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Growth Rates  during 1980 – 97 (Averages & Fluctuations)
 
Country

1980 – 89

1990 – 93

1994 – 97

Mean

SD (CV)

Mean

SD (CV)

Mean

SD (CV)

Bangladesh

4.2

2.14 (0.51)

4.7

0.42 (0.09)

5.3

0.40 (0.08)

Bhutan

6.9

5.51 (0.80)

4.8

0.86 (0.18)

5.9

0.75 (0.13)

India

6.0

1.88 (0.32)

4.2

1.81 (0.43)

7.0

1.00 (0.14)

Maldives

8.9

0.31 (0.03)

9.1

4.79 (0.53)

6.6

0.42 (0.06)

Nepal

4.1

4.27 (1.04)

5.6

2.02 (0.36)

4.2

1.06 (0.26)

Pakistan

6.9

1.65 (0.24)

4.9

2.44 (0.50)

4.3

0.70 (0.16)

Sri Lanka

4.4

1.89 (0.43)

5.5

1.25 (0.23)

5.1

0.97 (0.20)

Note : SD = Standard Deviation

           CV = Coefficient of Variation
Source : RIS on the basis of ADB, Asian Development Outlook 1998 & ESCAP, Economic & Social Survey of Asia & Pacific 1998, United Nations.
SAARC Survey Of Development & Co-operation : 1998/99,
RISNODC, New Delhi 1999

 
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