One problem cited in many debtor countries was a low investment rate (and in some cases, a low domestic saving rate).

Education leads to decreased infant mortality

The Commission is encouraged by the reduction of the unemployment rate.

This is a consequence of the reduced birth rate and the emigration of young people abroad.

A decline has been noted in tuberculosis morbidity, as well as morbidity for other infectious diseases.

During two years, 1984 and 1990, there was a decline in the rate of growth.

In 2007, the country's rate of population decline was the fourth highest in the world.

There had also been a considerable decrease in the dropout rate among women.

Labor force participation will be key to shaping this environment. As it stands, the low official unemployment rate can be explained partly by declining participation rates, especially among workers aged 25 54.

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

However, the experience shows that the involvement ratio of the employers in this programme is low.

And Sweden never reached the

While noting the reduction in the general illiteracy rate of women, the Committee is concerned that the illiteracy rate remains high among rural women.

And with that lower saving rate will come a smaller current account surplus.

The Committee welcomes the fact that the child mortality rate has steadily decreased during the last reporting periods.

Low enrolment stems from the inaccessibility of schools and lack of motivation among parents.

Noting the lower implementation rate of the regular budget, he stressed the importance of efficient use of the Organization's resources.

The reduction of the population growth rate in China was mainly responsible for this achievement.

The instruments dealing with maritime safety (8 and 9) have the lowest participation rate.

1. Expresses concern at the low implementation rate of the projects undertaken through the Development Account

This is a consequence of the decreasing birth rate and reproduction, as well as the large number of young people leaving the country.

Due to the effects of AIDS, the index of life expectancy has been on the decrease in the last few years.

The variance between the initial and revised estimates is due to the lower rate of implementation with regards to the outreach programme.

The net luminosity decay rate is lower, at 0.0075 magnitudes per day for Type II P, compared to 0.012 magnitudes per day for Type II L.

11. Notes with concern that the rate of provision of interpretation services to the regional and other major groupings has declined

What I want you to do now is to see with your own eyes the relation between fall in child mortality and decrease in family size.

The higher the level of schooling, the higher the rate of participation in the labour market.

In the least developed countries it was obvious that while mortality rates were falling, they were still high, while fertility rates remained at very high levels.

Despite the low birth rate, the population is still growing at an average annual rate of 0.23 .

Although prevalence is low, HIV AIDS is a potentially serious health threat.

It was clear evidence of her personal commitment to arresting our high rate of population growth.

Hypothermia during clinical death Reduced body temperature, or therapeutic hypothermia, during clinical death slows the rate of injury accumulation, and extends the time period during which clinical death can be survived.

The fragile security situation, combined with high unemployment, has kept the rate of returns of internally displaced persons low.

With an increasing number of arms embargo violations, the trend has continued to rely less on air transport to ferry the illegal arms shipments.

You can clearly see the relation with falling child mortality and decreasing family size, even within Africa.

Moreover, the labor force participation rate remains near historic lows.

And what she found is that for every 10 mutual funds the employer offered, rate of participation went down two percent.

Furthermore, lower levels of mycotoxins in pest resistant corn mean fewer birth defects, such as spina bifida, and less toxicity to livestock.

The lower requirements were mainly attributable to the actual vacancy rate of 17.3 per cent over the financial period, whereas no vacancy rate was assumed in the budget.

The consumption discount rate should account for the possibility that, as consumption grows, the marginal unit of consumption may be considered to have less social value.

Reduction in maternal mortality is dependent on a woman's access to education, her nutritional status and, in general, on improvements in her quality of life.

The rapid turnover of trained staff, due to low salaries, prevented the expansion of IMCI into the seven targeted governorates.

Savings under aviation fuel and lubricants are attributable to a lower fuel consumption rate for the Bell 206 helicopters.

The program would at least partly pay for itself, with additional payments to workers on short hours offset by lower unemployment (and thus lower payments to those who are completely without work).

Second, it could absorb excess German savings by letting unemployment rise as local manufacturers fired workers (because rising unemployment forces down the savings rate).