Unfortunately, despite those efforts the share of African and least developed countries in international trade continued to decline.

Despite the efforts of the international forestry community, total forest area continues to decline in most regions of the world.

Despite this rate of decline, this target is still far from the Millennium Goal for 2015, which is 62 for every 100,000 live births.

Despite the global decline in absolute poverty, the goal of redressing disproportionately high poverty levels among women and their insufficient access to economic resources remained elusive.

Positive aspects The Committee acknowledges with appreciation that, despite a decline in the number of refugees, Tanzania continues to host more than 600,000 refugees, the largest number in Africa.

Democratization and the increasingly important role of civil society organizations as partners for social development, despite the decline in the role of trade unions, helps to promote transparency and accountability.

Some 18 million in loans a 34 per cent increase over 2004 had been offered in the course of the year, and repayment rates were high, despite the economic decline.

French production costs are high, but Greek costs are higher. Despite the considerable decline in Greek (and Italian and Spanish) real GDP since 2007, adjustment is far from complete.

The Decline and Fall of America s Decline and Fall

According to IMF's report, despite the decline in economic growth, China's contribution to the global economy in 2015 still accounted for up to one third. China's economic transformation is of benefit to the global economy.

The Decline of Ahmedinejad

The Challenge of Russia s Decline

The Decline of Renewable Energy

This is all the more dangerous for Israel in view of the apparent decline in its operational military capabilities. Even the operation in Gaza in 2008 2009, despite its apparent military success, was highly damaging for Israel in political terms.

AIPAC in Decline

America s Overrated Decline

Dignity or Decline?

I must decline.

The Decline of the West Revisited

Monetary policy has been prudent, and the threat of inflation has now been lessened by the decline in commodity and oil prices. The international balance of payments remains in surplus, and there is still a net capital inflow despite the global credit crunch.

The Decline of US Military Innovation

The High Cost of Ocean Decline

I did not decline.

America s Self Inflicted Decline

Debt and America s Decline

(In fact, lung cancer kills one in ten smokers.) But the incidence of certain kinds of lung cancer continues to rise particularly in women making it one of the most prolific killers worldwide, despite the general decline of smoking over the last 30 years.

Persistently weak labor productivity growth has created a situation in which unit labor costs do not fall, even if real wages remain stagnant or decline. Indeed, despite a 1.3 drop in real wages in 2011, unit labor costs remained unchanged.

It may decline some more.

Japan s Road to Harmonious Decline

Meanwhile, direct taxation of corporations and individuals has tended to decline despite the moot claim that lower direct taxation ensures investment and growth. As a result, the tax GDP ratio in most countries in Sub Saharan Africa and Latin America has stagnated or even fallen.

There are many causes for the decline of the EU s global position and prestige, one of which has been the way in which the Union has evolved as an aloof and bureaucratic citadel. This is unfortunate, because, despite its problems, the EU does have much to offer.

Unfortunately I must decline your invitation.

Well, in fact, the arts are not in decline.

Dependence will decline as the international trade regime improves.

Some people say it's not population decline.

The decline was associated with the Government's 1993 regionalization drive.

In 2001, there was about a 10.5 percent decline in the incidence of poverty and a 12.4 percent decline in the depth of poverty over the previous year.

Their exports went down a lot in the early 1990s and actually that decline lines up really, really closely with this decline in new HIV infections.

Despite this wealth, Spain became increasingly indebted, eventually defaulting three times in 1607, 1627, and 1649 and heading into sharp geopolitical decline. Yet Spanish silver coins (known as pieces of eight or Spanish dollars) remained the main currency used in world trade right up to the American Revolutionary War.

This was the result of the steady decline in national income.

In the same period, the mortality rate observed a significant decline.

There was a big decline in coffee prices.

This represents a substantial decline over previous years.

Despite this wealth, Spain became increasingly indebted, eventually defaulting three times in 1607, 1627, and 1649 nbsp and heading into sharp geopolitical decline. Yet Spanish silver coins (known as pieces of eight or Spanish dollars) remained the main currency used in world trade right up to the American Revolutionary War.

The question today is whether the current crisis of American consciousness marks the beginning of America s decline or, let us hope, the beginning of a return to multilateralism. Will America hark back to the spirit of 1945 or, despite being sobered and disappointed, decide to stick to its lone and lonely path?