The lead writer of the report was Norman Pace of the University of Colorado at Boulder.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Arguments over the details of how to spend East Timor's newfound wealth, continues to slow the pace of economic progress.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

The pace of job losses has declined dramatically in the last year, but nearly 15 million Americans are still out of work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

U.N.spokesman in Colombo,Gordon Weiss, says the government is making an effort to speed up the pace of resettlement.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Now the pace of construction has picked up as crews assemble more sections of the station.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

(Speech) Mr.Medvedev says Moscow is not completely satisfied with the pace of the negotiating process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Strauss-Kahn said the pace of global recovery depends significantly on the effectiveness of measures to dispose of bad loans currently on the books of major banks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Secretary Gates indicated the pace of the transition could roughly match President Karzai's stated desire for his forces to be operating on their own in five years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Eide,speaking to reporters, is calling for patience to allow the process to be completed, saying he is not surprised by the slow pace of the vote count.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

While the unemployment rate is rising, the pace of layoffs has slowed from early this year, when nearly three-quarters of a million jobs were lost in January.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The slow pace of recovery is bad news for more than a million Americans who will stop receiving unemployment benefits after Congress adjourned for the holiday weekend without extending federal aid.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

China grew at a blistering pace of 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009, but the government has since placed curbs on lending to reduce inflation and cool down an overheated economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Gates' stressed that,in any case, he saw no cause for a slowdown in the pace of U.S.troop pullouts, but that any acceleration, would necessarily depend on an assessment of the situation by U.S.Commander Ray Odierno.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

They noted that while there is promising improvement in the pace of growth in China and the United States, they would also work together to support efforts to help countries in Europe with the challenges they face.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Although the U.S.jobless rate continues to spike higher, the actual number of Americans who lost jobs during the month was the smallest since last September, the fourth consecutive month in which the pace of job losses slowed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

The G20,which includes major industrialized powers in the Group of Eight plus developing nations with significant economies such as China and India, agreed to a specific time line for deficit reduction, while giving governments flexibility to adjust the pace of changes based on their own situations.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

China's economy, one of the world's fastest-growing, is expected to continue to expand at a robust pace.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

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

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The international community is worried that Tehran is planning to install a new generation of sophisticated centrifuges to enrich uranium at a much faster pace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

She reaffirmed Mr.Obama's intention to begin withdrawing U.S.forces in July 2011 but said the pace, size and scope of the drawdown will be based on conditions on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

They say a majority of people are afraid of being thrown out of their homes because rents are rising and they do not have the money to keep pace with this.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20