"There are very few countries growing faster than China".
Taiwan additionally faces rising bad loans; the other two countries, growing disappointment with their restructuring efforts.
With the number of countries growing, Congress made the program permanent in 2000.
Accor now has similar projects in other countries growing rice and vegetables.
So the plan to spur convergence among eurozone countries failed miserably, with disparities between and within countries growing.
But there may be considerable seasonal unemployment even in sparsely populated countries growing only one crop a year.
Demand for coal, driven by emerging countries' growing needs, will rise faster than demand for other energy sources.
And with developing countries growing the way they are, peaking globally in 2020 means peaking in the US now - ie, Al Gore's proposed "carbon freeze".
The countries' growing economic ties are reinforced by cultural ties, with more than half a million Iranian tourists, mainly pilgrims, flocking to shrines in Syria every year.
The Czech Republic, Portugal and Poland are among countries growing the crop, while France and Luxembourg are among countries that have recently imposed bans on cultivation.
That is largely because of the commodity effect, but also because Latin American exporters have benefited from other countries growing richer by trading with China.
