South Korea s economy grew at a mere 0.4 in the same period the slowest pace in two years while Japan s GDP contracted at a larger than expected 2.3 , as the yen s strength weighed down exports.

Yet, of all the Millennium Development Goals, maternal health is the slowest to be achieved.

Africa, long the world s slowest growing region, is now averaging roughly 5 annual GDP growth.

Europe is, moreover, the continent with the slowest rate of economic growth in the world.

Algeria infamously has the slowest Internet speed in the world, ranked last out of 176 countries last year.

But everything is relative Germany s trend growth rate is just 1.1 , and the country has been the slowest growing EU country since 1995.

Many countries and companies are forging ahead, signaling a determination not to be held hostage by the slowest at the official negotiating table.

The pace of urbanization is astonishing.

The ECB Picks Up The Pace

We must speed up the pace.

Over the last decade, Germany has been the slowest growing economy in the European Union, and Europe has been the slowest growing continent in the world. From 1995 to 2005, Germany will have grown by only 14.6 , while the old EU on average will have grown by 24 , the US by 39.9 , and the world economy by 45.6 .

Besides the slow pace of poverty reduction, human development has not kept up with the pace of income growth, either.

Indeed, Pakistan s rate of economic growth is the slowest on the South Asian mainland one half that of Bangladesh and one third that of India.

China is developing at a dizzying pace.

The pace of sustainable development is necessarily slow.

That pace of employment growth now appears unsustainable.

The economy is growing at a sustainable pace.

Its defense expenditures have an even faster pace.

The empowerment of women has also gathered pace.

The pace of change, however, must be accelerated.

The pace and magnitude of assistance that is currently being provided must be stepped up to keep pace with an increasing number of returnees.

The things are coming out at a faster pace.

Infrastructure did not keep pace with the economy s needs.

No economy keeps growing at the same pace forever.

The pace of change in the biosciences is phenomenal.

First, the lack of correlation between quantitative easing and GDP growth suggests that the pace of asset buying could be reduced without slowing the pace of growth.

Given these advantages, the pace of internationalization has been swift.

Somehow, too, Asia s leaders must manage the pace of globalization.

The pace of fundraising has also accelerated since Houla Massacre.

All these versions continued version 3.0's impressive sales pace.

Pace is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.

(c) Effective crime prevention keeping pace with the new developments

The pace of change in some areas is quite slow.

Given that Germany also has one of the eurozone s lowest investment rates, its GDP growth is likely to be among Europe s slowest in the coming years, making significant wage increases unlikely.

But wages have grown at a far slower pace than GDP.

But what has surprised many observers is the pace of change.

We must evolve and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

Nor has the Agency s budget kept pace with its increasing workload.

The pace of change might be doubtful, but not its direction.

Unfortunately, the IMF s rebalancing efforts are proceeding at a glacial pace.

The pace of job growth reached 10 year highs in 2007.

Thereafter, the population of Spanish Hispaniola grew at a slow pace.

The shootings continued into the next day, at a lesser pace.

The judiciary is being gradually consolidated, albeit at a slow pace.

Israeli domestic preparations for the withdrawal continue at a rapid pace.