This family is a large group of approximately 400 species including peach, cherry, almond, and plum. They are alternative leaved, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees. They can range in size from ground covers to 80 foot-tall trees. Many are grown for their fruit or as ornamentals.
What it is: An emerging market economy describes a nation's economy that is progressing toward becoming more advanced, usually by means of rapid growth and industrialization. These countries experience an expanding role both in the world economy and on the political frontier.
Greece ranks lowest overall of the advanced economies in the latest Index, at 81st out of 140. Some advanced economies outside Europeâs top 10 are seeing the benefit of reforms: France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain, for example, have all progressed in the areas of market competition and labour market efficiency.