Despite all of these similarities, we see huge differences in savings behavior.

All of this to say, that despite the horror, and despite the death, women are never really counted.

Despite the death of Mr. Garang, the situation in Darfur remained relatively calm.

Despite its determination to become self sufficient by adopting plans for restructuring and upgrading, despite its progress on settling conflicts that have long stood in the way of development in numerous countries, and despite its high priority on the world agenda, Africa is lagging far behind in the timetable for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Now, this despite the fact that I lived in Nigeria.

Despite these improvements, the situation remains tense in many places.

But despite that, and despite the Group of Eight's important debt relief initiative, there is an urgent need to do more.

Despite progress in expanding the use of SSC, mainstreaming of the modality is still not optimal.

In mid April, despite international criticism of the renewed settlement activity, construction in Ma'ale Adumim was proceeding.

Despite this, you deny the Day of Judgment,

Despite this, you deny the Day of Judgment,

Noting that, despite the progress achieved, difficulties remain in the implementation of the settlement plan,

Despite our limited resources, we were successful in locating fugitives on a number of occasions.

Despite manifest successes, the capacity of the United Nations in providing electoral assistance remains overstretched.

Despite that, these animals grow back in about a year's time.

Despite progress in the area around Pristina, problems remained in the rural areas.

Despite the variety of obstacles to regional integration in Africa, there has been notable progress in some areas.

That, in the case of the young Aboriginal boys, is true despite their own extreme challenges.

The potential for e tourism is considerable despite the limited impact of ICT in developing countries.

This practice allegedly persists despite the lifting of the ban on travelling to Iran in 2001.

First, poverty rates increased despite overall growth in the economy and in employment rates.

Despite progress made in consolidating peace in Sierra Leone, the overall situation remains fragile.

Despite the necessity of rerunning the elections in Zvornik municipality, the elections in the Republika Srpska passed off peaceably.

Relevant experts believed that despite the signs of stabilization in July, we should not have high expectations.

These activities have not abated, despite the declaration of the so called unilateral ceasefire in recent months.

Access by road is still possible in Government controlled areas of Jebel Marra, despite some sporadic incidents.

Five years have passed, and, despite the triumph of principle, there has been a failure in practice.

Despite some positive changes in the processing of claims for reimbursement, there was still need for improvement.

In some cases, significant progress has been made in terms of employment creation despite the imposition of punitive and discriminatory policies.

Despite a lot of difficulties, he still completed the task.

Despite the progress made in Afghanistan in social development, there are nevertheless concerns about ongoing problems in the area of security.

In recent years, despite global instability, particularly in the Middle East, Jordan had forged ahead.

It's increased our dependence on foreign oil despite the gains in fuel efficiency.

In ways that, despite our resources, they can do it better than us.

Despite improved collaboration with the Group, there remain certain areas of opacity in the implementation of the arms embargo.

Despite a recent escalation in the number and gravity of their attacks, the future of the Taliban is uncertain.

Despite his riches, he's not contented.

Despite this institutional structure, problems remain.

Every day the rights and well being of children are violated aggressively, despite the multitude of international legal instruments which are supposed to protect them, and despite the existence of a solid programme to prevent the involvement of children in armed conflict.

Despite these achievements, women still lack representation in the managerial levels in boards of directors of public corporations when compared to men.

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

Despite these advances, discriminatory factors remain, both in educational establishments and in socialization processes in the workplace.

Yet, despite all the advances in medical technology, the diagnosis of brain disorders in one in six children still remained so limited.

No, we may hang on, despite the huge burdens of debt that we've accumulated, despite the evidence that we've lost our work ethic and other parts of our historical mojo.

Despite the above mentioned opportunities, women in rural areas in Vietnam face more disadvantages than men.