port from the IMF suffers delays in part because of
the country's failure to meet budgetary goals. Inflation rose from
an annual rate of 32% in 1998 to 59% in 1999 and 60% in 2000. The
economy is being steadily weakened by excessive government deficits
and AIDS; Zimbabwe has the highest rate of infection in the world.
Per capita GDP, which is twice the average of the poorer sub-Saharan
nations, will increase little if any in the near-term, and Zimbabwe
will suffer continued frustrations in developing its agricultural
and mineral resources.

Taiwan:
Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually
decreasing guidance of investment and foreign trade by government
authorities. In keeping with this trend, some large government-owned
banks and industrial firms are being privatized. Real growth in GDP
has averaged about 8% during the past three decades. Exports have
grown even faster and have provided the primary impetus for
industrialization. Inflation and unemployment are low; the trade
surplus is substantial; and foreign reserves are the world's fourth
largest. Agriculture contributes 3% to GDP, down from 35% in 1952.
Traditional labor-intensive industries are steadily being moved
offshore and replaced with more capital- and technology-intensive
industries. Taiwan has become a major investor in China, Thailand,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The tightening of
labor markets has led to an influx of foreign workers, both legal
and illegal. Because of its conservative financial approach and its
entrepreneurial strengths, Taiwan suffered little compared with many
of its neighbors from the Asian financial crisis in 1998-99. Growth
in 2001 will depend largely on conditions in Taiwan's export markets
and may be about 5%.

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@Electricity - consumption

Afghanistan:
480.6 million kWh (1999)

Albania:
5.379 billion kWh (1999)

Algeria:
21.613 billion kWh (1999)

American Samoa:
120.9 million kWh (1999)

Andorra:
NA kWh

Angola:
1.372 billion kWh (1999)

Anguilla:
NA kWh

Antigua and Barbuda:
88.4 million kWh (1999)

Argentina:
77.111 billion kWh (1999)

Armenia:
6.201 billion kWh (1999)

Aruba:
418.5 million kWh (1999)

Australia:
178.306 billion kWh (1999)

Austria:
53.231 billion kWh (1999)

Azerbaijan:
15.432 billi