We have several examples of top class performance, and those involved can bear testimony to the wonderful spirit associated with these events. As we embarked on this journey, with the help of consultants skilled in the new technologies of management, we became aware that we had achieved something essential for the development of this country at our relatively advanced state of human development.
Taking those factors into account, the recent available indicators of economic activity suggest that the modest growth observed in the second half of 2004 will continue in the first half of 2005, with no clear signs as yet of a broadening or strengthening of the growth dynamic.