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

Another major increase in the growth rate was registered in the Ramallah area (10.2 per cent) while in Gaza the Jewish population growth stood at 10 per cent. (Ha aretz, 2 March)

Recognizing also that improving women's economic status also improves the economic status of their families and their communities and thereby creates a multiplier effect for economic growth,

Recognizing also that improving women's economic status also improves the economic status of their families and their communities and thereby creates a multiplier effect for economic growth,

Recognizing also that improving women's economic status also improves the economic status of their families and their communities and thereby creates a multiplier effect for economic growth,

During the period from 1990 to 1995, the population grew at an annual rate of 3.8 per cent, one of the highest growth rates in the Pacific Islands and the world.

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.

According to the report, the maternal mortality rate had reached 16 per cent in rural areas and was on the increase.

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

The region's growth indicators were positive the increase in direct foreign investment in 2003 had placed ASEAN among the regions of highest growth in that respect, and the increase was expected to be even bigger in 2004.

Forecasts to the year 2020 predict growth in tourism in all regions of the world, with the strongest relative growth occurring in parts of the developing world.

Almost all of that growth will be in the developed world.

In the long term, the accumulation of objects in orbit may pose a significant increase of the threat to space operations in both low and high altitude regimes.

(c) Average expenditure has risen rapidly in both rural and urban areas.

As a result, the proportion of people living on under 1 a day and the overall poverty in those subregions have been on the decline.

In 2017, the regional GDP reached 218 billion yuan, with an increase of 8.7 .

In other words, urban areas were the engines of economic growth.

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.

Canopied trees as tall as 40 meters, 130 feet, grow densely in the area.

In some places up to 10 times larger biomass inside the reserves.

The previous year had seen the slow acceleration of economic growth in all regions of the world.

For example, the indicators for population growth as a result of the very high birth rates in the region and also the return of the residents of those territories who wished to work under the leadership of the Palestinian Authority amounted to 5 per cent annually.

Absolute growth will be highest in Asia, where cities will add another 330 million people during this period.

GDP, in constant 2000 prices, grew by 4.8 per cent in the ESCWA region (excluding Iraq and Palestine), declining from the high 5.7 per cent achieved in 2003, but still representing a considerable improvement over growth in recent years.

Continued progress in these areas will increase the region's resilience and growth potential.

Most of the population growth of the next 50 years will be in cities.

Average annual growth rate of employment, by area and by gender of the owner

18.11 The region is suffering from low rates of economic growth and investment, resulting in high unemployment rates, particularly among youth.

The higher growth rate was due in part to renewed dynamism in Costa Rica s economy and the acceleration of growth in El Salvador and Guatemala.

Agriculture grew at better than eight percent.

(ii) Faster rate of economic growth

The recent currency turbulence in East Asia, the region with the best long term growth prospects in the world, is a sobering reminder that globalization can cause instability even where it has generated the greatest growth.

That's where we have the fast population growth.

Growth has been more apparent in the central region and less marked towards the southeast of the country.

Rapid population growth, a dramatic increase in water consumption due to industrial, agricultural, and tourism growth, and rising standards of living will make the water issue even more important to the region s political stability than it is already.

A significant portion of this growth can be attributed to FDI activities in Asia Pacific region and Central and Eastern Europe.

One example is the growth of B2B platforms for local and regional tourism producers.

The ESCAP region is a major contributor to world trade growth, with both exports and imports growing faster than world exports and imports and with China becoming the world's third largest trading nation.

Persistent and emerging issues

And we continue to grow. When the rest of the world took a beating last year, we grew at 6.7 percent.

NAFTA has succeeded in creating major poles of development, principally in border zones and in the centre of the country but other regions have remained marginalized from this growth.

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.

b. Increasing the UMR (regional minimum wage) which had also succeeded in improving the purchasing power of workers and strengthening the domestic market

The combination of the highest share of Catholics in the world with a decline in the share of religious adherents leaves Francis facing a strategic dilemma. Either he can focus on regaining Latin America for the Catholic Church, or he can place longer term bets on Sub Saharan Africa, where both the population and Catholicism are now growing faster than anywhere else in the world.

(ii) Field project on the East Asia development model and Arab development and growth requirements.