The punishment of offenders must be balanced, however, with action aimed at improving the economic and social situation of victims and reducing demand in destination countries.

Wage growth, rather than borrowing and financial booms, fuelled demand growth.

We are experiencing a step change in the growth rate of energy demand due to rising population and economic development.

It moves economic growth away from a dangerous over reliance on external demand, while shifting support to untapped internal demand.

But demand management is only part of the job when it comes to fostering long term economic growth.

4. When requesting the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion, the World Tourism Organization shall inform the Economic and Social Council of the request.

And declining economic activity in the rest of the world is lowering demand for US exports.

German exports would also benefit from a weaker euro, boosting overall economic demand in Germany.

It is a challenge for oil exporters among the ESCWA member countries to combine sustainable domestic demand creation with economic diversification.

On the demand side, the ongoing economic slowdown in China is starting to affect companies orders and revenues, adding to the challenges stemming from the persistently sluggish US economy.

In response to this request, a task force was established by OECD to deal with the issue.

However, to the extent that public investment grows, aggregate demand increases correspondingly, generating some growth and creating a cushion against recession.

But one can take another view, which is that demand for credit, rather than supply, is the crucial economic driver.

When requested, it provides inputs to reports of the Secretary General and other documentation prepared for the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly.

Japan s deflation and economic stagnation over the last two decades stemmed largely from a dysfunctional financial system and a lack of private demand.

Non OECD countries account for 87 of the increase, so their share of world primary energy demand will rise from 51 to 62 .

By contrast, a gap between supply and demand when the corresponding excess demand is for financial assets is a recipe for economic meltdown.

This illustrates a fundamental point in the short run, reduced economic activity is the principle way of lowering oil demand.

Faced with sluggish external demand, weak domestic consumption, rising labor costs, and low productivity, China depends excessively on investment to drive economic growth.

External demand in the second half of 2011 is unlikely to be strong, owing to the shaky global recovery.

The prices of such products had been recovering, largely as a result of Chinese demand, which generally speaking contributed to the accelerated economic growth of the developing world.

Continuing economic diversification policies have made it possible for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to channel oil gains into expanding domestic demand.

This illustrates a fundamental point in the short run, reduced economic activity is the principle way of lowering oil demand.

In particular, slowing global economic demand poses daunting challenges for many Asian economies, especially those that are more dependent on export led growth.

Over most of the postwar period, this post recession release of pent up consumer demand has been a powerful source of support for economic recovery.

When production exceeds domestic demand, producers are compelled to expand exports, creating an export oriented, capital intensive industrial structure that supports rapid economic growth.

Economic growth is expected to moderate in 2005 in all three countries if the external environment weakens and uncertainty remains about the sustainability of domestic demand.

With the world demand for oil surging, particularly from China and India, oil prices rose and economic growth continued in 2004 in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region (except for conflict zones) for the second consecutive year.

Thus, there is a global slackening of aggregate demand relative to the glut of supply capacity, which will impede a robust global economic recovery.

Despite all the talk about the coming shift to internal demand, China remains heavily dependent on exports and external demand as major drivers of economic growth.

Ongoing economic reforms and liberalization contributed to healthy demand expansion in most Gulf Cooperation Council countries during 2004.

That notion has now been turned on its head as economic growth has stalled, falling import demand from trade partners has caused economic woes to spread and deepen.

But the European economic recovery plan that was recently reaffirmed by the European Council of Ministers is mainly focused on national measures to support domestic demand.

After the global economic crisis weakened external demand, which sustained China s unprecedented economic growth for three decades, the authorities agreed that internal demand, especially domestic consumption, must become the country s new growth engine.

Hopes that a US economic recovery will boost demand and investment in Latin America are likely to be dashed US investment will probably flow elsewhere. China s economic slowdown will also dampen prices for exports, including commodities.

17. A request shall be executed in accordance with the domestic law of the requested State Party and, to the extent not contrary to the domestic law of the requested State Party and where possible, in accordance with the procedures specified in the request.

Weak external demand is partly responsible for the falloff in growth, but internal factors namely, slowing investment and stagnating consumption are also holding back economic expansion.

This has not gone unnoticed by Asia s governments, which are heavily dependent on economic growth to meet their young and growing populations demand for jobs and prosperity.

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Demand reduction

Demand reduction

Such an outcome would have three profound implications for the economic outlook First, since consumer demand still accounts for 71 of real GDP, a protracted shortfall in trend consumption represents a major headwind for overall US economic growth.

If a trilateral Northeast Asian FTA can be concluded, the three countries would be able to generate more market demand domestically at a time of weak demand from the West, and would gain greater influence in the global political economy.

How could this be? As the economic historian Alexander Field has shown, many firms took the down time created by weak demand for their products to reorganize their operations.

In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of simultaneous, strong consumer demand or a period of highest demand in a billing period.