So, despite India's high saving rate, capital available for investment in infrastructure is scant.
Despite India's strong position, Astle said he thought the Kiwis had a chance to salvage a draw.
Even China has attracted more interest, despite India's English-speaking doctors and technicians.
Efforts by India and South-East Asian countries to reduce that dependence seem forlorn, despite India's historic, cultural and religious ties, and despite Myanmar's membership of the Association of South-East Asian Nations.
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Despite India's dogged batting performance, Brett Lee shone in the Australia attack, claiming his eighth Test five-wicket haul at the cost of 119 runs, while Mitchell Johnson and Brad Hogg each took two wickets.
Brazil cut poverty by more than India despite much lower growth, just over 1% a year in 1993-2005, compared with India's 5%.
He has also expressed his deep concern over rising inequality in India despite the economic boom.
Meantime, in this issue as in most others, we spotlight those who are winning in India despite the odds ( "Hearts To Mind").
Reliance, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, has been unable to get a massive gas-fired plant off the ground in northern India despite a decade of effort, because of land issues and fuel-shortage issues.
India's market regulator said they had failed to refund the money despite an order by India's Supreme Court.
Despite these concerns, India is steadily becoming more financially stitched in to the rest of the world.
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But India, despite its booming economy, will keep getting aid for the millions of the world's poorest who live there.
Yet many countries have managed the trick without meeting those preconditions, including Japan, Costa Rica and, despite his strictures, India.
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Despite his affection for India, Apple made slow progress in the country even as it invested heavily in other emerging markets.
As for India, despite a bounce in the past few days, the Bombay Stock Exchange is down 4.6% for the year.
Despite those shifts, India's political and bureaucratic landscape remains forbidding and is almost certain to prevent a flood of investment in the near term.
And Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh also said India would not do anything to complicate matters for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, despite a warning by the General to India not to exploit his country's current crisis.
The selectors have kept faith with Ian Bell despite a poor tour of India, with Owais Shah providing batting cover.
Underscoring that, it is entering into a 50-50 partnership with Tata despite the recent easing of India's convoluted investment rules that now allow for 100% foreign ownership of stores that sell just a single brand of goods.
Owais Shah had a decent tournament despite being curiously demoted against India, and also being a poor fielder, while Paul Collingwood lost his touch, just as he did when he last tried to captain England at the same time.
Despite everything, I do love India and especially, being close to my family.
Despite Gautam Gambhir's 68 India were struggling on 201-7 with 10 overs left.
Despite a very successful tour of India in 1985, once the rebels returned Fowler was permanently discarded from the test team.
Despite a burgeoning gay scene in India's big cities, many Indian homosexuals worry more about exposure to their families and colleagues than about the law.
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But last year the film Dil Se was a box office hit, the first Bollywood production to make it into the UK top 10, despite being considered a flop in India.
The report points out that EU investment in research is lower than in the US, Japan, Brazil, Russia, India and China, despite a rise in recent years, and that there are major differences between EU member states.
And the rest of India's batsmen fared little better as Thomas, who has yet to play international cricket despite being picked for South Africa's tour to India in 2004, took 5-32 from 15 overs.
India remains perennially energy starved despite 15% or more of federal funds being allocated to the power sector.
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