And even in countries showing substantial progress, such as China, national figures often mask large disparities, with undernutrition hot-spots, especially in rural areas, co-existing with well-nourished urban populations.
It is not impossible that UKIP could win here, but if they take 30% of the vote it would be substantial progress for them as they try to establish themselves as the main opposition to Labour in the North of England.
This approach, commonly referred to as electron tomography, has been greatly aided in recent years by advances in technology for imaging specimens at cryogenic temperatures, as well as by substantial progress in procedures for automated data collection and image processing.
Nonetheless, the notion that senior intelligence officials would endorse Kurdish-language broadcasts was seen by many as substantial progress.
"We're characterizing it as substantial progress, and we're continuing negotiations over the weekend," said Traci Cook, a league spokeswoman, who declined to say which issues remained unresolved.
In the concluding year of the IDNDR, the Geneva Program Forum has identified the progress of Science and Technology research as: substantial progress has been achieved in understanding the cause and effects of natural hazards.
Despite these challenges however, the capacity of the Geelong community to promote healthy eating and physical activity was increased after the Romp and Chomp intervention and although only a moderate level of capacity could be demonstrated by the end of the intervention phase, this was still regarded as substantial progress by those involved.
Some innovative areas receive discussion as representing substantial progress made in the field of toxicology in recent years.
At WTO talks in Cancún in 2003, a group of developing countries led by Brazil and India brought the proceedings to a screeching halt by insisting that they would not discuss freeing trade in goods and services until they saw substantial progress on agriculture.The group, known as the G20, has a point.
Barbier: As Bob noted, substantial progress has been made in valuing many ecosystem goods and services, but our knowledge of many values is still limited.
