According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

According to the Central Bank of Armenia, in 2005, cash remittances from Armenians working abroad reached a record-high level of $ 1 billion, which is worth more than one fifth of the country ’ s 2005 Gross Domestic Product.

According to a World Bank official, 30 percent of Armenia's economy in 2009 came from the construction sector.

According to a World Bank official, a country that has around 12 percent rate of growth or even lower, at the range of 7 to 8 percent, can afford a level of public debt of up to 50 percent.

According to the head of the Armenian Central Bank ’ s ( CBA ) department for financial system policies and analyses ( Vahe Vardanyan ) Armenian banks have no large asset concentrations in foreign markets, particularly in capital markets.

According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

According to the Bank for International Settlements, the total outstanding notional amount is US $ 708 trillion ( as of June 2011 ).

According to the World Bank Country Classification, Egypt has been promoted from the low income category to lower middle income category.

According to World Bank estimates, Eritrea lost US $ 225 million worth of livestock and 55, 000 homes during the war.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, " the Federal Reserve has the authority and financial resources to act as ' lender of last resort ' by extending credit to depository institutions or to other entities in unusual circumstances involving a national or regional emergency, where failure to obtain credit would have a severe adverse impact on the economy.

According to a World Bank report in 2006, " In Haiti, the process of business regulations is complex and customs procedures are lengthy.

According to World Bank statistics, the services sector is one of the few sectors of Haiti's economy that sustained steady, if modest, growth throughout the 1990s.

According to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the CIA World Factbook, in 2011 Italy was the eighth-largest economy in the world, the fourth-largest in Europe and the third-largest in the Eurozone in terms of nominal GDP, and the tenth-largest economy in the world and fifth-largest in Europe in terms of purchasing power parity ( PPP ) GDP.

According to World Bank experts, Kyrgyzstan has an adequate supply of high-quality water for future use, provided the resource is prudently managed.

Latvia is ranked the 21st in the world by the Ease of Doing Business Index prepared by the World Bank Group, According to the Human Development Report 2011, Latvia belongs to the group of very high human development countries.

According to the World Bank, Moldova's weighted average tariff rate in 2001 ( the most recent year for which World Bank data are available ) was 2. 8 percent.

According to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimates, real GDP growth reduced from 8 % to 2. 7 % in 2009, and exports shrunk 26 % from $ 2. 5Bn to $ 1. 9Bn after a promisingly steady increase up until 2008.

According to the World Bank Nicaragua's GDP was around $ 4. 9 US billion dollars.

According to the National Bank of Poland ( NBP ) the level of FDI inflow into Poland in 2006 amounted to 13. 9 billion Euro.

According to the CIA and the Central Bank of Somalia, despite experiencing civil unrest, Somalia has maintained a healthy informal economy, based mainly on livestock, remittance / money transfer companies and telecommunications.

According to the Central Bank of Somalia, about 80 % of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic pastoralists, who keep goats, sheep, camels and cattle.

According to the Central Bank of Somalia, imports of goods total about $ 460 million per year, and have recovered and even surpassed aggregate imports prior to the start of the civil war in 1991.

According to the Central Bank of Somalia, as the nation embarks on the path of reconstruction, the economy is expected to not only match its pre-civil war levels, but also to accelerate in growth and development due to the Somalia's untapped natural resources.

According to the study carried out by Ookla Net Metrics, Lithuania has the second fastest internet download and upload speed in the world.

According to the secret protocol, Lithuania would be granted the city of Vilnius-its historical capital, which was under Polish control during the inter-war period.

According to a legend after a successful hunting party, Grand Duke Gediminas discovered a beautiful lake-surrounded place not far from Kernavė, then capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and decided to build a castle in the location.

According to the secret protocol, Lithuania would retrieve its historical capital Vilnius, subjugated during the inter-war period by Poland.

According to the census conducted in 2001, 83. 45 % of the population of Lithuania proper identified themselves as Lithuanians, 6. 74 % as Poles, 6. 31 % as Russians, 1. 23 % as Belarusians, and 2. 27 % as members of other ethnic groups.

According to this secret protocol, Lithuania would regain its historical capital Vilnius, previously subjugated during the inter-war period by Poland.

According to the temporary Constitution of Lithuania, Landsbergis had constitutional authority over both the Leader of the State and the Speaker of the Parliament.

According to the act of the union, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was to retain a separate Grand Duke and its own parliament.

According to Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii by Sigismund von Herberstein, the primary source for the information on the battle, the much smaller army of Poland – Lithuania ( under 30, 000 men ) defeated the 80, 000 Russian soldiers, capturing their camp and commander.

According to the 1522 peace treaty, the Grand duchy of Lithuania made large territorial concessions to Moscow.

According to historian Teodor Narbutt ( 1784 – 1864 ), the painting was acquired by Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania ( 1345 – 1377 ), as a war trophy from Crimea.

According to the 2011 census Bankura district has a population of 3, 596, 292, roughly equal to the nation of Lithuania or the US state of Connecticut.

According to Wojciech Strepa, a Hungarian-Saxon warlord named Hujd, having come with a small army to Lew, prince of Ruthenia ( 1269 – 1301 ), and having allied himself with Lithuania, devastated Mazovia.

According to the figures from Eurostat, the European Union's in-house statistical office, Luxembourg had the highest mobile phone penetration rate at 158 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, closely followed by Lithuania and Italy.

According to Wilhelm's agreement with the Council of Lithuania he had to live in Lithuania and speak its language.

According to historian, John Chekisty, they may have had something to do with the Soviet occupations of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, eastern Poland, part of Romania ( Bessarabia and northern Bukovina ).

According to the historical and archaeological evidence, the Columns were used by Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Trakai Kęstutis.

According to one version ( which is also considered to be an official one ), the name of the city originates from the Slavic word ' zaslona ' ( a screen ), meaning that the city used to be an outpost at the southern boarder of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

According to the 1768 office hierarchy, the stolniks position in the Crown of Poland was superior to that of podczaszy and inferior to that of District Judge ( Crown of Poland ); in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, superior to podstoli and inferior to wojski.

According to a popular belief, the name derives from Tarusa's geohistorical position as a border town to the adjoining realm of Lithuania situated on the bank of the Oka.

According to the Lithuanian Karaims website the Statistics Department of Lithuania carried out an ethno-statistic research " Karaims in Lithuania " in 1997.

According to the historical documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the Karaims ' main occupation was farming and they in were granted by special privileges including permission to attain the rank of Officer, but also exemption from compulsory military drafting while under the Golden Horde the Karaims were prohibited from riding horses, leading to Hacı I Giray's revolution.

According to the Bank's official website, the Bank of Lithuania performs these primary functions: