"We expect emerging economies to motor ahead, growing three times faster than developed regions, " he said.
The rising importance of these regions as destinations for FDI does not come at the expense of developed regions.
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The simple fact is growth has slowed, particularly in the US, Western Europe and other developed regions, much of it due to macroeconomic issues.
The risks are greatly magnified because all of the projected population increases will occur in less-developed regions that will have great difficulties in absorbing the changes.
In developed regions, the comparable risk is 1 in 4, 000.
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Global shipment growth slowed from 64 percent in 2011 to 43 percent in 2012 as penetration of smartphones began to mature in developed regions such as North America and Western Europe.
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This is modest compared to more economically-developed regions.
However, with the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple is looking to maintain its historical growth rates by tapping fast-growing regions such as China.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.
With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at close to historical rates.
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With the smartphone market in the developed regions getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2 2012) amid concerns that iPhone innovation has plateaued, Apple needs emerging markets such as China to drive iPhone growth in the coming years.
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The study on 185 people also hinted that patients given the drug developed fewer regions of damaged brain tissue.
The State Council also pointed to a big wealth gap between the urban and rural regions and vowed to provide more fiscal support for the less developed central and western regions of the country.
Agrimonde's authors suggest that by consuming 25% less in developed countries, developing regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, could increase consumption by 30%.
Although French farmers in some regions have developed a reputation as being wary of outsiders, the divide is easier to breach than imagined.
Over the last seven years, the MicroConsignment Model has been developed and expanded throughout several regions of Guatemala.
The increase is predicted to be three to four times higher in developing regions than in developed areas.
In many regions, they have developed alliances with, or are the creation of, local political elites.
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been trying to work their way around declining consumption in developed markets by making huge investments in regions such as India, China and Brazil over the past few years.
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We think the strong growth in China and emerging markets will be important for Nike to gain market share in the long run as these regions are seeing higher growth compared to the developed markets.
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Business Russia will also help ASI work in the regions, where the agency does not yet have developed networks.
Following the devastating tsunami of 26 December 2004 in the Indian Ocean, the IOC Member States requested that similar warning systems be developed for the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and adjacent regions as well as the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas.
Canada and Europe being developed markets, Netflix is positioned well to capture share in these regions.
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According to Navsys, the company that developed JLOC, it involves a network of GPS receivers capable of detecting regions of higher than normal signal levels and low signal-to-noise ratios, either of which can indicate interference.
Click on the interactive above to see how investment in the renewable energy sector has developed in recent years, the technologies attracting the most funding and the regions and countries making the biggest financial commitment to clean energy.
Within this framework, a strategy was developed to create 24 clubs in primary and secondary schools and colleges in seven regions.
This service has tremendous growth potential in regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe where banking infrastructure is not well developed and only a small proportion of the population is banked.
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For example, Southcorp, which owns 6, 000 hectares of vineyards across Australia, blends grapes from 17 different regions to produce its Lindemans Bin 65 Chardonnay, which, like many of its wines, was originally developed for overseas palates.
The conference concluded with participants announcing that they had begun planning subsequent convenings in their respective regions in order to galvanize support, build momentum, and address local challenges based on the engagement models developed during the day.
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