Economic growth by itself is not sufficient, and high growth rates alone will not guarantee significant poverty reduction.

The increase is even greater from one year to the next.

Not all countries experiencing a decline of fertility have seen economic growth increase markedly as a result of the demographic bonus.

The increase in percentage of the girls going to school, the increase in female literacy rate, the increase in the percentage of women in the labour force, the decrease in population growth rate and the fertility rate, while in some cases not very impressive numerically, point to a change in the right direction.

Estimates of unemployment in Iraq indicate that the absolute number of unemployed rose dramatically in 2004, to 3.2 million.

This drop was the result of certain demographic changes, brought about mainly by the significant decline in the fertility rate of Panamanian women.

Significant growth is projected for other resources (emergency) in 2005.

Employment among older persons (age 60 or over) has shown a steady increase During the last decade it has been rising at an average annual rate of 3.3 a rate only slightly lower than that the rate of growth of the employed adult population (3.5 ).

This company achieved a remarkable increase in turnover last year.

While poverty rates have decreased slightly in recent years, the total number of poor people has risen substantially.

The tables below show rates of population growth and overall fertility, in addition to other demographic indicators.

The result has been, over the years, the expenditure has increased with volumes.

In addition to the growth in other resources, significant growth in regular resources programme expenditures is projected for 2006 2009.

The eurozone s working age population had been growing until 2005, but it will fall from 2015 onward. Given that productivity has not been picking up, fewer workers mean significantly lower potential growth rates.

For both males and females life expectancy has increased appreciably.

145. The very serious economic situation in the Gaza Strip has given rise to a significant increase in the incidence of child labour.

The rate of increase approximated estimated population growth.

There was a notable increase in the rates of use by comparison with the multipurpose survey conducted in 1999, when the proportion of use was recorded as 45.8 per cent.

The connectivity in these parts of the world are really truly phenomenal and continue to increase.

The significant growth that has taken place in inter firm alliances is particularly notable in the area of information technology (IT).

Some economists citing indicators like investment ratios, industrial value added, and employment compare China to Japan in the early 1970 s. After more than two decades of sustained rapid growth, Japan s economy slackened considerably in 1971, leading to four decades of annual growth rates averaging less than 4 .

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

In the same period, the mortality rate observed a significant decline.

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.

Annual rate of increase

Total growth rate

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LDCs Growth rate6

So a more likely growth scenario for 2012 is that China s growth will be lower than in 2011, but still significantly higher than 7.5 . Correspondingly, its investment driven growth pattern will be strengthened further, though at a slowing pace.

The rate of increase approximated estimated population growth.

The percentage of overweight respondents, particularly those who were obese, shows a statistically significant increase over the years.

Interest Rates

Efficiency gains

Natural increase

(f) Population growth

Other parts of Asia have also experienced growth, with 20 Mt. of expansion, while South American capacity has risen by 8 Mt. and Middle East capacity by over 10 Mt., which is a notable increase for the region.

Evidence from the country's three most deprived regions shows that the enrolment rate of girls is increasing at a faster rate than that of boys, suggesting that progress is being made towards the achievement of gender parity in education.

In some countries, primary education enrolment and adult literacy had increased markedly.

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

An examination of the growth rates by district revealed that the highest increase occurred in the Nablus area (11.2 per cent).

The population of Windhoek has been increasing at an annual rate of 5,4 between 1991 and 1995, the largest annual growth rate in history.

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EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, 1991 1994

3. Population growth rates

World demand forecasts for 2005 and 2006 point to annual growth rates of 4 to 5 per cent, which would be just enough to accommodate the planned capacity additions.