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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Mr. Panetta, who disclosed the naval plans in an address to an annual international security conference here, stressed that the rising U.S. force levels shouldn't be seen as a threat to China but as a stabilizing influence in a rapidly developing region.
They complain of a heavy-handed Egyptian state intruding on their terrain, providing large tracts of land to Cairo-based businessmen and investors, and failing to involve them in developing the region's prosperity.
Church leaders from other developing-region nations disagree.
Storytelling has been an integral part of Indian culture for generations, with each region developing its own unique style of narration.
The site is free to use and makes job seekers in the area aware of all the strong industries developing throughout the region.
National policy makers from developing countries in the region including Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Indonesia and China will be present to discuss common approaches to regional-level qualifications frameworks.
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As the economies of Europe and the U.S. falter, growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to reach 5.4% this year, higher than any region except developing Asia, according to the International Monetary Fund.
They won the election, the local region lost a major developing industry and the world lost perhaps the most developed example of sustainable harvesting.
The Bush Administration appears poised to take an important first step in developing such a cogent policy toward the region.
We further welcomed the establishment of the United Nations Secretary-General High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on Post 2015 Development Agenda, of which the President of Indonesia is one of the Co-Chairs as representation of the region as well as the developing world.
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For locals looking for jobs, it is a shame that the region's tourism is not developing faster.
In the Gulf Region underwater archaeological research is still developing.
And as a consequence, I think we had not had the same kind of presence in a region that is growing faster, developing faster than any place else in the world.
Even there, much of the effort put into developing those new bond markets is thwarted by the region's formidable political problems.
Coca-Cola Co delivered strong results helped by impressive volume growth in developing countries and strong pricing in the North American region.
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It has a big role to play in a dangerous region, as well as considerable influence among developing nations.
In view of the demand of member states in the region for such a system, WESTPAC has been developing the system since 2010 with several technical workshops, trainings and one web portal based system.
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It formalizes the relationship between those who want to use the genetic resources of a given area, say as a basis for developing cosmetics or pharmaceuticals, and those who live in the region where the resources are found, for example an indigenous community in the Amazon.
The region has lagged behind the rest of the world in developing credit schemes for the poor.
In the developing world, only China has received more inward investment than the Mexican border region.
Collectively the nations have been pushing for free trade in the region -- by 2010 for developed nations and by 2020 for developing countries.
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The vast region that makes up East, South, and Southeast Asia is quickly developing into a mobile social powerhouse due to its enormous (and increasingly developed) population.
There is presently no Andean-FRIEND and the concomitant establishment of A-GMN and Andean-FRIEND was judged to be the most opportune method of developing an integrated glaciological and hydrological program for regional monitoring and management use in a region where snow and ice reserves are such an important part of water resources.
In fact, that sound was already developing in Muscle Shoals at a studio called Fame the first studio in the region to cut a hit record.
At the regional level, UNESCO Rabat Office supported a regional study in 2009, developing benchmarking for Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and comparing the status in the region to internationally-recognized FOI principles.
While newborn, child, and maternal death rates have declined across the developing world in the past two decades, the report found that progress has been the slowest in this region.
In western Canada Apache is also working with Chevron on developing the Kitimat LNG project to provide an export route for 50 billion cubic feet of gas reserves in that region.
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Mike continued to play an active role in developing the G-WADI programme up until his death, helping establish two new regional centres in the Arab Region and South East Europe in the last 18 months.
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