trends in the use of biomass energy construction and other minerals show that while the economies of other regions of the world are becoming less resourceintensive over time the asiapacific economy is requiring more resources to produce one dollar of gdp as the economy grows see figure one factor behind this is the stillsignificant unmet needs of developing countries in the region however a large part can be attributed to economic growth strategies employed by countries notably the region as a whole in used almost twice the input of resources to create one unit of gdp as the global economy