Although Japan has half the population of the United States, its corporations invest more in absolute terms on the plants and equipment that lift a nation's productivity and living standards.

To prevent future Osama bin Ladens from arising, we need to see economic development to lift living standards and create viable countries.

For most, those advances have not lifted living standards much, despite welfare and other government funding of $1.5 billion this year.

By contrast, businesses can lift living standards and eradicate poverty.

Since taking power last year, Mr. Hu and Mr. Wen have spoken repeatedly about the need to lift living standards for the poorest people.

He has earned extra money as a tracking guide, and environmentalists are pushing eco-tourism as a way to lift living standards along the Nu.

In the same three decades that poverty has remained fairly steady, median incomes have grown significantly, lifting living standards for most families.

That's the process by which each country will specialize in what it produces best - the key to lifting living standards.

This was just before Quebec's so-called "quiet revolution" began lifting living standards and weakening the role of the Catholic Church as a social force.

Trade, private investment and good governance have proved far more influential than charity in lifting living standards.