A more rapid increase of the renminbi dollar exchange rate would shrink China s exports and increase its imports.

There has also been a rapid increase in urbanization in most non Annex I Parties.

At the same time, a rapid increase in brick houses was taking place in the centre of the city.

Rapid environmental change associated with insecurity and losses of livelihoods undermine the resilience of societies and increase their vulnerability.

The main reason is that during rapid economic development the conditions of road transport and its management, as well as human behaviour, often cannot adapt to the rapid increase of motorized vehicles.

Africa s growth potential has caught the attention of foreign investors, who have contributed to a rapid increase in capital expenditure.

And, of course, rapid growth in the advanced countries generally fueled an increase in world trade volumes to record highs.

There was therefore a rapid rise in prices, without any significant increase in salaries or wages in the Palestinian territories.

Rapid identification using genetic bar codes can increase the rate of discovering species and determining the transmission dynamics of potential EID s.

Because of the rapid increase of the number of students, it constructed the first university owned building in the Nasser District.

ROME It has long been known that spurts of rapid economic growth can increase inequality China and India are the latest examples.

To address those issues we have promoted a rapid increase in spending for social services to put a stop to growing poverty.

The rapid rise in house prices until 2006 caused households to increase their spending, financed in part by converting home equity into cash.

In recent years Japan had witnessed a rapid increase in the abuse of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), such as methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy).

The rapid ageing of the population in the region, in particular the ageing of the older population, would increase expenditure on public health.

The 1990s witnessed a rapid expansion of private capital inflows into developing countries, registering a sevenfold increase over the average for the 1980s.

Given the upward pressure on prices implied by rising emerging market demand and the global economy s rapid increase in size, that day has arrived.

Growth in real output has averaged around 5 percent in the past seven years, but rapid population growth has offset much of this increase.

The rapid growth of China, India, and other emerging countries should come with increased influence, to be implemented through the planned quota increase in 2011.

To be sure, the prolonged rapid increase in Chinese aggregate demand has been fueled by an investment boom, as well as a growing trade surplus.

Rapid output growth without equally rapid capital stock or employment growth must have reflected rapid productivity growth.

And the rapid reductions in budget deficits that European governments are now pledged to undertake can only increase the likelihood of a full double dip recession.

The overall increase in the number of facilities designated as baby friendly was about 3 per cent in 2004, following rapid expansion from 1994 to 2001.

The rapid increase in the number of United Nations peacekeeping operations, which had achieved considerable success, constituted striking testimony to the demand for the Organization's services.

The main challenge for Brazil is to increase its investment rate from 18 of GDP currently to closer to 25 , thereby sustaining rapid growth and economic diversification.

The world was facing an unprecedented demographic transition with the greatest and most rapid increase taking place in the developing countries, with potentially massive implications for all societies.

Although that rapid increase might affect Member States' capacity to pay their assessments on time, the fact remained that the deficit of 2.5 billion was difficult to explain.

Rapid response

Most economists failed to foresee the economic dynamics that actually led to the crisis, because they failed to pay enough attention to the rapid increase in US total debt.

But rapid growth in foreign exchange reserves means an increase in the domestic money supply, because the PBC issues RMB6.64 (down 3 since June) for every dollar it receives.

Our world today is witnessing rapid and successive developments, often marked by an increase of tensions and the widening of the development gap between the North and the South.

Of course, some increase in unemployment as a result of more rapid technological change is certainly likely, especially in places like Europe, where a plethora of rigidities inhibit smooth adjustment.

In view of a growing trend in this area, we are observing rapid growth in the urban informal sector and an increase in the incidence of hazardous employment and crime.

That trend has been accelerated by the rapid proliferation of computers, the considerable increase in the number of users of Internet services and the expansion of credit card based economies.

As a result there was a rapid, and ubiquitous, rise in the share of exports and imports in GDP in developing countries, as well as a rapid increase in the share of these countries in international trade in goods from about 23 to about 30 per cent of the total.

But inflation which rapid money supply expansion inevitably fuels has so far remained subdued, at roughly 2 , because banks are not using their swelling reserves to expand credit and increase liquidity.

The Facility would be designed to provide a rapid increase in official assistance through innovative financing arrangements that would allow Governments' future aid commitments to be expended before they are budgeted.

The rapid increase in this problem is evidenced by the fact that the number of registered vessels in the South Pacific increased about 50 percent between 1997 98 and 2001 02.

Growth can be rapid.

Mass Rapid Transit Subway

It increases the profitability of manufacturing and non traditional agricultural sectors, which are the activities with both the highest level of labor productivity and with the most rapid rates of productivity increase.

In 2004, 71 country offices had a work plan and budget to put into effect the minimum standards on HIV AIDS in the workplace, a rapid increase from 46 the year before.

The warming of the Arctic and the growing demand for the natural resources of the region are leading to a rapid increase in navigation in areas previously considered inaccessible to commercial shipping.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

China s rapid rise, and America s equally rapid loss of power and influence, has created a dangerous situation.