However, although Europe is lagging, there is no reason for despair and we have come a long way.
But digital growth is not all rosy: Sub-Saharan African countries are lagging behind, and there is talk of a "digital divide".
But we are lagging behind because every year there are three million children that should be there that are not there.
It's a hard time to be a woman in 2014: the economy is still lagging, there is still a wage gap, we are still wondering if any woman can truly "have it all".
Nokia has been lagging behind there".
At the same time, aid organizations and European officials have indicated that reconstruction is lagging because there's not enough security, and they have urged the United States to do more to provide it.
Gary Cook, an economist from the University of Liverpool's Management School, said wages were lagging because there was, "still a lot of slack in the economy and the labour market is really quite weak".
It identified the regions where economic activities were lagging, but where there was great potential for improvement.
Kazakhstan has been doing well in economic reforms, but social reform is lagging behind and there are poor outreach social programmes.
There is no denying the fact that Brazil is lagging behind - and there have been instances of corruption and forced displacements of people.
