Sentences with phrase «as global progress»
As global progress was made on eradiation, many countries switched to the inactivated vaccine.
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Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled» with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»
Thornier still is the proliferation of its drug - resistant forms (MDR - and XDR - TB) which — just as contagious, but harder to treat — have undermined global progress towards eradicating the disease.
Zuckerberg explained, «Progress now requires coming together, not just as cities or nations, but also as a global community.»
LONDON, May 3 - World stocks made little progress on Thursday as worries over global trade tensions weighed, while the U.S. dollar consolidated recent bumper gains after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed the outlook for more rate hikes.
The global economy is progressing largely as the Bank anticipated in its January Monetary Policy Report (MPR).
Ongoing structural reforms in emerging markets generally, and specifically in China, appear to be making good progress, which we see as a big plus for global growth.
As 2018 has progressed, we've seen global trade conditions continue to deteriorate.
As the year progressed, the consensus abandoned talk of «secular stagnation» for a new catchphrase: «global synchronous growth.»
Progress on global energy goals slow, but strong gains in countries show promise The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals 2 May 2018
The event progressed as our keynote speaker, Jagat Shah — Chief Mentor at Mentor on Road took the stand to give an extremely articulate speech on the Global startup scenario.
TORONTO, April 23, 2014 - Pension assets rose for a third successive quarter as global financial markets continued to progress during the first quarter, according to the latest survey from RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
Global asset class performance has been increasingly narrowing as the year has progressed.
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While the law does not require that companies provide retirement plans, health plans, dental or vision plans, life insurance plans, or paid vacation time, many firms still provide these benefits and many candidates have come to expect at least some of these benefits, especially as they progress to the higher management positions,» said Andrew Challenger, vice president of global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc..
And I want to register my strong conviction that we need to work toward a bottom - up economy in which many of the necessities of life are produced locally by individuals and companies that have their roots in the communities and do not see progress as meaning going national and global.
In any case, since anything that helps «social progress» (as they define it) is eligible for their concern, I guess they can talk about global warming, too.
As Sachs writes, «Technological progress has been fueled by the ongoing revolutions of basic science and spread by the power of global markets and public investments in health, education, and infrastructure.»
Global governance then took a Copernican turn, away from the paradigms of western modernity (such as national sovereignty and interest, the primacy of reason, growth, progress, representative democracy, the authority of government, western universal values, hierarchies), towards a new postmodern ethic.
Businesses from the Consumer Goods Forum and Champions 12.3 coalition have issued a call to action to simplify and standardise food date labels worldwide by 2020 in a bid to reduce food waste as Champions 12.3 releases a progress report on global efforts to reduce food waste.
Companies have been excluded for failing to provide Communications on Progress, but as these reports are posted to the Global Compact site even when they are misleading (as in the case of Nestlé), they are of little value in any case.
Companies have been delisted for failing to provide Communications on Progress, but as these are posted to the Global Compact website even if proven to be misleading, as in the case of Nestlé, they only serve a public relations purpose, says Baby Milk Action.
Describing additional progress in the areas of health, gender equality, trade, investment and market access, he emphasized «we are ready to do business with the world» but stressed that regional and global markets must be free of distortions such as subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers and that international community must live up to the aspirations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Agenda.
As Senators continue to vet Rex Tillerson's ability to lead the U.S. Department of State, the potential of science, technology and innovation as a primary driver of economic growth, scientific progress and global security should be central to their inquirieAs Senators continue to vet Rex Tillerson's ability to lead the U.S. Department of State, the potential of science, technology and innovation as a primary driver of economic growth, scientific progress and global security should be central to their inquirieas a primary driver of economic growth, scientific progress and global security should be central to their inquiries.
What is the most surprising thing about viewing global progress through Trendalyzer software, as compared with looking at the more familiar charts and tables of economic data?
In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease (CHD), global placental perfusion was significantly decreased and regional variation of placental perfusion significantly increased as pregnancies progressed, findings that point to non-invasive imaging providing an early warning of placental dysfunction.
