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cooperative movement

(Encyclopedia)cooperative movement, series of organized activities that began in the 19th cent. in Great Britain and later spread to most countries of the world, whereby people organize themselves around a common g...

social security

(Encyclopedia)social security, government program designed to provide for the basic economic security and welfare of individuals and their dependents. The programs classified under the term social security differ f...

Equatorial Guinea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Equatorial Guinea gĭnˈē [key], officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (2021 est. pop. ...

Nicaragua

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Nicaragua nĭkäräˈgwä [key], officially Republic of Nicaragua, republic (2015 est. pop. 6,082,000), 49,579 sq mi (128,410 sq km), Central America. Nicaragua is bordered on the north and nor...

Tanzania

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Tanzania tănˌzənēˈə, –zănˈēə, Swahili tänzänēˈä [key], officially United Republic of Tanzania, republic (2015 est. pop. 51,046,000), 364,898 sq mi (945,087 sq km), E Africa, fo...

Costa Rica

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Costa Rica kŏsˈtə rēˈkə [key], officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2020 est. pop. ...

Libya

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Libya lĭbˈēə [key], republic (2015 est. pop. 6,235,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. It borders on Algeria in the west, on Tunisia in the northwest, on the Mediterranean Sea ...

Albania

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Albania ălbāˈnyə [key], Albanian Shqipëria or Shqipnija, officially Republic of Albania, republic (2020 est. pop. 2,838,000), 11,101 sq mi (28,752 sq km), SE ...

Virginia, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Virginia, state of the S Middle-Atlantic United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District...

Jordan, country, Asia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2015 est. pop. 8,117,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the nor...
 

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