But it was also complex to develop and it became obvious that, although ICT was developing at a tremendous rate, the curriculum was "dragging its heels - it simply could not keep up".
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Desertification has also been linked to health problems caused by dust storms, poverty and a drop in farm production, with infant mortality in drylands double the rate elsewhere in developing nations.
In the past five years, the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to companies based in RDEs (Rapidly Developing Economies) increased at a rate more than three times faster than that of companies in other countries.
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Lending institutions will lose profits from current customers who are not developing any problems at their current rate but the reduction would help alleviate the stressed out borrowers who are paying higher rates and are not on time and are reflecting negatively on the lender.
African countries are experiencing the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use amongst developing countries.
Another increasingly popular method known as biofeedback focuses on developing breathing techniques to keep the heart rate down.
NCDs are expected to account for 73% of all deaths by 2020, and in the next five years the rate of NCDs in the developing world will increase by 19%.
Without a population that produces a higher birth rate than that at which developing nations historically have stabilized, the reduced working youth employee base cannot support the ever increasing aging population.
For a developing country like Vietnam, maintaining a healthy growth rate, while keeping inflation at bay, is seen as vital to keep the society stable.
Firms like GadgetTrak are developing systems like this to help quash the rising rate of electronics robberies in the U.S. The small size, sleekness and mobility that make today's electronics convenient also make them great targets for thieves.
In developing countries with immature financial markets, a freely floating exchange rate may not be sensible because a small number of foreign-exchange trades can cause big swings in currencies.
Firstly, as a developing country, Mexico isn't cutting emissions but cutting the rate at which they'll rise.
Despite ongoing challenges, the world economy grew at an annual real rate of 3.9% in 2010, but developing economies were the real engines of expansion.
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Unlike developing countries, which age from the bottom up because of a falling birth rate, rich countries age from the middle, adding old people with fewer workers to support them, and even fewer children to join the workforce.
According to a 2010 McKinsey report Lions on the move, the rate of return on foreign investment in Africa is higher than in any other developing region.
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In addition, GKN has a big presence in developing countries where automotive sales are expanding by 8% a year, four times the rate of growth in the world as a whole.
Guidant is developing a wireless "advanced patient management" system for defibrillators, and is evaluating whether heart rate variability is a good indicator of attacks.
We anticipate that the rate of growth in mobile users will continue to exceed the growth rate of our overall MAUs for the foreseeable future, in part due to our focus on developing mobile products to encourage mobile usage of Facebook.
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