Much of the disparity among regions is rooted in global economic shifts, the report said.

However, because of the global economic shift, he was not able to secure positions for everyone who lost employment.

The other was a global shift since the previous population conference, held in Mexico City in 1984.

Our basic economic problem is not some massive global shift but low productivity growth.

This reflects the global shifts in Christianity in the last 30 years.

Some kind of state change, some global shift in the nature of his perception.

Such global shifts in ownership and book selling are also viewed warily by authors.

Japanese direct investment shows similar global shifts, especially in Southeast Asia.

Despite the huge, global shifts of economic and financial power during the 1980's, the bank's current capital expansion plan is an anachronism.

A global shift to farm-based fuel could reduce the need for oil and slow climate change.