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This beautiful park in Luxembourg reflects both the country's wealth and its care for its water resources.

Countries With The Highest Water Usage Productivity

Luxembourg, Equatorial Guinea, and Denmark each garner GDPs in excess of $500 for every cubic meter of water used.

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Water conservation is highly important to save clean water for use by future generations.

Countries With The Worst Water Use Productivity

Some countries net only around $1 US in GDP for every cubic meter of water they use.

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Light and heavy industry, agriculture, and mining in China all contribute to its massive export volume and high positive trade balance.

National Economies With The Best Trade Account Balances

China's net balance of exports and income stood at $330.6 billion dollars at the end of 2015.

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As a world leading exporter, China contributes significantly to several of the countries' trade imbalances listed herein.

National Economies With The Worst Trade Account Balances

The U.S. trade account balance stood at a deficit of almost half of One Trillion Dollars at the end of 2015.

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The value of the Mexican peso has been erratic at times in recent years due to changes in the country's debt status.

Major International Debt Buyback In The Last Decade

Several countries have bought back hundreds of millions of US Dollars worth of their own debt in the last decade.

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Officials from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank discuss debt forgiveness plans in Lima, Peru in 2015.

Largest Recent Reductions And Forgiveness Of International Debts

Mexico has, through the years, received debt reductions and forgiveness, net of buybacks, exceeding $7 Billion US.

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Rescheduling of interest on Afghanistan's debt will hopefully foster economic development and ease its debt crisis.

Major Interest Rescheduling Of National Debts In Recent Years

Multilateral organizations and other governments have given these countries a chance to have their large interest debts rescheduled.

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China hosts some of the best and the biggest banks in the world like the China Construction Bank.

Countries With The Biggest Banks

Eleven banks in China are enlisted among the top 50 banks in the world by total assets (2015).

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Corporate headquarters of Wells Fargo and Company in San Francisco, California, United States.

Banks With The Highest Market Capitalization Values

Wells Fargo & Co has the highest market capitalization of over $250 billion USD.

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Marsh & McLennan Headquarters at 1166 6th Avenue in New York City

Highest Earning Insurance Brokers In The World

American firm Marsh & McLennan earned almost $13 Billion US in the last fiscal year, closely followed by AON from Britain.

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Countries Where The Majority Of External Debt Is Owed To Multilateral Entities

Many countries in the developing world have seen most of their external debt owed to multilateral organizations.

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Many developing countries across the world have massive external debts running into trillions of dollars.

Countries With The Most External Debt

Mexico's current external debt balance totals almost one quarter of a trillion US dollars.

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Members of the Paris Group from some of the world's largest economies meet to reschedule developing nations' debts.

Rescheduling Of Principal On National Debts In Recent Years

Several nations have had millions of dollars of the principal on their respective loans rescheduled in the last several years.

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Algeria's export and income revenues are largely fueled by its petrochemicals industry.

Best Export And Income To External Debt Ratios by Country

In Algeria, exports exceed short term external debt by 45 to 1, and in China the same figure stands at 32 to 1.

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In the modern world, technology has speeded up the transfer of money across international borders.

Countries With The Most Personal Money Transfers Received

Between employment payrolls and person-to-person transfers, Chinese citizens received $44.4 Billion USD in personal remittances in 2015.

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The extraction and processing of petrochemicals boosts the GNI to External Debt ratio for many countries.

Countries With The Best External Debt (Relative to GNI)

Turkmenistan's Gross National Income exceeds its short term debt balance by 200 to 1.

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Interest rates are highly variable between countries of the world and depends on the economic situation of the nation.

Lowest Real Interest Rates In The World By Country

In some economic situations, it is indeed impossible to have negative real interest rates, as the Ukraine and Sierra Leone have demonstrated as of late.

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Raising interest rates are done to combat rising inflation, and this reduces demand and the rate of economic growth.

Highest Real Interest Rates In The World By Country

Astounding as it may seem, Madagascar's 2015 real interest rate stood at 50%! Several countries in the Persian Gulf and Central Asia are not far behind.

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