Inequality has been falling.

A much larger share was lost productivity.

With fewer victims, crime will pay less.

Due to accelerating industrialization and urbanization, agricultural land is shrinking.

Fewer Africans working in rich countries will automatically translate into less money circulating in African countries.

Slower growth means less revenue, and a faster downward spiral.

Her hopes that he is still alive are dwindling.

Besides the largest conventional oil reserves and the second largest natural gas reserves in the Western Hemisphere, Venezuela has non conventional oil deposits (extra heavy crude oil, bitumen and tar sands) approximately equal to the world's reserves of conventional oil.

Smaller reserves are found in the United States.

Africa is a continent rich in energy, holding two thirds of the world s reserves of hydro electric power trillions of kilowatt hours representing about half of total world resources.

As their legitimacy and funding diminish, so does their effectiveness.

But General Babangida also has deep pockets.

Gas reserves should last about 50 years at present rates of consumption.

Taking precautions during sexual activity is regarded as an individual responsibility.

China s growing interest in the Middle East also decreases the likelihood of an American withdrawal.

The Fed has printed new bank reserves with reckless abandon.

With little leverage, Iran s leaders would then have two options.

Demand for loans was low, leaving it short of revenue.

A mechanism that allows rich countries that don t need additional reserves to transfer their allocations to those that do is readily available, using the IMF s gold reserves.

In the past decade, YPF s reserves diminished significantly, along with those of most oil companies operating in Argentina, because investment in exploration was greatly reduced.

But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so lightly.

The fall of the Soviet empire, naturally, reduced Americans' security interest in Europe.

But Ahmadinejad s unpopularity does not necessarily weaken his chances of being re elected.

Sarkozy believes in the efficiency of markets and will shy away from state intervention in the economy.

In the past, when a stay at home wife went to work, the chance that her marriage would dissolve increased.

Several factors have diminished investors willingness to extend long term credit.

Moreover, the capacity of Mexico s security machinery appears diminished.

As a result, the country s energy reserves have also become an investment magnet.

The country's oil reserves have played a major role in its growing wealth and influence.

With time for a two state solution quickly running out, a speedy settlement is in everyone's best interest.

With fewer trades, the information content of prices is arguably reduced.

Also during the war, geologists discovered large reserves of gold that would be mined in the 1950s.

The US current account deficit has been narrowing in recent quarters, thanks to export growth.

Moreover, with less government support, rural credit has often become prohibitively expensive.

And the traditional notion of saving for bequests has waned.

And policymakers have moved to a risky credit easing policy as QE s effectiveness has waned.

The improved resilience may be seen in fewer bank failures and more consistent credit provision.

In other words, France uses African reserves to finance part of its budget deficit at a concessional interest rate.

He became enormously popular in Iran after he nationalized Iran's petroleum industry and oil reserves.

In 2005 it had proven recoverable coal reserves of 171 million tons.

Bank reserves were in silver coins, and banknotes were convertible solely into silver.

Iraq has reserves of uranium ore which continue to be mined at Akashat, on the border with Syria.

Pajari decided to commit his reserves in a pincer attack at the Soviet troops around the hotel.

The company s debt asset ratio leapt from 18 to 90 as company reserves for long term development essential in the telecoms industry were used to service the loan.

When structural barriers to employment have diminished, unemployment benefits should revert to their old norms.