According to the plan, the government has pinpointed 10 areas in which to spend the money from now until 2010 to maintain economic growth. They include infrastructure, social welfare, eco-environmental improvements, post-earthquake reconstruction and income increases for urban and rural residents, es...
which decimated infrastructure and strangled economic activity. Although rich in diamonds, resource mismanagement and corruption have prevented the economic returns from mining reaching the broader population. The country also suffers from poor governance and a fragile healthcare system, which was...
wider use of clean, renewable energy – like hydropower, wind and solar plants – has driven down costs of this power-generation method. In the last 10 years, these environmentally-sustainable renewable energy sources have become 70% more affordable than fossil fuels – ...
“this ruling is timely, as a growing number of massachusetts residents may need to rely on support from the public to make ends meet in the face of our current economic downturn," said ruth bourquin, senior and managing attorney of the group. the civil rights group said similar ...
Asia is at a turning point. The region has made rapid strides in both economic progress andhuman development, but it also faces risks and challenges. Leaders in Asia have been learning to address big issues—from slow infrastructure development, the rise of a new, digital demographic and the ...
Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States is at 24%, essentially unchanged over the past nine months. Americans say economic issues are the nation's top problem, followed by the war in Iraq.NewportFrank
While disrupted supply chains, soaring material and labor costs and rising interest rates have hurled construction into choppy economic waters the last several years, the MidAtlantic’s specialty construction firms are starting to get their sea legs again. ...
Automobile manufacturers, for example, use IIoT to monitor factory floor robots and identify maintenance issues before they shut down an assembly line. Industrial manufacturers use IoT location data to track assets in their supply chains. And they monitor the temperature, humidity, and vibration ...
Various departments and agencies of the U.S. government release reports on U.S. economic indicators. These sites include the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In addition, business publications and websites typically issue economic indicator news up...
Although gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the most well-known values for assessing economic health, several other metrics can also be used to gauge a nation's development. Top Countries by GDP in Current U.S. Dollars Country 2023 GDP (Current USD) United States $27.36 trillion China...