We talk about things in relative terms.

The sharpest growth in relative terms was in the human services sector of EPI (Figure 4).

Competitiveness, which is usually measured in terms of unit labor costs, is a relative concept.

An alternative definition of relative poverty can be provided more directly in terms of income distribution.

Table 4 shows the relative importance of radiation sources in terms of the resulting collective doses.

They're why stock investors hold onto losing stocks longer because they're evaluating them in relative terms.

But the US has done a great deal in terms of adopting tax cuts that boost consumption relative to income and lower government revenue relative to expenditure.

During the past decade, poverty had increased in absolute and in relative terms, both in Africa and in Latin America.

True, American power will inevitably decline in relative terms as Asian giants such as China and India rise.

I think, quite remarkable relative to what in real human terms in the real world we've ever been able to achieve.

Presumably as a result, the dollar has lost value relative to other major currencies or in terms of purchasing power.

While the Bahraini and Jordanian states have proven much more stable in relative terms, they are not immune to volatility.

Instead, we find it very easy to think in very relative terms as options change from one time to another.

Over the two last decades, masses of Indians and Chinese have closed the gap (in relative terms) with the rich world.

Its workforce stands to suffer, slowly but surely, from erosion of its relative advantages in terms of wages and job security.

This income poverty can be considered in absolute or relative terms, depending upon the understanding of the notion of basic needs.

Because of cultural norms and perceptions, women and girls often suffer from low educational attainment, both in absolute and relative terms.

Between 1990 1991 and 2000 2001, virtually all the countries in that region increased their social spending in both absolute and relative terms.

Indeed, changes in terms of trade affect investment in a significant manner. 19 However, such losses or gains have to be analysed in relative terms and several elements have to be taken into consideration

15. That question should not be seen only in terms of women, but rather the relative positions and roles of men and women, particularly in terms of the roles they were assigned by society.

Likewise, geo economic calculations of relative GDP, terms of trade, and foreign exchange reserves carry significant weight in determining the balance of power.

Second, most of the economic gains in the US in recent years have gone to the rich, while the middle class has fallen behind in relative terms.

1.76 Education is the Agency's largest programme, measured both in terms of its relative share of the Agency's budget and the number of staff.

We cannot explain this convergence in terms of standard economic arguments, such as changes in relative prices and incomes, because no such changes were sufficiently large.

In 93 40351 (E) 210793 ... relative terms, during the past two decades, increases in fleet capacity have been twice those of the total marine fish catches.

The preservation of global peace is of the utmost importance, but in relative terms the costs that fall on smaller developing States is very large.

This is crazy because it suggests that the monkeys too are evaluating things in relative terms and actually treating losses differently than they treat gains.

Everything in life is relative.

Hallo! in their relative countries.

And, while this reflects changes in relative importance, European banks business volumes might have increased in absolute terms even in the US, though at a slower pace than elsewhere.

America is not in absolute decline, and, in relative terms, there is a reasonable probability that it will remain more powerful than any other country in the coming decades.

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In many cases, post conflict aid can reach extraordinarily high levels after the conflicts ends, both in per capita terms and relative to the size of the recipient economies.

Despite the relative calm and the slight improvement in terms of closure conditions over the past two months, there has been little improvement in the dire Palestinian economic situation.

Similarly, at least in terms of economic, if not military, capability, the United States and Japan seem to have begun a process of decline relative to China.

The cost shared budget estimates for the biennium 2006 2007 have been decreased by 4.4 per cent in overall terms relative to the budget for 2004 2005.

The relative location of workplace and home is important in terms of the ability of women to balance productive and reproductive tasks that are not fully shared.

While US power will inevitably decline in relative terms, that of the 1.3 billion people who live in the Islamic world the vast majority of them in Asia will inevitably increase.

The cost structure of the unified budget (in terms of relative shares of management and administration, programme support and programmes) has remained stable over the past five years.

These countries differ in terms of the relative size of their indigenous and tribal populations, the legal recognition of their rights and the related institutional and policy frameworks.

The cost structure of the Unified Budget (in terms of relative share of management and administration, programme support and programme) has remained stable over the past five years.

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