By contrast, the US spends just 18 billion, roughly 0.16 of GNP, on development aid. In Europe, by contrast, military spending is roughly 2 of GNP, while development aid is around 0.4 of GNP and on a rising path to reach 0.7 of GNP by 2015.

Now it is roughly 0.25 of GNP.

The per capita gross national product (GNP) is around 850.

The latest Eurostat figures on the evolution of the price index for self produced goods (GDP deflator) show no tendency whatsoever in the crisis stricken countries towards real devaluation.

By the early 1990 s, official development assistance was still around 0.33 of donor GNP, and by the early 2000 s, it had declined to around 0.22 of GNP.

The Netherlands has continued to keep its ODA at 0.8 of GNP.

Above a rather low level of income (enough to satisfy basic needs), Easterlin found no correlation between happiness and GNP per head. In other words, GNP is a poor measure of life satisfaction.

Of course, a situation where GNP increases while wealth declines can t last forever.

The average cost of the bailouts was only a few percentage points of GNP.

In sub Saharan Africa, both GNP per capita and wealth per capita have declined.

Meanwhile, ODA fell far short of the target of 0.7 per cent of GNP.

With China saving nearly 50 of its GNP, all that money had to go somewhere.

The share of net investment in GNP is now the second lowest in all OECD countries.

In other words, economic growth should be viewed as growth in wealth, not growth in GNP.

However, of this 150 of GNP, at least half is or will be official in some form.

But the current budget relies on foreign aid to cover a 3 billion (10 of GNP) shortfall.

Sports are already a separate economic sector, representing around 2 of the GNP of several developed countries.

By the time Ikeda left office, the GNP was growing at a phenomenal rate of 13.9 percent.

ODA Development Aid Encourage and lobby developed countries to devote 0.7 of GNP to international development aid.

What the minister intends to say is serious, because if attacks happen outside Bogotá, the potential GNP decreases more than proportionately to the real GNP, which means that the gross national product figures he can show are, according to this measurement, more significant.

Japan armed itself only lightly (restricting military expenditures to about 1 of GNP), and focused on economic growth.

Thirty five years ago, they promised to give 0.7 of their GNP to poor countries as development aid.

The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden each contributed over 200 per million dollars of GNP for population assistance.

There are many circumstances in which a nation s GNP (per capita) increases even while its wealth (per capita) declines.

Moreover, Irish GNP (the income accruing to its nationals, as distinct from foreign firms operating in Ireland) continues to shrink.

Six more countries, all in Europe, have recently set a timetable to reach 0.7 of GNP by the year 2015.

The US will devote approximately 500 billion, or 5 of GNP, to military spending this year half of the world s total.

Fifth, to promote happiness, we must identify the many factors other than GNP that can raise or lower society s well being.

In Egypt, the economic situation was more positive, with a GNP growth of 4.5 percent and a rapid growth of industry.

The US government often declares these days that it is not bound by any arbitrary numerical target such as 0.7 of GNP.

Its total taxpayer cost was roughly 8 of the Finnish GNP, making it the most severe of the contemporary Nordic banking crises.

If the US lived up to its pledge of 0.7 of GNP in donor aid, it would be giving 75 billion per year.

This year, the budget deficit stands at a peacetime record of around 10 of GNP, much higher than in other high income countries.

Today, after five years of much stronger growth among the newcomers, their combined GNP is somewhat smaller than that of the Benelux countries.

The economies of China and the OECD countries, by contrast, have grown both in terms of GNP per capita and wealth per capita.

The annual capital inflow in the 1990s was around 5 per cent of GNP, which was roughly the level prevailing in 1975 1982.

The average cost of the bailouts was only a few percentage points of GNP. And the crisis was a once in a half century event.

Only a few percentage points of the Israeli GNP come from agriculture today as a result, its economy requires less water than it once did.

It extends not just to overall prosperity (or aggregate GNP ), but also to distributional outcomes, which makes the free trade argument morally compelling as well.

The adjustments needed amount to a sizeable deficit to balance swing of around 700 billion in the US current account, or nearly 5 of US GNP.

The ensuing massive bank bailout, plus continued budget deficits and declining nominal GNP, means that Ireland s debt is ballooning, while its capacity to pay has collapsed.

The most famous single promise by the rich countries has been to provide aid to the poorest countries equal to at least 0.7 of their GNP.

The personal presence of Bush is notable, because the rich countries once again adopted the target of 0.7 of GNP, with the US being a signatory.

From a global point of view, there are currently five countries that have reached 0.7 of GNP in aid Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

There is a big difference between the two. There are many circumstances in which a nation s GNP (per capita) increases even while its wealth (per capita) declines.