Northern Cyprus, like Turkey, offers a 2.5 percentage point refund on VAT, compared to the standard VAT rate of 13 .

The malnutrition rate and the child mortality rate have been reduced.

In Europe, efficiency would be enhanced by a unified VAT rate, instead of creating distortions by charging different rates for different goods.

A reduced daily MSA rate of 43 is applied accordingly.

Brazil has significantly reduced the rate of deforestation in the Amazon.

In January 2005, the personal income tax rate was reduced to 24 .

In the autumn, Prime Minister Terzić had offered his resignation over the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament's failure to adopt a government proposal on the value added tax (VAT) rate.

The horizontal line rate was reduced to approximately 15,734 lines per second (3.579545 2 455 MHz) from 15,750 lines per second, and the frame rate was reduced to approximately 29.970 frames per second (the horizontal line rate divided by 525 lines frame) from 30 frames per second.

Japan s consumption tax (essentially the same as VAT in Europe) was introduced in 1989 at a rate of 3 , and increased to 5 in 1997, after heated political battles.

Look for a sign saying VAT Refund for Tourists .

This is a consequence of the reduced birth rate and the emigration of young people abroad.

Reagan s tax policies reduced the top income tax rate from 70 in 1980 to 28 in 1986.

It was not accepted and, in early January, the Parliament passed laws that will enact a State level, single rate VAT system that will come into effect by January 2006 at the latest.

The VAT increase will hurt, but there was no other way.

When all of these reforms are realized, China s national saving rate may be reduced to 45 , from 51 currently.

Over the past decade, the infant mortality rate has been reduced from 126 to 60 deaths per 1,000 live births.

In Europe, efficiency would be enhanced by a unified VAT rate, instead of creating distortions by charging different rates for different goods. In principle, low income individuals and families could be compensated through lump sum transfer programs.

The reduced requirements were due mainly to an overall actual vacancy rate of 18.2 per cent experienced for international staff, compared with an 8 per cent vacancy rate in the budget.

1.87 The occupancy rate for grades 1 5 will have been reduced to an average of 40 students per class section.

The Family Planning Program has reduced the fertility rate from 5.6 children per couple before 1990 down to 2.6 in 2003.

Accordingly, Puerto Rico's problem was not its alleged colonial status but discriminatory practices that reduced Puerto Ricans to second rate citizens .

The value added tax (VAT) is applicable to most of the commodities and services.

In addition, the vacancy rate for international staff had been reduced from 14.2 per cent as at 31 August 2005 to 8.2 per cent, compared with a budgeted rate of 10 per cent.

The population growth rate has been drastically reduced, falling to 1.47 per cent in 2005 from 3 per cent in the 1970s.

Although economic growth has reduced South Asia s poverty rate, it has not fallen fast enough to reduce the total number of poor people.

Between the years 2002 and 2003, the dropout rate was reduced to 6 in the Jewish sector and 10 in the Arab sector.

Specifications Technical specifications Forward link channel with 1 to 4 lanes effective data rate 1.296 (reduced bit rate), 2.16 (high bit rate), 4.32 (HBR2), or 6.48 Gbit s (HBR3) per lane (total 5.184, 8.64, 17.28, or 25.92 Gbit s for a 4 lane link) .

Thanks to strong political commitments together with a nation wide healthcare network, maternal and child mortality rate has been reduced significantly in Viet Nam.

It is hoped that with the completion of the project, the situation will be positively changed and that the dropout rate will be reduced.

Some developing countries have introduced a far reaching VAT refund system for consumers who collect official receipts.

Considering VAT increases, along with salary, pension and benefit cuts, some basic goods are becoming less affordable.

A 7 per cent government value added tax (VAT) is applied to goods and services in Thailand.

These remedies have reduced the rate of new infections (though the total number of people living with HIV, especially aged 15 49, continues to rise).

In line with Millennium Development Goal 4 and the goals of the twenty seventh special session, Viet Nam's child mortality rate has been considerably reduced.

In particular, the US should consider introducing a value added tax (VAT), widely used in other industrialized countries.

Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

The old government bonds in this case would be converted at a reduced rate into replacement bonds, which are partly guaranteed (at 80 ) by the participating states.

1.90 The repetition rate will have been reduced to an average of 3.77 per cent in the elementary cycle and 5.9 per cent in the preparatory cycle.

So we opened this place. And this is a vat that we fill with treasures that students dig in.

First, the prices that the traveler sees are generally increased by value added tax (VAT), which is universal in Europe but unknown in the US. Remove the VAT, which is typically 15 or more, and the prices in Europe are similar to those in the US.

1.100 The drop out rate will have been reduced to an average of 0.38 per cent in the elementary cycle and 2.48 per cent in the preparatory cycle.

To accelerate the redeployment rate, the inventory levels of long lead time items will need to be increased and the stocking of short lead time items reduced appropriately.

However, there is a VAT refund scheme for tourists, who may claim the refund on certain items purchased in Thailand.

To improve vaccination coverage, raising VAT (Vesicle amine transporters) coverage for pregnant women from 40 per cent to 95 per cent.

Without a fall in the dollar and the resulting rise in net exports, a higher saving rate and reduced consumer spending could push the US economy into a deep recession.