Often cited in discussions about urban sprawl, Atlanta has been bedeviled for years by a lack of consensus among city and regional leaders on the need to expand its transit system.

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Even basket-case Indonesia managed 0.3% growth in 1999 and could expand 3.8% this year, according to London's Consensus Economics poll (see report page 62).

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