"In many parts of the world." "the rapid growth and transformation has occurred in a setting of weak institutions and inadequate regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

It's the rapid increase in growth of the Afghan security forces to take care of their own.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

It led to a rapid decline in foreign direct investment in Georgia and a rapid decline in growth, reinforced,of course, by the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

But now those side effects have apparently been replaced by something else: rapid weight gain, even in the first week of taking the drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

That's exactly why the Centers for Disease Control began recommending rapid HIV screening in emergency departments and other health care settings four years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

And just like in Vietnam you can then get a very rapid erosion of public confidence."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

But in recent decades, the world's forests have been stripped of trees at a rapid pace.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"We have an economy that was growing at almost six percent in the fourth quarter of last year the most rapid rate in six years.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Economists say much of China's growth in the past year was the result of stimulus efforts, including rapid lending growth that funded new housing and factory construction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

It's a really good time." Although manufacturing numbers, which reflect demand, expanded again in February, some economists say recovery will not be as rapid as in previous downturns.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer says the rapid advance of information technology, along with declining prices, presents what she calls a spectacular opportunity in poor and middle-income nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

But there are rays of hope, and thanks to the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests and combination treatments, Senegal has seen large drops in both reported cases and mortality rates.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Some were buried in family compounds, but many families bring bodies to be buried here because in Kigali's rapid development many homes are being removed to make room for new construction.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

Malalay Ahmadzai, the mother and child healthcare specialist for UNICEF in Cambodia, says both conditions require rapid treatment in the case of blood loss a woman can die within a few hours.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

What the vaccine would aim to do is achieve that in a much more rapid process rather than losing many people's lives and people experiencing a lot of illness before they develop immunity."

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

"In recent years, the development of rapid, diagnostic tests for malaria, also known as RDTs, which can be performed by healthcare workers after a brief training has made the extension of diagnostic testing to rural health facilities possible."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

So,it's part of the global package and I expect that in the coming years this revaluation of Asian currency will take place reflecting the rapid growth in Asia, the important yield that capital inflow can find in Asia,and altogether, the increasing weight of Asia in the global economy."

VOA: standard.2009.11.13