National debt, too, has risen sharply.

That began to change with WWI, when growth picked up a trend that accelerated sharply after World War II.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

The use of torture had declined sharply.

Thereafter, the two camps interests and conclusions diverged sharply.

At the same time, the cost of living increased sharply.

The number of tourists has increased greatly in recent years.

In Egypt s case, the crucial tourist sector contracted sharply after the revolution.

The government will be forced to consider raising revenues sharply.

And only in the last 50 years or so that sugar consumption rose sharply.

Donor aid did start to rise sharply as a result of all of these efforts.

Since then, most emerging market currencies have rebounded sharply.

During the East Asian crisis of 1997 1998, poverty rose sharply. For example, Indonesia s poverty rate soared from roughly 11 to 37 during the crisis, mainly owing to the massive depreciation of the rupiah.

Information technology has a greater impact on our society than ever before.

After many years of outperformance, GDP growth has slowed sharply.

During the East Asian crisis of 1997 1998, poverty rose sharply.

A vaccine was developed in the next decade, and deaths began declining in earnest in 1924.

Otherwise, simmering trade frictions could suddenly throw globalization sharply into reverse.

Likewise, many other European banks are cutting back their overseas business sharply.

Interest rate spreads on Italian sovereign debt have widened, but not sharply.

But assume that China does revalue its currency sharply, by, say, 40 .

True, much of that was due to a sharp decline in imports but even the growth rate of final sales to domestic purchasers rose at a healthy 3.4 pace.

As a result, levels of import penetration actually fell, quite sharply, in virtually every country.

These factors explain why growth in most BRICS and many other emerging markets has slowed sharply.

Export growth is down sharply, turning negative vis à vis the eurozone s periphery.

And, despite the spike in unemployment, productivity growth in the eurozone is decidedly negative.

Women were increasingly moving into the service sector and the number of self employed women had risen considerably.

Yes, India s economy has slowed sharply, the rupee has plunged, and scandals and protests dominate the headlines.

A return to a national currency and a sharp depreciation would quickly restore competitiveness and growth.

Even though home prices have already fallen sharply, there has been no meaningful rebound.

Middle class and wealthy households around the world felt poorer and therefore cut their spending sharply.

Positive trends in previous months, with regard to respect for human rights have been badly undermined.

More than a century ago, during the first Gilded Age, American politics was sharply polarized as well.

The risk of a vicious, self reinforcing downward spiral would rise sharply.

Sometimes, even often, economies prosper nicely after the government s deficit is sharply reduced.

How, then, can we sustain worldwide economic progress while cutting back sharply on carbon emissions?

A spike in defaults could destabilize the entire financial system and trigger an economic downturn.

These developments first convergence, and now faster services growth stand in sharp contrast with earlier trends.

The support of donor countries has been steadily increasing, reflecting growing confidence in effective programme delivery.

Argentina s per capita income has risen, albeit slowly, during this period, but the country was never far from a full blown macroeconomic crisis that could reduce household incomes sharply. So it seems fair to conclude that both countries are still caught in the middle income trap.

But, with concerted international efforts, including by NATO ships, pirate attacks have dropped sharply.

The eastern zone is dominated by a range of verdant hills which drop steeply to the coast of the Alor Strait.

Beginning in the late Gorbachev period, and especially after independence, the number of mosques rose dramatically.

In the 1990s, the Djibouti economy deteriorated dramatically, with net external assets falling by 40 per cent.

But the state itself is in dire financial straits one of the cities problems is the sharp curtailment of state funds to localities.