There is diversity, however; 10 countries show a worsening gap for the CPR (12 for the mCPR), in some cases by a considerable margin of 10 or more points, while the other 15 countries show lessening gaps.
The focal rationale was that in the long run, inter-Korean trade could sow the seeds for fundamental change in North Korea, all the while lessening the gap between the two Koreas.
A cornerstone of Bo's Chongqing model was a series of egalitarian social policies aimed at lessening the gap between rich and poor and easing the rural-urban divide.
There was also a conviction that economic planning was needed to lessen the gap between the rich and poor countries.
Jones disputes the claim that the education law has lessened the gap between white and Asian students and everyone else.
"There's no question that we want to lessen that gap — it's our commitment to the players," said Bob Moran, the Volvo Car Open's tournament director.
They should say that Trump failed to deliver and then propose their own policies that promote growth, invest in workers, repair infrastructure and lessen the gap between rich and poor.
The objective of the present study is to attain better understanding of the curing mechanism of FBMs and lessen the gap between laboratory curing and field evolution of these mixtures.
"Without some way to lessen the gap between the end of the [air warfare destroyer] program and the start of the building of the future frigate, the industrial base will have to ramp up its workforce from an almost negligible level to 2,700 skilled personnel in approximately eight years".
Interest in the less-developed countries returned in the later decades of the 20th century, especially as economists recognized their long neglect of Adam Smith's "inquiry into the causes of the wealth of nations". There was also a conviction that economic planning was needed to lessen the gap between the rich and poor countries.
But transitioning more fans to paid subscription services could lessen the gap.
