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Foreign debt

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Financial obligations owed by a country to the rest of the world and repayable in foreign currency.

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Formal region

Last modified by Driving Directions on 02/02/2021

A “human construct” that is often of considerable size, that has substantial internal unity or homogeneity, and that differs in significant respects from adjoining areas.

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Former Soviet Union

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/30/2021

The former term often used to identify as a group the successor nations to the Soviet Union or USSR.

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Former USSR / Eastern Europe

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/30/2021

The Former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE) is the middle group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs).