Between 2000 and 2008, the ratio of foreign debt to GDP dropped from 37% to 20% in Latin America and from 28% to 17% in emerging Asia, but jumped from 45% to 51% in central and eastern Europe.

在2000到2008年间，就外债占总gdp的比例来说：拉丁美洲国家从37%减少到了20%；新兴亚洲国家从28%降到了17%；但是中欧和东欧国家从45%上升到了51%。

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In Europe and Central Asia, average GDP growth is expected to rise to 5.2 percent in 2000, significantly above the 1 percent advance of 1999.

在欧洲和中亚地区，2000年GDP平均增长预期将回升至5.2%，远远高于1999年的1%。

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In all, reckons the World health Organisation, climate change caused a loss of 5.5m disability-adjusted life years (a measure of harm to human health) in 2000, most of it in Africa and Asia.

总体而言，根据世界卫生组织的数据，2000年气候变化导致了550万残疾调整年(一个反映对人类健康损害的数据)的损失，而且主要是在非洲和亚洲。

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Soon after, WorldSpace launched AsiaStar, which started broadcasting throughout Asia in 2000, although its content has primarily been aimed at India and Indonesia.

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Madanjeet Singh created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a youth movement to promote sustainable cultural, educational and economic development throughout the region.

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Others believe the dot.com era really ended when Asia Global Crossing became in September 2000 the last flotation in a series dating back to America Online in 1992.

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