And it's expanding.

GDP growth of 4.6 per cent remained modest, particularly since it had not fed into job creation.

Further growth remains a paramount objective.

But even among the success stories, economic growth was fragile.

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

Nonetheless, growth and development were progressing slowly.

While the earthquake and tsunami disaster lowered expected growth in 2005 somewhat in Thailand, Indonesia is still expecting GDP growth to increase next year.

The European Central Bank s latest assessment is bleak, and ECB President Mario Draghi has made no secret of the fact that risks remain on the downside. Nominal GDP growth that is, real growth plus inflation will not exceed 1.5 this year and may well end up perilously close to 1 .

As a result of such efforts, the growth rate of orbital debris will decline, although the overall debris population will continue to increase.

Consumption of energy, and its associated emissions, continue to grow to meet development needs.

The urban population growth rate in 1993 was less than that of 1980, yet still positive.

The market remains the only foundation for economic growth in the context of sustainable development.

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

Nonetheless, the mindset nurtured by The Limits to Growth continues to shape popular and elite thinking.

The urban population in Mozambique has experienced a considerable growth, even though such growth has been relatively slow compared to growth in other African countries.

Despite the efforts of Governments, the demand for narcotic drugs continued to rise.

22. Owing to the uneven domestic distribution of the fruits of economic growth, major problems of poverty, serious social inequities, gender inequalities and unsustainable population growth still remained.

And it's still growing.

In spite of the declining annual average population growth rates, Zambia is placed as having one of the world's highest growth rates.

Increasing official development assistance remains an essential and continuing challenge.

As a result of these efforts, the growth rate of orbital debris will decline, although the overall debris population will still increase.

And although breast density generally declines with age, up to a third of women retain dense breast tissue for years after menopause.

Even in a situation with relatively slow demand growth and weak prices, new capacity may still be added successfully if production costs are low enough.

The economic growth in China was still at the forefront of the world compared with other major economies.

This nonetheless represents by far the strongest increase since 1995.

However, the growth response in many developing countries was anaemic average annual per capita growth rose marginally above that of the 1980s, but remained well below that of the 1970s.

Wages are very low, and although they have increased considerably, they are still insufficient wages have increased by 22 per cent in the public sector and as much as 300 per cent in the private sector over the last two years.

Public transport options remain inadequate, and demand for private vehicles continues to grow dramatically, in industrialized and developing countries alike.

Indeed, the determinants of long run economic growth were manifold and the correct degree of policy intervention to encourage productivity growth still needed to be investigated.

Even though it's the fastest growing demographic in America, it's hard to reach 100.

Budget projections for 2005 point to continued strong total revenue performance, with an increase of 8.4 per cent above 2004 levels.

Developing countries continue to face impediments in their efforts to attain sustained economic growth.

The main reason for concern among delegations remains Africa's growth performance.

Still playin' on it like a fiddle, sir.

They noted that, even with this inclusion, UNCTAD s budget would still show significant negative growth.

And yet, despite everything, India s economy did record roughly 9 growth for several years, and even now is growing by nearly 6 annually, behind only China and Indonesia among major economies.

China isn t the only success story. Other big winners in terms of real per capita GDP between 2000 and 2004 are Lithuania (up 48 ), Romania (up 41 ), Estonia (up 40 ), Chile (up 33 ), Hungary (up 32 ), Greece (up 31 ), New Zealand (up 28 ), Australia (up 25 ), Korea (up 23 ), Ireland (up 23 ), South Africa (up 23 ), and Nigeria (up 22 ).

The largest and increasing proportion of total population assistance goes to fund HIV AIDS activities.

In addition, several legal and administrative obstacles to foreign investors still existed, inhibiting the country's FDI potential.

Because the overall number of professional fire fighters increased in this period, the proportion of women (3.3 ) remained unchanged.

Despite spectacular economic growth, Mozambique was the sixth poorest country in the world.

The growth rate has dropped to 1.2 per cent, while the population growth rate has remained at 3 per cent.

Still, the increase they achieved over the first half of the 1990s was relatively small.

I). The investment rate of 18.6 per cent in 1997 for Africa remained well below the level necessary to sustain satisfactory growth.

It remained likely that, in the normal course, the assets would grow in real terms by another 50 per cent over the next two or three decades.