In addition, the sharp decline in official development assistance continued.

The sharp decline in ODA had taken an enormous toll on the social and economic development of many developing countries.

Failure to properly address those challenges could precipitate further conflict or result in a sharp decline in social and economic progress.

Tourism, which has been the engine of our national economic growth for the past three decades, has suffered a sharp decline.

In the event, only a 5 per cent nominal increase was approved by COP 6, representing a sharp decline in real terms.

Before the crisis, women formed a large part of the workforce in rural areas which underwent a sharp decline during the war.

The core dilemma stemmed from the fact that there was a sharp decline in resources even as the need for technical assistance increased.

There has been in many places a sharp decline in respect for Government, owing in part to the inexperience of the new leadership.

Sharp decline in commercial activity (including loss of access to the Arab Israeli market), employment and economic viability, especially along the barrier route itself

But there is a very curious pattern in the rest of the 20th century, because we see a sharp decline in this Islamic modernist line.

In that connection, her delegation was concerned about the sharp decline in both official development assistance (ODA) and contributions to the core programmes of UNDP.

Furthermore, there was a practical humanitarian need to pay more attention to the Palestine refugees in Lebanon, given the sharp decline in their living conditions.

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The number of hungry people had been on the decline and that decline was projected to continue however, a slowdown or even a reversal of that positive trend remained a real possibility with the current sharp contraction in ODA.

27. The two major Churches are reported to have experienced not only a sharp decrease in religious worship, but also a decline in membership in recent years.

So what explains the sharp decline in China s economic output, in an environment of rapid credit expansion? The answer is simple the way the credit is being used.

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The sharp decline in extrabudgetary resources, in particular for the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UNEP, was noted with concern.

The sharp decline in extrabudgetary resources, in particular for the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UNEP was noted with concern.

Curtailing the movement of Palestinian workers into Israel had also resulted in a sharp increase in unemployment and a corresponding decrease in Palestinian income and living standards, already in decline.

The sharp decline in industrial activity and the ongoing restructuring in the Russian economy make it likely that energy related CO2 emissions will only return to 1990 levels after 2010.

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Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

The proportional decline of the Filipino element was due to the sharp increase in the number of Indonesian helpers (about 6,000 (5 ) in 1993, rising to nearly 74,000 (35 ) by 30 June 2003)

Belarus has experienced a steady decline in the number of newly built housing units, and shortages of finance have caused a sharp reduction in the extent of repairs to housing and related services.

C sharp is blue, F sharp is green, another tone might be yellow, right?

Since the beginning of the 1990's, the level of fertility in Israel remained constant with an average of 2.9 births per woman, a sharp decline from the 3.9 average in the 1960's.