It has virtually no fish, and the health of the local inhabitants has deteriorated markedly.

ECONOMIST: Cotton

After the prefectural government, America is one of Okinawa's biggest employers, providing good livelihoods for some 8, 000 local inhabitants.

ECONOMIST: Japan

And I see people looked down upon by the local inhabitants, and generally unwanted except for the money in their wallets.

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The Congolese health ministry has so far asked local inhabitants not to travel, but the authorities are hopeful they will not have to resort to such drastic measures.

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Brash new money is squeezing out old, and there is a real fear among the local inhabitants that both islands are becoming dangerously similar to the over-developed, glitzy Hamptons.

ECONOMIST: American holidays

The local people are being treated similarly to the inhabitants of the Belgian Congo in the 19th century.

ECONOMIST: Bitter pill

The site has a very low human density with less than 100, 000 inhabitants, and has suffered economically and socially from the closing of local mining and textile industries.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Inhabitants of Imst, particularly women, are schooled in the techniques for making Schemenlaufen costumes, while local blacksmiths forge the bells.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage