Guinea-Bissau, on the swampy west African coast, cannot rival nearby countries in cocoa production or mining.
It is also possible that the steady supply of workers from nearby countries could one day dry up.
Costa Rica has fared better than many of its neighbors, but it worries about spillover from nearby countries.
But what about nearby countries like Morocco, Algeria, Qatar and the UAE?
It also reflects exposure to nearby countries such as Kuwait, where women not only drive but are elected to parliament.
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Meanwhile, they are rushing in imports of liquefied petroleum gas and gasoline from nearby countries to make up the shortfall.
Few things would worry the Kremlin more than proof that political freedom, the rule of law and sensible foreign policy work well in nearby countries.
The influx of Syrian refugees strains the nearby countries, Guterres said.
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Highlights of his plan for Iraq involve leveraging our planned withdrawal to bring all factions in Iraq and nearby countries--including Syria and Iran--to the negotiating table.
Further afield, Russia continues to bully and covet nearby countries from Ukraine and Georgia to Central Asia, apparently hoping to ensure that it has weak neighbours rather than strong ones.
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Supermarkets in the south however trying to lure local customers by undercutting rivals on the price of nappies inadvertently made it profitable enough for residents of nearby countries to start trading in them.
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Among other things, Mr. Anwar complained in an interview earlier Tuesday about National Front operatives allegedly flying in foreigners from nearby countries to vote in closely contested districts and discrepancies in the electoral rolls.
Steven, I'll be honest with you, we are not planning currently for a signing ceremony in Copenhagen, and we are not planning to visit any nearby countries on that trip in signing a new START treaty.
The U.S. may continue to use oil from Canada, Venezuela and other nearby countries if prices are competitive, but the IEA predicts Asian nations will end up consuming 90% of the oil produced in the Persian Gulf.
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There are demands for a write-off, as well as for Russia's debts to the West to be offset by notional loans made long ago to Soviet satellite states such as Vietnam, or by the energy debts accumulated more recently by nearby countries such as Ukraine.
There was plenty of sorghum (the local staple crop) in nearby countries and either buying and shipping it by truck or perhaps even just giving money to starving people and watching the market get food to them would be quicker than anything else that could be done.
The company expects to improve the situation by focusing on attracting tourists and visitors from nearby Asian countries.
Every time another country hits the wall, auto sales there and in countries nearby tend to seize up.
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And Saudi Arabia and several small countries nearby also have the cash to qualify, but are not quite welcome in the West.
If any of these conflicts is worth waging, then the countries nearby which have the most at stake should do the fighting.
Hence the suggestion by Moshe Arens, until recently defence minister, that an anti-missile shield should be extended to friendly countries nearby: Jordan or the Palestinian Authority (neither of which has expressed any interest) or Turkey.
They were, with a gusto scarcely dimmed by 30 years under strict Islamist rule, celebrating the launch of Nowruz, the pre-Islamic festival that marks the start of the new year in Iran and half a dozen countries nearby.
This could affect large U.S. companies that send abroad executives or workers who are U.S. citizens, even to countries as nearby as Canada and Mexico.
Their influence extends to nearby provinces and beyond to South-East Asian countries.
Hanging nearby is "Once Upon a Time, " his collection of eight huge flags representing countries that don't exist anymore, like Yugoslavia.
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