He said the country could see its gross domestic product grow by 2.5 to five percent in 2010, "in an optimistic scenario."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"Once a product lands in the United States, there are other tests that can be administered by the FDA on a spot-check basis.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

And the economy has been hit hard by the fall in the price of diamonds which make up one-third of its gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The EU says it hopes to increase its aid levels to about seven tenth of one percent of its gross domestic product by 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

But Weissman says the survey by Green Seal and the firm EnviroMedia Social Marketing shows that consumers are uncertain how to tell whether a product helps the environment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The Greek government has promised to slash its public deficit from nearly 13 percent of gross domestic product to nearly nine percent of Gross Domestic Product by the year's end.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Hassan Moinuddin of the Asian Development Bank's Mekong Sub-Region Program says a warmer climate could cut almost seven percent off the region's gross domestic product by the end of this century, by reducing crops or forcing the relocation of communities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The report was commissioned by the French government. The report recommends shifting the ways policymakers look at progress from what economists call gross domestic product,or GDP, which is a general measure of goods and services produced in a country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

By linking the goal to its gross national product rather than setting an absolute emissions target, China - the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases may actually see its total emissions increase over the next decade, even if it meets the voluntary target.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26