Paradoxically, cross country measures of income and wealth inequality are actually falling, thanks to continuing robust growth in emerging markets.

A strong dollar at home means a dollar that retains its purchasing power, thanks to a low rate of inflation.

But even higher upfront costs are quickly paid for with cheaper utility bills.

China accelerated to a high growth pattern in the late 1970 s and early 1980 s, owing to the benefits of its low cost labor and a major change in economic policy.

Midwives, trained traditional birth attendants and staff nurses have helped to significantly reduce the maternal mortality rate.

This reduction came about by a 10 per cent resource decrease in the area of procurement and logistics, resulting from a reformed management structure.

It was because of his friendship with Poirier that Darío was able to obtain a job in the newspaper La Época , in Santiago on July 1886.

The hope is that the reduction in borrowing costs on new loans, plus the austerity programs promised by governments, will enable bond prices to recover to par without the need for the creditor banks to take a hit.

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

Italy, for example with a debt to income ratio already exceeding 100 , has been able to manage so far thanks to falling global rates.

Entrepreneurs of dubious quality no doubt entered as well, thanks to the generosity of the state.

Some of these structures are operational thanks to collaboration and agreements reached with local health centres that have replicated the programme.

Today ships are significantly faster than in former times, thanks to much improved propulsion systems.

Some Romanian refugees were already candidates for the local elections, praised for their hard work and honesty.

Stability of social spending is crucial, inasmuch as instability and fluctuations reduce the efficiency of social spending.

Paradoxically, cross country measures of income and wealth inequality are actually falling, thanks to continuing robust growth in emerging markets. But most people care far more about how well they are doing relative to their neighbors than to citizens of distant lands.

Governments could afford the cost of the subsidies since cutting unemployment would not only lower public security costs, but would also reduce the need for welfare programs.

Similar advances in climate modeling are occurring, thanks to methodological improvements and better data.

Africa s demographic burdens began to lighten in the 1990 s, thanks to gradual reduction in fertility rates and continued urbanization.

Despite the turbulence, oppression and violence that have shaped and developed the Caribbean region, thanks to the physical attributes of sea, sun and sand, it s considered a laid back place.

Moreover, economists contend that energy consumption per capita is declining, owing to more efficient use.

The French economy could be slightly more stable in the medium term insofar as it seems to have more solid internal sectors.

Yes, if you are a bank, particularly a big one, you can raise money easily enough, thanks to sweeping explicit and implicit government guarantees.

The US budget deficit has been on a downward trend for now, helped by both higher revenues and lower pressure on spending (for example, payments to the unemployed have fallen as joblessness has declined).

Most Europeans prefer to ignore the looming challenge of radical policy reform, owing to the decline in living standards that it implies.

They went from retreating to the nurse's station to discuss the various states and needs of patients, to developing a system that happened on the ward in front of patients, using a simple software tool.

Emerging markets external and fiscal positions have been stronger than ever, thanks to the hard lessons learned from their own crisis prone history.

Now those with the disease can lead an almost normal life, thanks to a drug called Cerezyme but it costs 175,000 a year.

In the world of pure globalization, small states do best, because they are more flexible and can adapt more easily to rapidly changing markets.

Even for Greece, the IMF argued, debt dynamics were not a serious concern, thanks to anticipated growth and reforms.

It seems like the revolutionary spirit is galvanized in Egypt, thanks to President Mohammed Morsy's power grab his recent decision that gave him broad decision making power.

Sociological monitoring showed that inter ethnic relations were evolving positively, thanks to an educational, cultural and linguistic environment that was appropriate for all national minorities.

This European finance triggered additional investment of 2.2 billion, created 15,000 local jobs, and has resulted in savings of 98 per month per household, thanks to a 40 average decrease in heating costs.

Our generation of Chinese journalists broke from traditional Communist ideas about journalism by the mid 1980 s through extensive reading of Western journalism.

More recently, many claimed that with the rise of China and the petro states, an American slowdown could be decoupled from the rest of the world.

There is some evidence that, thanks to grassroots campaigns and new economic opportunities for women, child marriage is in decline in some parts of the world.

And, thanks to the rest of us who don t have the time, information, and skill to match wits with them, they are mostly right.

The strategic framework for 2006 2007 had set the overall goal of improving the living and working environment for all through a more effective and transparent management system.

Depressing economic activity further through higher taxes and reduced government spending would cause offsetting reductions in tax revenue and offsetting increases in transfer payments to the unemployed.

China has created four functioning global scale modern supply chains in manufacturing, infrastructure, finance, and government services, thanks to its evolving, expanding, and complex web of contracts.

While Sarkozy s popularity remains low, a majority of the French want him to succeed, for he has four more years to go, and there is no alternative around the corner.

The matrix spelt out requirements under CEDAW General recommendations in one column, elaborated on these in the next and requested information in the last column. This matrix was sent in hardcopy as well on a computer diskette to all concerned ministries, departments and agencies at the federal and provincial level.

He wrote a long time ago, you know, thanks to the invention of the Internet, web technology, mini cams and more, the means of artistic production have been democratized for the first time in all of human history.

But this can only be a first step. It should be followed by an agreement that all new enrichment and reprocessing activities will be placed exclusively under multinational control, and that all existing such facilities will be converted from national to multinational control.

Fortunately, we managed to avoid economic collapse, thanks to support from the International Monetary Fund, while reducing the deficit by half.