Budgets have shrunk, a situation that only worsened with the recent recession.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Somalia's years of turmoil has left it with a very limited pool of educated professionals, a pool which has now shrunk even further.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

In the last three decades the lakes have shrunk to less than half of their original size.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16