Djibouti: State of Strategic Strength
Foreign Affairs, Sponsored Section from September/October 2006 Issue
Djibouti's service economy is seeing increased growth this year following the government's cooperation agreement with Dubai Ports World. As a result, more enterprises are investing in grand infrastructure projects and free zones across the country, which is fast becoming a regional transportation hub. Djibouti promotes its beneficial geostrategic location in combination with its financial and political stability. By hosting the annual COMESA Summit in November, bringing together 20 African member nations and other influential leaders, Djibouti is engaging in a renewed drive to create economic advancement with the aim to enhance employment levels and reduce poverty throughout the region. In this in-depth report, Strategic Media profiles the nation's strategic location within the Horn of Africa as it strengthens its present and future prospects.
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Kazakhstan: Reaching for the Stars
Foreign Affairs, Sponsored Section from September/October 2006 Issue
Kazakhstan’s booming economy has enabled the improvement of its
people’s daily lives, making its stable government, religious
and ethnic peace, and growing democracy a beacon for the rest of the
Central Asian region. Kazakhstan’s choice to join the space age
with the launching of the country’s first satellite from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome signifies a further diversification of its economic
base, making the country even more attractive to foreign investment
and propels it into a stronger leadership role. In the first of two
reports, Strategic Media focuses on the successful national policies,
important regional role and international relations of Central Asia’s
largest country.
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Botswana: Africa's Gem
Foreign Affairs, Sponsored Section from September/October 2006 Issue
This September, Botswana celebrates its 40th year of independence,
an anniversary crowned with the country’s most famous resource,
diamonds. Discovering large deposits of the gem in 1967 was a welcome
fortune for the Southern African nation, but it was the country’s
prudent management and good fiscal policies that brought prosperity
through an open economy, an open society, and political stability.
Strategic Media reports on the southern African country as it enters
its 5th decade as a modern state, building even stronger trade ties
with regional neighbors and becoming an accomplished global partner.
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