Uruguay
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation
equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages
Uzbekistan
textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy,
gold petroleum, natural gas, chemicals
Vanuatu
food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
Venezuela
petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food
processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
Vietnam
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building, mining,
cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper
Virgin Islands
tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum
distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics
Wallis and Futuna
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
West Bank
generally small family businesses that produce cement,
textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs;
the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in
the settlements and industrial centers
Western Sahara
phosphate mining, handicrafts
World
dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in
computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical
equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a
small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly
adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development
of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating
already grim environmental problems