook 2016 Georgia. At the beginning of the year, an investigation into war crimes concerning the war between the Russian Federation and Georgia was launched in 2008. It was the…
Yearbook 2016 Timor. Prolonged drought due to the weather phenomenon of El Niño caused food and water shortages during the year, which had major consequences for households in East Timor…
Yearbook 2016 Cyprus. According to countryaah, the current population of Cyprus is 1,207,370. Work on a reunion agreement, which was revived in 2015, continued. The optimism that a contract could…
Yearbook 2016 China. The Communist Party continued its hard line against regime critics and human rights activists as well as the lawyers defending them. At the end of January, a…
Yearbook 2016 Cambodia. The political tension in Cambodia rose during the year when the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) began to tighten its muscles ahead of the 2017 local elections…
Yearbook 2016 Brunei. In April, the country’s industry minister announced that the government was considering establishing several free trade zones in the country to facilitate the import of halal products…
Yearbook 2016 Bhutan. In February, Jigme Namgyal Wangchuk, King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk’s and Queen Jetsun Pema’s first-born son were born. According to countryaah, the current population of Bhutan is…
Yearbook 2016 Bangladesh. The contradictions between the Awami government and the largest opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (GDP) continued to cast a shadow over political life. GDP, which boycotted the…
Yearbook 2016 Bahrain. The regime continued to push a hard line against government opponents. The Shiite Muslim movement al-Wefaq, the country’s largest opposition group, unexpectedly got its assets frozen in…
Yearbook 2016 Azerbaijan is a country located in Asia. The conflict with Armenia over the Armenian outbreak republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in the spring led to the worst fighting since the…
Yearbook 2016 Armenia. The conflict with Azerbaijan over the Armenian breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh led to the worst fighting since the end of the war in 1994. Heavy artillery and…
Yearbook 2016 Afghanistan. During the first half of the year preparatory peace talks were held between representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States on the possibilities for a…
Asia is the largest continent with 44.4 million square kilometers and the most populous with 3.9 billion inhabitants. Asia was the cradle of the first advanced civilizations of mankind (Sumerians,…