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An estimated 21 million tons of wheat – equivalent to Australia’s entire annual crop – rots or is eaten by insects, owing to inadequate storage and poor management at the government-run Food Corporation of India (FCI).
Indeed, in 1950 and 1951 an estimated three million people perished by execution, torture, or suicide.
During Mao’s rule, an estimated 27 million died in the camps.
In all, it is estimated that more than 70 million people died in the “New China” Mao and the present Communist Party leaders so proudly proclaim as their accomplishment.
In developing countries, an estimated 1.7 billion people own mobile phones but have no access to banking services.
The attack, which killed an estimated 5,000 people and injured up to 10,000 more, remains the largest chemical-weapons attack ever to target a civilian population.
The Economist reports that American bank JP Morgan has estimated that the disaster set back global industrial production by a surprisingly large 2.5%.
Though checking whether a budget is below the SGP’s ceiling of 3% of GDP may be a straightforward matter, there can be reasonable disagreement about whether the business-cycle adjustment should be estimated at 0.5% or 0.8% of GDP, or whether a country is adhering to its medium-term expenditure objective.
Last year, the Rand Corporation estimated that as many as 270,000 troops would be needed just to secure the North’s nuclear weapons.
Many of these deaths are caused by the estimated five million unsafe abortions carried out annually in Sub-Saharan Africa.
To illustrate, a mere 1% decrease in a state’s obesity on average is estimated to raise the ratio of Democratic to Republican voters from 1.00 to 1.07, easily enough to swing an election.
Because per capita incomes are higher in cities than in rural areas, the world’s cities today are estimated to account for more than 80% of global income, with the largest 600 accounting for around half.
New York City has around 8.4 million people, but the NYC metropolitan area has roughly 25 million people, with an economy estimated at about $1.4 trillion per year.
Moreover, in an estimated 60-70% of cases, exploring the additional abatement opportunity would have no effect – or would even strengthen – the industry’s competitiveness.
Twenty-one of the mega cities estimated for year 2015 will be in developing and less developed countries, while 80% of the global cities that play host to decision-making actors are in the northern hemisphere.
It is estimated that at least €30 billion per year will be needed for a number of years, and the benefits of “surge funding” (spending a large amount of money up front, rather than the same amount over several years) are enormous.
China’s TFP has contributed 35-40% to GDP growth, compared to an estimated 20-30% in East Asia’s “four tigers” (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan).
Of the $6.5 trillion spent annually on healthcare, an estimated $455 billion is lost, misused, or stolen.
The authorities have taken initial steps to tighten fiscal policy by announcing significant cuts in the approved budget, but it is estimated that even then, central-government spending will rise by about 4% in real terms in 2011 from its historically high level in 2010.
For Bangladesh, it is estimated that spending $100 dividing students (and potentially employing some extra teachers) would increase scores by nearly two standard deviations.
Another study found that an estimated 42% of the global malaria burden, including a half-million deaths annually, could be eliminated through policies focused on issues like land use, deforestation, water resource management, and settlement siting.
Chinese imports have cut the price of US consumer goods by an estimated 27%.
IG Metall, Germany’s largest industrial union, which bargains for 3.4 million metal, electronics, and car workers, looks ready to accept an estimated 3.3% annual wage increase for 2007 and 2008 – a settlement generally considered to be “balanced and justifiable.”
An estimated 90% of all scientists in history are now alive.
In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, an estimated 200 million young people (about 90% of the primary and lower secondary-school population) are not able to read basic texts.
As a result, every dollar spent on mobile broadband in the developing world would yield an estimated gain of $17.
In the coming decade, an estimated 100 million girls will be married before they reach 18.
Finally, the G20 must help close Africa’s energy-financing gap – estimated at $55 billion per year through 2030 – and support renewable-energy production on the continent.
And Latin America is growing, by 6% last year and an estimated 4.75% in 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund.
If the banks went bankrupt now, the CBC would have to record the total amount – estimated at up to €12 billion ($15.7 billion) – as a loss, delivering a potentially fatal blow to the eurozone’s credibility.
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