Technology is increasing at a comparable rate.

The fertility rate is declining and contraceptive use is increasing.

Increasing the rate of birth control use in both urban and rural areas.

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Israel's divorce rate has been increasing in recent years, as demonstrated by the following table

World steel production has been increasing since 1994, and since 2001 the rate of growth has accelerated.

The Committee notes with concern the increasing rate of unemployment in the State party, particularly in rural areas.

Increasing the rate at which stocks are delivered above current levels will require modern approaches to material management.

Recently, total exports of business services have been increasing at an average annual rate of about 8 per cent.

The average lifespan s more than doubled since 1840, and it s increasing currently at the rate of about five hours every day.

Mr. Latheef (Maldives) The frequency and magnitude of natural disasters occurring all over the world are increasing at an alarming rate.

The prevalence rate of contraception use in 1987 was 48 percent, increasing to 57 percent in 1997, and 60.3 percent in 2003.

The success achieved in raising awareness of gender issues and the sustained efforts for increasing the schooling rate of girls deserve particular attention.

Exchange rate fluctuations are due in part to the increasing influx of counterfeit currency, the printing of which is reported to be continuing.

But such an insignificant rate hike will do little to relieve long term pressures, because investors will expect more rate hikes and move money into China, increasing upward pressure on the yuan s exchange rate. Indeed, the logic is self fulfilling as more foreign currency flows into the market, the economy will continue to overheat, necessitating further interest rate hikes.

Evidence from the country's three most deprived regions shows that the enrolment rate of girls is increasing at a faster rate than that of boys, suggesting that progress is being made towards the achievement of gender parity in education.

A number of speakers expressed their concern over the increasing rate of kidnapping, stressing that such actions were linked with organized criminal groups and terrorist groups.

Some policymakers have concluded from Phelps analysis that the unemployment rate cannot be lowered permanently without ever increasing levels of inflation. Thus, monetary authorities should simply focus on price stability by targeting the rate of unemployment at which inflation does not increase, referred to as the non accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU).

As a result of the increasing rate of hostage taking worldwide, the Department of Safety and Security conducted its fourth hostage incident management workshop in October 2004.

All the rates had a tendency to decrease in 2001 when compared to 2000, with the exception of chronic diseases of digestive systems, whose rate in increasing.

With respect to women's health, she noted that women's average life expectancy was increasing, the age at which women were marrying was rising, the overall fertility rate was falling, and the use of effective family planning methods and prenatal and post natal services was increasing.

The rate of TB cases in the post war period is increasing when compared to the pre war period, which is directly connected with the poverty of the population.

There was increasing optimism among Burundi refugees following the recent elections with the rate of returns from the United Republic of Tanzania doubling in comparison to the previous months.

The number of women and girls infected and affected by HIV and AIDS has been increasing steadily including the rate of death and is of grave concern to NAM countries.

But China s investment rate is already too high, accounting for almost half of GDP. With capital intensity increasing significantly faster than labor productivity in China, the inefficiency of investment is clear.

A 3 per cent growth rate is projected for contributions to regular resources for 2005 and 2006, increasing to 4 per cent for 2007 2009 and reaching 933 million by 2009.

However, current international recommendations and manuals do not include guidelines on how to deal with the decreasing response rate that is due to the increasing number of respondents refusing to be surveyed.

Invites Governments to take further appropriate measures to address the increasing rate of homelessness or inadequate housing for women, including its underlying factors, such as gender inequality, HIV AIDS, poverty and violence

Invites Governments to take further appropriate measures to address the increasing rate of homelessness or inadequate housing for women, including its underlying factors, such as gender inequality, HIV AIDS, poverty and violence

Indeed, cutting these items to pay for a reduction in the corporate tax rate could end up increasing the tax on corporate economic activity in the US. Eliminating accelerated depreciation for equipment would raise the effective tax rate on new investments repealing the domestic production deduction would increase the effective tax rate on US manufacturing and rescinding the R D tax credit would reduce investment in innovation.

In 2003, the National Centre for Crime Statistics of the Australian Bureau of Statistics released a report entitled Women in Prison Why is the Rate of Incarceration Increasing? The report tested five hypotheses to explain the rising rate of female incarceration in Australia against statistics spanning a seven year period.

Improvements to the health care system had greatly reduced the maternal mortality rate by increasing the number of deliveries attended by skilled medical staff, providing more prenatal care and vaccinating more women for tetanus.

China s official foreign reserves are increasing at a rate of about 1 billion per business day, almost all of which is used to buy US Treasury bonds and other international assets that carry a minimal rate of return. At the same time, about 40 of China s bank savings are not lent out.

Indeed, cutting these items to pay for a reduction in the corporate tax rate could end up increasing the tax on corporate economic activity in the US. Eliminating accelerated depreciation for equipment would raise the effective tax rate on new investments repealing the domestic production deduction would increase the effective tax rate on US manufacturing and rescinding the R amp D tax credit would reduce investment in innovation.

As a measure aimed at increasing the birth rate the state partly cancels student loans of the parents who have graduated from a higher education institution or vocational school and are raising a small child.

At the same time, the methane producing cattle population has risen to 1.4 billion, contributing to the increasing rate of destruction of tropical rainforests, which releases carbon dioxide and contributes to faster species extinction. Land conversion for grazing (and construction), together with crop tillage, has also caused soil erosion at 15 times its natural rate.

So if we say this machine right now that we've made is about one HB, one human brain, if we look at the rate that this is increasing, 30 years from now, there'll be six billion HBs.

What might not be quite as obvious to people is that during that same period the cost of higher education tuition has been increasing at almost twice the rate, for a total of 559 percent since 1985.

Instead, he thought that radical unilateral action was required. Today, pressure is increasing for the US Treasury to follow Nixon s misguided example and issue a finding (due by April 15th) that China is manipulating its exchange rate.

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It is evident that diseases of circulatory systems are first with 8,300 per 100,000 persons, while the rate of bone and muscular diseases is also increasing, followed by the diseases of digestive systems and mental and behaviour disorders.

And just in the last 5,000 years, in increasing rates, over increasing distances.

In cases where imported goods, to which contractual tariff rate or preferential tariff rate is applicable are subject to temporary rate, the lower tariff rate shall apply.

Government educates and invests, increasing the supply and reducing the premium earned by skilled workers, and lowering the rate of return on physical capital. It also provides social insurance by taxing the prosperous and redistributing benefits to the less fortunate.

Apart from the declining reimbursement rates, the euro dollar exchange rate was unfavourable for the operational budget during 2003 and 2004, resulting in a lower support cost income in the euro currency, despite an increasing volume of technical cooperation delivery.