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2 “..."How can policies improve the welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries...”

3 “... have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas...”

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5 “... for the establishment of local action groups (LAG) and development of LIS by each LAG; selection of strategies...”

6 “... developments, whilst small and medium enterprises lag behind, Mozambique is increasingly showing the signs...”

7 “... lag behind the regional average. Since the country's democratic transition in the early 1990...”

8 “... it? The high-fertility countries lag in many development indicators, as reflected for example in their rate...”

9 “...Countries with high levels of fertility lag behind others in development indicators and in progress...”

10 “... to result from the lag in the adoption of technologies in these countries. Tech start-ups are an effective a...”

11 “.... This sector absorbed the most workers in Papua province until 2008. Meanwhile, industry continues to lag...”

12 “... of challenges. The Human Development Index (HDI) has continued to lag at 25th in Indonesia over the past five...”

13 “... increases. Using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach, the authors analyze the relationship...”

14 “... global integration. The second South Asia is rural, land locked, full of poverty, and lagging...”

15 “... with low education in lagging inland rural areas, have experienced gains in average income. The largest...”

16 “... and maternal mortality, primary school completion, hunger, and sanitation, was lagging. The global food, fuel...”

17 “.... In the report, we have pointed out the key challenges and risks and how these can be overcome. We have flagged...”

18 “..., particularly in education - a legacy of inadequate public investments and conflict in the lagging regions...”

19 “.... In the report, we have pointed out the key challenges and risks and how these can be overcome. We have flagged...”

20 “... up while public investments lagged. Malaysia's overall balance of payments recorded a larger surplus...”