And, more deplorably, educational standards lagged.

In the United States, historically, girls lagged on standardized tests.

The education system has lagged the progress made in other countries.

While structural reforms have lagged, the economy is far less vulnerable than it was in the past.

In Spain, for example, wages have risen too fast, and productivity has lagged.

The result is that the vision of the official Euro Mediterranean Policy (EMP) has lagged far behind its original goals.

Despite all the oil and gas below the desert sand, growth lagged and unemployment soared.

The build up of the Afghan army and police has lagged. The poppy crop has grown.

He was right to worry a sharply expanding money supply may have unexpected and unquantifiable lagged effects.

Spending by China s consumers has lagged behind the Chinese economy s overall rate of growth for many years.

He was right to worry a sharply expanding money supply may have unexpected and unquantifiable lagged effects.

In contrast to human space flight, which has lagged behind expectations, the robotic space effort has exceeded them.

Developing countries have lagged behind in this process, but, with the common threat of global warming, there is now growing pressure to adopt conservation policies.

China s urbanization has lagged behind its industrialization, which now is around 70 when measured by the percentage of the labor force whose income is derived mainly from non farm activities.

Between 1970 and 1995, GDP per capita in Sweden lagged by about 18 behind the average of rich OECD countries.

The most dangerous asbestos lagged pipes in hospitals were below ground level, so patients are unlikely to have been affected.

Population alone is not a source of power unless those human resources are developed, and India has lagged well behind China in terms of literacy and economic growth.

While Chinese are more free today than at any time in their history, China s political evolution has lagged behind its economic progress.

Because of the lagged effects of monetary policy and the need to manage expectations, early tightening by the Fed would be appropriate.

One such example of this criticism suggests the performance still significantly lagged behind Intel's Pentium M (Banias) and AMD's Mobile Athlon XP.

In fact, the shift in the business landscape thus far has lagged behind the shift in the weight of global GDP toward emerging markets.

Likewise, competitiveness losses have been partly reversed as wages have lagged productivity growth, thus reducing unit labor costs, and some structural reforms are ongoing.

South Australia's economic growth has lagged behind the rest of Australia (2.1 from 2002 to 2003), particularly since the collapse of the State Bank.

Their judgment was clear Muslims had sunk far below what their religion required them to be, and lagged far behind the accomplishments of their ancestors.

Despite robust laboratory research on plants since the invention of modern genetic engineering techniques in the early 1970 s, the commercialization of products has lagged.

The quality of skills and education cannot be measured as easily by a single figure, but there is ample evidence that Latin America has also lagged behind most of Asia when it comes to skills accumulation.

Okinawa, an isolated island prefecture that has traditionally lagged behind Japan in terms of economic development, reported the worst new graduate employment rate of just 88.4 percent in April 2015.

Spending by China s consumers has lagged behind the Chinese economy s overall rate of growth for many years. This reflects the declining share of wages in total GDP and the rising share of savings relative to household incomes.

While the largest number of Muslims live in Asia, they are influenced by the heart of this struggle in the Middle East, an area that has lagged behind the rest of the world in globalization, openness, institutions, and democratization.

The arts, fashion, and cuisine of Asia s ancient cultures have had a strong impact on other parts of the world for centuries, but Asia went through a period of relative decline as it lagged behind the industrial revolution in the West, and this undermined its influence.

While growth has been reasonably stable since EMU started, per capita GDP probably the best measure of economic success available shows that Europe has lagged other regions, even when the figures are adjusted for workforce size. It is also well known that European productivity is falling behind, too, probably due to the same factors that make Europe seem dull, cautious, and lacking in ambition when compared with many of its competitors.

While the largest number of Muslims live in Asia, they are influenced by the heart of this struggle in the Middle East, an area that has lagged behind the rest of the world in globalization, openness, institutions, and democratization. Here Europe s economic might and soft power have a lot to contribute.

The Asia Society recently co presented a new education study that showed American 15 year olds science proficiency ranked 25th out of 30 countries tested, and lagged far behind their peers in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, US colleges and universities are struggling to attract the best and brightest minds from abroad, because those students and their professors are increasingly being denied US visas or subjected to harrowing entry delays when they arrive.

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