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Acknowledgements
There are several people without whom the creation of this year's edition of the CountryWatch Country Reviews could not have been accomplished. Robert Kelly, the Founder and Chairman of CountryWatch envisioned the original idea of CountryWatch Country Reviews as a concise and meaningful source of country-specific information,containing fundamental demographic, socio-cultural, political, economic, investment and environmental information, in a consistent format. Special thanks must be conveyed to Robert Baldwin, the Co-Chairman of CountryWatch, who championed the idea of intensified contributions by regional specialists in building meaningful content. Today, the CountryWatch Country Reviews simply would not exist without theresearch and writing done by the current Editorial Department at CountryWatch. The team is responsible for hundreds of thousands of pages of current information on the recognized countries of the world. This Herculean task could not have been accomplished without the unique talents of Mary Ann Azevedo, Julie Zhu, Ryan Jennings, Cristy Kelly, Ryan Holliway, Anne Marie Surnson and Michelle Hugheswithin the Editorial Department. These individuals faithfully expend long hours of work, incredible diligence and the highest degree of dedication in their efforts. For these reasons, they have my utmost gratitude and unflagging respect.A word of thanks must also be extended to colleagues in the academic world with whom specialized global knowledge has been shared and whose contributions toCountryWatch are enduring. Accordingly, I am indebted to Stanton Doyle, the former co-Editor of CountryWatch, Richard Marcus, the Director of the International Studies Program at California State University and former Africa Editor for CountryWatch, Brigette Allen former Latin America Editor for CountryWatch, and Christina Surowiec, former Regional Editor for CountryWatch.Finally, without the extraordinaryassistance of our Information Technology department, the CountryWatch Country Reviews could not be published. Cesar Rosa works responsively with the Editorial Department to ensure the annual production of the CountryWatch Country Reviews. John Torres ensures our technical capacity functions efficiently. As such, I am truly indebted to them for their efforts. Finally, my utmost gratitude isextended to my mentors in the disciplines of Anthropology, International Development and International Relations, who taught me about the tensions between states and nations in the contemporary world, the value of ethnographic research as the best lens to understanding the complexity of the human condition, and that policy is meaningless unless it positively impacts the quotidian lives of people acrossthe planet. Denise Youngblood Coleman Ph. D.,

Contributors
Robert C. Kelly Founder and Chairman Denise Youngblood-Coleman Ph. D. Executive Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Mary Ann Azevedo M. A. Managing Editor Julie Zhu Economics Editor Ryan Jennings Economics Analysts Ryan Holliway Researcher and Writer Cristy Kelly Research Analyst Anne Marie Surnson News Wire Manager Michelle Hughes NewsWire Editor Cesar Rosa Chief Information Officer John Torres Technical Network Manager

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COUNTRYWATCH REVIEW 2010 EDITION

Denise Youngblood Coleman Ph.D. Editor in Chief

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Table of Contents

Country Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Key Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Political Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....