The economy remained sluggish until 2003, when it began to show clear signs of recovery, achieving 4. 0 % real GDP growth.

The government's economic policy and democratic security strategy have engendered a growing sense of confidence in the economy, particularly within the business sector, and GDP growth in 2003 was among the highest in Latin America, at over 4 %.

From 2003 to 2005, annual real GDP growth averaged 3. 1 percent driven by good performance in the services sector and strong consumption.

The Economy of Eritrea has experienced modest growth in recent years, indicated by an improvement in Gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 2004 of 2. 5 % over 2003.

Despite the growth, GDP per capita declined in 2003 by 10 percent in real terms, according to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ).

Breakdowns of the Eritrean economy by sector are not readily available ; however, according to some estimates, in 2003 services accounted for 62. 4 percent of GDP, industry for 25. 3 percent, and agriculture for the remaining 12. 4 percent.

In 2003 agriculture employed nearly 80 percent of the population but accounted for only 12. 4 percent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in Eritrea.

According to the International Monetary Fund, the overall fiscal deficit in 2003 was 17 percent of gross domestic product ( GDP ).

A GDP of $ 4 billion in fiscal year 2003 was recalculated by the IMF to $ 6. 1 billion, after adding proceeds from opium products.

As a result, public debt increased sharply to near 110 percent of GDP in 2003.

As the damage of Hurricane Ivan to the economy exceeded 200 percent of GDP, economic growth registered a negative growth of three percent in 2004, compared with a positive growth rate of 5. 8 percent in 2003.

As the economic began to recover in 2003, the government began to take steps for fiscal consolidation, and the fiscal deficit fell to 4. 8 percent of GDP.

Real GDP has steadily grown at an average of 2. 3 % from 2003 onwards.

The IMF estimated that real GDP was flat in FY 2003 and projected 1 % real GDP growth for FY 2004.

Latvia's state budget was balanced in 1997 but the 1998 Russian financial crisis resulted in large deficits, which were reduced from 4 % of GDP in 1999 to 1. 8 % in 2003.

In 2003, GDP growth was 7. 5 % and inflation was 2. 9 %.

In 2003, government expenditures as a share of GDP increased 1. 2 percentage points to 33. 6 percent, compared to the 3. 0 percentage point increase in 2002.

The World Bank reports that the government consumed 17. 7 percent of GDP in 2003.

By 2003 private companies made up 70 % of Mongolian GDP and 80 % of exports.

In 2003 manufacturing made up 13. 6 percent of the GDP, and the sector employed about 11 percent of the working population in 2000.

Steady growth in the manufacturing GDP during the 1990s ( 1. 2 percent annually ) laid the foundation for 2002 and 2003, when the annual growth rate rose to 2. 5 percent.

Corporate investment, a key demand component of GDP, fell enormously ( 22 % of GDP ) between 1990 and its peak decline in 2003.

He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.

The largest structure ever made from adobe ( bricks ) was the Bam Citadel, which suffered serious damage ( up to 80 %) by an earthquake on December 26, 2003.

The first version of the robot was first developed back in 2003.

* STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003

In 2003, the An Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages was published by Starostin, Dybo, and Mudrak.

The first surviving edition ( bilingual Swedish – Esperanto ) was published in Sweden in 2003.

In the 1998 version, Alliaceae were a distinct family ; in the 2003 version, combining the Alliaceae with the Agapanthaceae and the Amaryllidaceae sensu stricto was recommended but optional ; in the 2009 version, only the broad circumscription of the Amaryllidaceae is allowed, with the Alliaceae reduced to a subfamily, Allioideae.

Kocharyan's re-election as president in 2003 was followed by widespread allegations of ballot-rigging.

"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.

A software-compatible clone of the Apple I ( Replica 1 ), produced using modern components, was released in 2003 at a price of around $ 200.

A record cold temperature of 450 ± 80 pK in a Bose – Einstein condensate ( BEC ) of sodium atoms was achieved in 2003 by researchers at MIT.

* In February 2003, the Boomerang Nebula was observed to have been releasing gases at a speed of 500, 000 km / h ( over 300, 000 mph ) for the last 1, 500 years.

In 2003 the medal was awarded to Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.

Seeing Calgary and Edmonton are part of a single economic region as the TD study did in 2003 was novel.

The necessity to promote a healthier ecosystem for the people through the rehabilitation and regreening of the environment was stressed in Proclamation No. 643 that amended Proclamation No. 396 of June 2, 2003.

Adrian Hilton, writing in The Spectator in 2003, defended the Act of Settlement as not " irrational prejudice or blind bigotry " but claimed that it was passed because " the nation had learnt that when a Roman Catholic monarch is upon the throne, religious and civil liberty is lost.

AIX was a component of the 2003 SCO v. IBM lawsuit, in which the SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM, alleging IBM contributed SCO's intellectual property to the Linux codebase.

In 2003, author Graham Phillips hypothetically concluded that the Ark was taken to Mount Sinai in the Valley of Edom by the Maccabees.

He was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 27 February 2003.

Also introduced in 2003 was the DB9 coupé, which replaced the ten-year-old DB7.

In 2003, a method was developed for predicting subcellular location of apoptosis proteins

Known as Larzac 2003, the gathering was held over three days in August and attracted an estimated 300. 000 people to a series of concerts and political forums.

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

Cindy went on to become an accomplished gymnast and in her 30s was three times world champion kitesurfer ( 2002, 2003 & 2004 ).

Additional improvements were made in Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and with the release of the latter the domain controller role was renamed Active Directory Domain Services.