It has been two decades since the last global debt crisis.

Consider, for example, Latin America s growth model of the last two decades.

In the last two decades of the twentieth century, however, an intellectual revolution occurred.

Indeed, the last time Britain had a strong European voice was more than two decades ago.

Globalization proceeded at a rapid pace through much of the last century, and at a particularly accelerated rate during its last two decades.

So, on balance, it seems that global inequality has been relatively stable during the last two decades.

WASHINGTON, DC The geography of poverty and social deprivation has changed dramatically over the last two decades.

Of course, there is still the euro, Europe s only great political success over the last two decades.

In the last two decades, the Government has taken numerous steps to improve road safety in Singapore.

The maternal mortality rate in Bangladesh has declined sharply by more than 66 over the last two decades.

The last two decades of the 19th century were also marked by the development of a Haitian intellectual culture.

There are now signs that the consensus reigning in Western central banks for the last two decades is being challenged.

If they follow through, as I expect, there will be no return to the strategies of the last two decades.

These trends reflect a combination of technological and global market forces that have been operating over the last two decades.

At the same time, inflation adjusted wages for rich country unskilled workers have barely budged over the last two decades.

Over the last two decades, lobbyists have worked to harmonize and strengthen a far stricter and globally enforceable IP regime.

The pattern is not uncharacteristic of other industrialized countries relative to emerging markets over the last two decades (Figure 1).

Other indicators testify the dimension of the economic, social and political crisis that has affected Mozambique in last two decades.

Over the two last decades, masses of Indians and Chinese have closed the gap (in relative terms) with the rich world.

But, in the last two decades, the story of the Somali nomad has become far less romantic and far more complex.

The main driver of Pakistan s dramatic reduction in polio cases over the last two decades has been leadership at all levels.

Two Decades from Warsaw

But the alternative could be worse a populist backlash that destroys much of what Mexico has achieved over the last two decades.

But in the last two decades, it has experienced an unprecedented expansion, now accounting for roughly 15 percent of the world's GDP.

Although Golden Dawn has existed for roughly two decades, only in the last year did it gain enough support to enter parliament.

Over the last two decades, a booming vegetable and cut flowers industry has developed on the shores of Lake Naivasha in Kenya.

In the last two decades (1981 2001), life expectancy for Israeli women has increased by 5.3 years, compared to 4.6 among men.

The total fertility rate has dropped by 50 per cent, from 6.3 to 3 births per woman over the last two decades.

The financial revolution that swept the world over the last two decades seemed to sever the link between representative government and public finance.

Japan s deflation and economic stagnation over the last two decades stemmed largely from a dysfunctional financial system and a lack of private demand.

Savings behavior invariably reacts to changes in interest rates, which have fallen steadily over the last two decades to today s record low levels.

After a couple of centuries of relative stagnation, these two countries, containing nearly two fifths of the world s population, have experienced remarkably rapid income growth in the last three decades.

The output of the US and European music industries sounds stale in comparison, owing to a dearth of innovation over the last two decades.

Because of the splintering of political parties, India has had only one single party government and eight coalition governments in the last two decades.

Meanwhile, Qatar s diligent efforts to expand its influence over the last two decades have paid off, with the country developing considerable power of attraction.

Africa is the only continent where rural poverty has been increasing and per capita food production has been declining over the last two decades.

These developments seem to add to global inequality. So, on balance, it seems that global inequality has been relatively stable during the last two decades.

For the last two decades, Chinese leaders have been diligently trying to build a new edifice in order to gain some of that missing respect.

During the last two decades, there was an increase in Arab women's participation in the labor force, from 11 in 1980 to 14.8 in 2002.

Alarmingly, this research has decreased over the last three decades.

Production is expected to last for up to four decades.

This situation had persisted for two decades.

In the last two decades, the world as a whole has gotten richer, but, while some national economies have advanced sharply, others have fallen farther behind.

But, though some aspects of the ICTY s performance merit criticism, its overall performance and achievements over the last two decades have made it a great success.

Moreover, just this month, the visa wall surrounding the region for the last two decades finally fell for everyone (with the exception of the Kosovo Albanians).