That example gives an idea of the scale of the problem and the scale of the steps necessary to close the gap permanently.
In emerging economies the scale of the problem is much harder to gauge.
However, in Japan, where the scale of the problem dwarfs any other banking crisis, this approach has not been seriously attempted.
No-one knows the scale of the problem, but the International Labour Organisation estimates at least 200, 000 children are trafficked within west Africa annually.
It is hoped this latest work will ascertain the scale of the problem so a plan can be put in place to deal with it.
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Detective Superintendent Chris Bourlet of the Met's Child Protection Central Command told Newsnight reporter Angus Stickler the scale of the problem was difficult to determine.
It was astonished at the scale of the problem it encountered.
G8 can take a global lead both in making the world aware of the scale of the problem and in proposing ways to tackle them.
For the moment the markets are daring to hope that finally, after so many failed summits, the eurozone may be concocting a plan commensurate with the scale of the problem.
Trained staff are supposed to interpret these short messages and sort each type of side-effect into coded groups - so that the scale of the problem, if any, can be assessed.
Although some members of the Essex Police Federation say officers were taking patients to hospital on a "daily basis", the scale of the problem across the east of England remains unclear.
The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said it was difficult to assess the scale of the problem in Wales as victims were very reluctant to report problems to the police or trading standards.
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If you can keep a lid on spending, the scale of the problem is cut in half in one and a half presidential terms without having to do much more than make sure the statisticians have a slightly quirky inflation model.
The brigadier general also utterly rejects the allegation that his forces have been making a "business" out of the LRA hunt in DR Congo by exaggerating the scale of the problem in order both to win US funding and exploit DR Congo's minerals.
That, however, does not alleviate the need for urgent action, says Pearce, insisting he retains a sense of "apocalyptic optimism" harbored by the sense that politicians, in the IPCC reports, U.S. acknowledgment of the scale of the problem and the beginnings of moves towards a post-Kyoto consensus, are finally treating climate change seriously.
The Clinton experience almost numbed us to the epidemic scale of the problem.
The likely scale of the problem of unwanted lurchers was highlighted by a survey launched at the Welsh assembly a few months ago.
The Austrian research, published in the latest issue of an ornithological journal, Ibis, sought some up-to-date data on the scale of the parasite problem facing native Galapagos birds.
In order to gain a clear insight into the scale of the global problem, the FAO has established the International Pollinators Initiative, which includes a project involving seven nations (India is among them) with the aim of identifying practices and building capacity in the management of pollination services.
Even the basis of a strategy is lacking, for little is really known about the nature or scale of the problem.
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne described Ms Smith's plans as "half-baked", and said the government had been in denial about the scale of the knife crime problem.
However, while the scale of the problem is different, Americans cannot afford to be complacent.
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Even Sir Richard's trademark hype seems to have under-played the scale of the problem.
That implies that it disputes the scale of the problem, not that the problem exists.
He added that the scale of the problem in London could be seen by taking a journey on the capital's Underground system.
South Koreans are only now waking up to the scale of the problem, stunned that their country could be in such a bind.
Now a team of doctors is trying for the first time to work out the scale of the food-inhaling problem among stroke patients.
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