Mali's government has made big efforts to irrigate farmland, largely thanks to loans from outfits such as the African Development Bank.
We have to make big efforts, but there are enough companies ready for the task," Flasbarth said.
Other automakers are also making big efforts to increase sales in China, from Volkswagen, the market leader, to DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor, Toyota, Honda and Nissan.
Within the euro zone, Ireland is being hailed for making big efforts to get costs down, much more so than Spain or Greece.
He has made big efforts, too, to keep Portugal's place at the hub of some 200m-odd Portuguese-speakers, including Brazilians, around the world.
Colombia, where Mr Uribe kept the same, competent, education minister for eight years, and Chile have both made big efforts to expand pre-school education, for example.
It says it is making big efforts to retain its staff by offering training and language programs -- and also paying competitive salaries.
In the past decade Western leaders have made big efforts to right the wrongs of the past, above all by rewarding and encouraging better government.
Cities like Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka's jumping-off point for outdoor adventurers, and Vladivostok, a coastal city with upscale accommodations and cultural attractions like museums and theaters (right, a church on Vladivostok's waterfront), have made big efforts to encourage tourism.
The country urgently need to address its very low absorption rate of EU funds and make big efforts to attract more foreign investment.The USL alliance pledges to ease austerity measures, simplify the fiscal system and increase the number of jobs.
