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Asia's real export growth rate atof 15 per cent in that was the highest in the world, with China, Republic of Korea and Singapore recording growth rates of over 20 per cent.

4. Also welcomes the Chief Minister's 2002 budget presentation, in which he noted that in 2001, for the first time in seven years, the economy of Montserrat experienced positive growth, from a negative rate of 5.43 per cent in 2000 to 0.4 per cent in 2001, the implementation of several major public works projects accounting for growth in the construction sector

Moreover, the Spanish economy returned to growth in the third quarter of last year, and is on track to grow by roughly 1 this year. If, as expected, GDP grows by about 2 next year, Spain will outperform the eurozone average and create an environment conducive to significant long term employment gains.

16. Of all eight sectors, five showed increases for 1996.

Our current growth rates are not sufficient to achieve the Development Goals because of, for example, the high rates of population growth.

During 2000 and 2001 the tendency became general and even showed the most important increases in real terms of recent years.

24. In the years when the country was signing agreements with the International Monetary Fund, GDP achieved minimal levels of growth or modest declines, e.g., a minimal increase of 0.27 in 1984 followed by negative growth of 2.6 in 1985.

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The latest figures show that 2011 was a very strong year for attracting investment into the Irish economy, with a record 148 new projects a 30 increase in companies investing in Ireland for the first time implying an additional 13,000 jobs.

Although the total value of imports and exports fell year on year, the export data enjoyed growth. This is the fifth consecutive month for export to achieve growth since March this year.

(g) Significant results have been achieved in controlling population growth, and it is hoped to attain a 1.5 per cent population growth rate in the year 2000, following the 1.72 per cent rate achieved in 1995.

However, realizing those advantages requires that economic growth be possible in the countries involved and that it be accompanied by substantial job growth.

In Latin America, per capita GDP growth had actually been negative in 1995.

52. Over the past few years, small developing economies had been emphasizing the need to achieve high and sustainable growth levels.

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

The Bulgarian economy has enjoyed a steady economic growth of 4 to 5 per cent annually in the past seven years.

Sustained economic growth in the developing world was an increasingly realistic prospect.

Only six countries had attained the 7 per cent growth target required for attaining the MDGs.

For example, the Riga School Board has adopted a salary rise of about 25 in 1998 and a salary rise of 30 in 1999.

Markets are currently forecasting the first rise in the third quarter of next year and another in 2020.

Assuming an annual average rate of five per cent growth in GDP, this goal represents a 22 per cent annual growth rate for IDE investment.

This was important since economic growth was central to increasing long term employment and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Sunset industries face slowing sales in mature markets and growing sales in world markets.

The huge global cards market offers key opportunities for generating extra growth in the years ahead.

Indices show sustained growth for a higher number of countries than in the recent past.

(d) Lower population growth and depopulation in recent years

Our nation economy has shown a strong recovery in the last five years, and we achieved a growth rate of 8.4 per cent last year the highest in Asia.

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62. There was a need for serious North South cooperation to improve growth and development, eradicate poverty and preserve the environment.

In Senegal, we have achieved a growth rate of 6.7 per cent, with spectacular results in agriculture, where production in some areas has increased by 600 per cent.

Enhanced Reality

In its most recent WEO, the IMF forecasts global GDP to grow by only 3.3 in 2012, and by 3.6 in 2013. Moreover, the downgrading of growth prospects is remarkably widespread.

As a matter of fact, there has been a mushrooming of domestic and external quot growth triangles quot , quot growth corridors quot , and quot growth quadrangles quot inside and among economies in East and South East Asia especially.

While it was true that some African countries were showing signs of growth and others even had GDP growth rates higher than their demographic growth rates, that was not enough to reduce poverty in Africa.

However, if economic growth occurs in conjunction with a lessening of inequality at the rates indicated in the following table, it is even more likely that the target would be reached.

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 .

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 ).

Although that country had just emerged from a serious conflict and had yet to resolve all its problems, it had achieved economic growth.

By promoting sound macroeconomic and fiscal policies and implementing solid, structural reforms, we have made significant progress toward our objective of expanding the G 20 s collective GDP by 2.1 by 2018. The global financial system is now more resilient than it has ever been.

The basic strategy for achieving sustainable development through economic growth is now well established.

The key to growth is increased competitiveness through higher productivity and lower production costs. In the 1990 s, in the run up to joining the eurozone, Greece achieved substantial gains on this front.

438. In 1993, as compared to 1992, the following phenomena have been observed a high increase in influenza morbidity (over 10 times as high), epidemic inflammation of parotid glands (an increase of 173 per cent), trichinosis (171 per cent), mononucleosis (11 per cent).

The increase in 2003 was due primarily to the significant increase in the supplementary programme budget.