Given the narrowing humanitarian space mentioned above, the expansion rate was all the more remarkable.

Unfortunately, the expansion rate of the epidemic is outstripping our abilities to respond with the necessary access to essential services.

This rate of expansion is without precedent for any donor.

Although the Government's share of total registrations has been dropping in absolute terms, it rose by some 23.2 per cent from 1994 to 1999; however, this is still well below the expansion rate of private facilities which was about 70.4 per cent over the same period.

Its rate of expansion is higher than for any other animal production for human consumption.

We know that extremely low real interest rates producemassive expansion of credit.

Argentina applied a combination of strong monetary expansion and high interest rates, especially in the first half of 2002.

At any rate, the expansion of the Security Council must not be executed at the expense of transparency and accountability.

Countries with a high-tariff structure are entitled to an additional 2 per cent subject to tariff rate quota expansion.

While sensitive products can undermine potential welfare gains, tariff rate quota expansion is important in compensating for the loss.