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.

9 Gelb, Karen Women in Prison Why is the Rate of Incarceration Increasing?

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

The population of Windhoek has been increasing at an annual rate of 5,4 between 1991 and 1995, the largest annual growth rate in history.

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

19. In Eastern Europe the number of prostitutes is reported to be increasing at an alarming rate.

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.

58. The education programme is aimed at increasing the net school enrolment rate and improving learning results with a view to increasing the number of pupils who complete the primary cycle.

Vibration of the transmitted beam in the receiver plane decreased the average received signal, thus increasing the bit error rate.

Financing for science and technology in China had been increasing at an annual rate of 15 per cent since 1985.

The unemployment rate is very high in sub Saharan Africa and South Asia and is increasing in some developed countries.

The number of in orbit catalogued objects has been increasing at a relatively linear rate for the past several decades.

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 cost to families of secondary education is leading to an increasing drop out rate for girls, particularly in rural areas.

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

There was also serious concern at the increasing rate of HIV AIDS infection in Myanmar, which was now spreading to its neighbours.

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.

57. While public debt is increasing steadily at a rapid rate, with the grave consequences described, official aid to the developing countries is declining.

As noted in para. 69 above, the number of enterprises disclosing non financial and financially quantified environmental data is increasing at a steady rate.

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.

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.

Women apos s subordination in the family and in public life is one of the root causes of the rapidly increasing rate of infection among women.

45. According to both governmental and non governmental sources, child prostitution is not increasing at the same rate in the various regions of the Czech Republic.

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.

(a) predominantly male. 67.6 of the workforce is male, and the female participation rate is only 19.2 , although the proportion of female workers has been increasing since 1987.

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 strategy of increasing fuel duties by an average of at least 5 per cent above the inflation rate every year is an important measure to reduce CO2 emissions.

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.

Rate is the periodic interest rate.

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.

Infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate

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.