Even in the rosiest economic scenario, expectations about rising living standards will outstrip reality, causing disenchantment.

California once was a source of widely shared rising standards of living and tremendous upward economic mobility.

For many decades, Californians had rapidly rising living standards, great public K 12 and higher education systems, and unprecedented upward mobility.

There are market economies that are doing better, both in terms of both GDP growth and rising living standards for most citizens.

Two hundred years of breathtaking innovation since the dawn of the industrial age have produced rising living standards for ordinary people in much of the world, with no sharply rising trend for unemployment.

Living standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Growth and living standards in 2004

But growing inequality is not inevitable. There are market economies that are doing better, both in terms of both GDP growth and rising living standards for most citizens.

This situation is paradoxical, as Europe is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in its history, with falling employment and living standards and rising worries about the future.

Instead, hard times could fuel civil unrest, threatening their governments legitimacy, credibility, and effectiveness and with no obvious alternatives that could ensure rapid economic recovery and rising living standards.

Even the country s proverbial inequality is beginning to shrink, albeit slowly, and lower middle class living standards are finally rising to where they should have been a decade ago.

If a cheaper dollar leads to an invasion of US exports to the Middle East and rising living standards in the region, all parties will be far better served.

In this way, trade can raise living standards.

Either way, the Chinese trade surplus is bound to shrink, but it would be much better for China if that happened as a result of rising living standards rather than global economic decline.

Standards of living rose nearly ten fold during this period.

Indeed, living standards have been under severe pressure since Mubarak s downfall.

But the Western economic model has brought about unprecedented standards of living.

The reforms immediately devastated the living standards of much of the population.

There was a great improvement in the living standards of the population.

He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries.

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.

Unless there is a change in course, living standards will eventually be compromised.

Within Cuba, he hopes to legitimize his government by improving standards of living.

The Third World has lower living standards as compared to the First World.

For example, without major reform in the US entitlement programs which are exploding in size as a result of rising real benefits per beneficiary and an aging population the next generation can expect a 20 reduction in living standards.

Acknowledging that sustained economic growth, supported by rising productivity and a favourable environment, including private investment and entrepreneurship, is necessary to eradicate poverty, achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and realize a rise in living standards,

Acknowledging that sustained economic growth, supported by rising productivity and a favourable environment, including private investment and entrepreneurship, is necessary to eradicate poverty, achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and realize a rise in living standards,

Indeed, by United Nations standards, China still has 150 million people living in poverty.

During Saddam s reign, no effort was made to raise living standards for the poor.

Practically all aspects affecting living standards of families are less favourable in rural areas.

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, national household survey on standards of living, 2001.

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, national household survey on standards of living, 2001.

So the right slogan in this campaign might be, It s the living standards, stupid. Or, more accurately (though more cumbersomely) It s the perception of future living standards, stupid, and the perception of fairness surrounding those prospects.

Generations of housing policies have promised improvements in living standards, but are yet to deliver.

Therefore, it appears necessary to undertake some protective measures for pensioners concerning their living standards.

Source System of gender focused indicators (SIEG) 2001 national household survey on standards of living.

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, national household survey on standards of living, p. 143.

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, national household survey on standards of living, p. 135.

4. Acknowledges that sustained economic growth, supported by rising productivity and a favourable environment, including for private investment and entrepreneurship, is necessary to eradicate poverty, achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and realize a rise in living standards

Acknowledges that sustained economic growth, supported by rising productivity and a favourable environment, including for private investment and entrepreneurship, is necessary to eradicate poverty, achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and realize a rise in living standards

If everyone managed to live at American living standards today, we would need almost five planets.

But these innovations served only to increase the human population, not raise median standards of living.

In short, even as globalization progressed, Swedish wage earners enjoyed a substantial improvement in living standards.

Any strategy for raising living standards must include urgent measures that address AIDS, TB and malaria.

Education and training, healthcare and living standards of women and child girls have been remarkably improved.