When India was growing at about three, 3.5 percent and the population was growing at two percent, its per capita income was doubling every 45 years.

First, the salaries of the common system staff had increased faster than the cost of living, which had resulted in a real increase of 14 per cent in their purchasing power.

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Industrial growth during the same period had increased at a rate of 10.2 per cent.

The speed of urban growth, coupled with increasing income disparities, has had a major impact on the structure and functions of social institutions, including education and the family.

Some countries have bucked the global trend. Indonesia, for example, has experienced accelerating growth, with rising business and consumer confidence boosting investment to almost 33 of GDP.

It is a challenge owing to the persistent discrepancy between the rate of economic growth in these countries, which limits Government budgetary allocations to meet the growing demand for primary education and that of population increase.

Telehealth could slow the rate of cost increases.

Non core resources more than doubled, while core resources grew at a much slower pace.

However, growth in enrolment was unevenly distributed, with rapid growth in the Gaza Strip (7.2 per cent), moderate growth in the West Bank and Lebanon (4.4 per cent and 3 per cent respectively), zero growth in the Syrian Arab Republic (0.1 per cent increase) and negative growth in Jordan (1.7 per cent decrease).

The pull factors are related to the growing business opportunities provided by developing country markets, with rapid urbanization, high population growth rates, rising incomes and liberalization of FDI in the sector.

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The Rising Wealth of Nations

Africa, long the world s slowest growing region, is now averaging roughly 5 annual GDP growth. Overall, the developing countries are growing at around 7 per year, and the developed economies at around 2 , yielding a global average of around 4.5 .

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While trade had grown rapidly, FDI had also grown rapidly since the early 1980s in fact, more rapidly than trade and domestic production.

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These trade increases continued in the period 1995 1996, though at a slower pace.

Concurrently, greater investment in infrastructure is also necessary to achieve higher rates of growth.

My main message is that progress in technology is exponential, not linear.

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Things slow down as you learn, as you learn, as you learn.

He said that the growth of the foam market had exceeded gross domestic product growth in several regions as a result of increased insulation needs.

Second, the rate of increase is double for women compared to that of men.

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29. The level of consumption of methylphenidate and the rate of its increase remain alarming.

One of the major problems which the Comoros has to face is the rapid growth of its population, which increases the demand for social services and jobs and puts increasing pressure on a fragile ecosystem.

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Growing world consumption of finished steel products was largely driven by the growth of demand in Asia, particularly in China, and, to a lesser extent, India.

Rapid population growth, unsustainable water use and increasing pollution levels further contribute to water scarcity problems in the region.

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282. In most of the period after the Second World War the number of dwellings increased far more quickly than the population.

19. In Eastern Europe the number of prostitutes is reported to be increasing at an alarming rate.

Literacy in the 15 24 age group has increased, but progress has been uneven.

On the whole, the significant liberalization of policies by the Government and the growing competitiveness of Indian enterprises in such industries as software and pharmaceuticals have played a significant role in supporting the rapid growth of Indian OFDI in recent years.

For instance, most countries in Africa today have positive and growing economic growth rates.

Indian SMEs have also played a significant role in this growing OFDI phenomenon.

Growth was exceptionally strong in several large developing countries in Latin America and in South and East Asia, where China and India continued to be the fastest growing economies and dynamic sources of global demand.

Excluding this inventory swing, annualized growth in final sales to consumers, businesses, and the government averaged a tepid 1.6 . With inventory investment unlikely to keep accelerating at anything close to its recent rate, overall GDP growth can be expected to converge on this more subdued pace of final demand.

Over the last 30 years, in terms of the GDP growth rates, China has grown at twice the rate of India.

We've had 28 percent per year compounded growth in dollars in information technology over the last 50 years.

55. Despite the optimistic outlook, and although progress had been made since the negative growth of the 1980s, economic growth had remained modest 0.8 per cent from 1991 to 1996.

Due to the rapid growth of its economy, demand for steel has increased at very high rates.