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

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.

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

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

Iraq argues that Jordan's evaluation of damage is only theoretical because, first, the data provided on soil salinity are not relevant in assessing the damage and, second, the level of soil salinity after the invasion and occupation is calculated with a model and this makes it impossible to determine the actual levels of increase.

Preliminary estimates indicate that CO2 emissions may be increasing more slowly than originally expected, even though GDP grew faster than expected at the beginning of the decade.

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.

30. World trade has grown at an impressive pace since the start of this decade about 6.8 per cent per annum, on average, in volume terms, compared with GDP growth of under 3 per cent per year in the same period.

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.

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.

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

FDI flows in services between developing countries are growing faster than flows between developed and developing countries.

The production was up 20 percent.

32. The increased trade resulting from liberalization had led to accelerated growth among the more open economies of the world.

One of our problems is that world food production needs to increase very rapidly doubling by about 2030.

As for tropical fruit juices, concentrates and pulp puree, traders expect sales of these products to grow at least at the same rate as the juice market as a whole, and in some cases even more.

A given pace of accumulation can of course generate different growth rates, depending on its nature and composition, as well as the efficiency with which production capacity is utilized.

We're amazed by the rapid growth in import quantities.

The rapid growth in imports amazes us.

And breeder technology is fast breeders. And that's pretty dangerous.

At that time, the country's gross domestic product was growing at a remarkable rate and our future looked very promising.

The generation of solid waste is estimated to be 254 kg per person yearly, with an annual generation growth of 2 to 3 per cent.

7. The rapid rate of increase in the number of school going pupils, since the introduction of free education in 1946, is an index of the rate at which free educational facilities have been extended.

The growth in construction was reflected in dramatic growth in the real estate industry, with the real estate market recording an annual sales volume of 245 million, representing a 68 per cent increase over 2003 sales.28

China is adding those cars India, Russia, Brazil.

Change has accelerated as human populations rose.

Telehealth could slow the rate of cost increases.

What's interesting is that at the same time, the number of genes that we're discovering is rising very quickly.

The Agency was again unable to expand services at a rate commensurate with natural growth in the refugee population, leading to higher workloads for staff and overuse of facilities.

Crude steel production in the first four months of 2005 increased by 7 per cent compared to the same period in 2004.

There has been a strengthened focus on South South cooperation, which has seen trade among developing countries growing faster than their total export trade and an increasing flow of investment.

Production in China rose by 21 Mt., while the increase in the rest of the world was 2.5 Mt23.

Statistics indicate a steady growth in production, with the fastest rates of increase in the private sector.

Rubber consumption depends to a very large extent on the pace of car production and sales.

Since the early 1980s, the adoption of mitigation measures has had an effect on the growth of the orbital debris environment.

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.

Experts foresee a slight decrease in the annual growth rate of energy demand and declining energy intensity, but economic and population growth combined with increased urbanization will result in an estimated growth in demand of around 1.7 per cent each year for the next 25 years, unless major breakthroughs in energy efficiency measures are achieved.

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

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

8. In recent years there has been a sharp increase in food production in SSA, particularly in cereals, which has been the main factor responsible for the growth of agricultural output.

In a way, growing open unemployment during the early 1990s was consistent with the prevailing optimism arising from steady rapid economic growth.

Rapid growth in China and India has spilled over to many other countries in Asia and other regions.

This is faster than both beef and pigmeat.

Among the consumer loans, medium and long term loans dominated by housing loans accounted for about 80 , but short term consumer loans grow faster than medium and long term loans.