Indeed, simply reading an article that affirmed the power of scientific progress to successfully address global issues such as climate change (vs. reading an article which questioned its efficacy in doing so) was enough to significantly increase the degree to which participants saw order in the world.
As former lead of the World Bank's global program for fisheries and aquaculture, he said these indicators could be very useful for institutions like the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and nongovernmental organizations that fund projects on fisheries reform in developing countries to monitor and evaluate progress.
U.S. students may be holding their own in math and science at the elementary level, but international comparisons indicate they are falling behind most of their global peers as they progress through the system.
Confidence in the findings of the study came from the match of the findings to one of the central principles of global warming biology: Organisms (including toxic algae) will migrate towards the Earth's poles as warming progresses.
The team of «Educar Para Vivir», with Javier Collado as coordinator, proposes in this video the idea that Global Citizenship Education supports cross-cultural and innovative methodologies to achieve meaningful learning, and a phenomenological awareness of citizenship to achieve progress in humanity ́s evolution.
The Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, provide a framework for collective action by assessing the progress the global community has already achieved, as well as looking forward towards achievable taGlobal Goals, provide a framework for collective action by assessing the progress the global community has already achieved, as well as looking forward towards achievable taglobal community has already achieved, as well as looking forward towards achievable targets.
As children grow their world expands around them, and so we progress from stories that address local issues to national and then global themes.
Human development, they agreed, is the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, as well as contributing to global security.
The team of «Educar para Vivir», with Javier Collado as coordinator, propose in this video the idea that Global Education supports cross-cultural and innovate methologies to achieve meaningful learning and a phenomenological awareness of citizenship to achieve the progress in the humanity's evolution: compliancing the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations for 2015 and -LSB-...]
Almost 400 pupils from 14 schools across England have been praised by Nick Gibb for their progress in learning Mandarin, as part of a pilot programme to help them get ahead in the global jobs market.
Often, we create these ideas such as «critical thinker» and «ethical global citizen,» perhaps even in the form of a transfer goal, but we have no way of knowing if our students are making progress towards these goals.
Jindal, a wonkish former Rhodes Scholar who had long since sought to establish himself as a cutting - edge leader in accountability - based education reform, had enthusiastically supported creating the new reading, writing and math standards as a way to teach students to think analytically, better prepare them to compete in a global economy, and quantify their progress using common tests.
Alexandria, VA (6/24/2015)-- ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, has released updated Whole Child Snapshots for each of the 50 U.S. states to display the progress our nation has made in supporting the whole child as well as the areas where negative trends have continued.
To be career ready in our ever - changing global economy requires adaptability and a commitment to lifelong learning, along with mastery of key knowledge, skills and dispositions that vary from one career to another, and change over time as a person progresses along a developmental continuum.
«It is exciting for us to see the prototype running on track, reflecting the great progress we're making toward the 2015 global launch of the NSX, as we engineer a new sports - car experience for customers around the world.»
Nissan Intelligent Mobility — building on global progress The world is facing serious challenges such as air pollution, worsening traffic jams and frequent accidents.
«The influx of natural products at this year's Global Pet Expo speaks to a growing trend that will only continue to develop and evolve as the years progress,» says Darmohraj.
Since the end of the Korean War, the country of South Korea has been continually progressing towards its current status as a global economic force and major player in the worlds of technology and culture.
Challenge maps unlock as you progress through the campaign, and you can replay them in an attempt to get higher scores on the global leaderboard.
• Explore the globe in the new World Tour mode that unlocks songs from seven global destinations as you progress, exposing you to authentic customs, local rhythms and native dance styles.
As an artist, Russell resists the global push for progress and insatiable desire for «high - tech» gadgets and instead presents us with a dysfunc - tional art object — a «low - tech» symbol of obsolescence and frustration.
The show, curated by Sixty Eight founder Iben Bach Elmstrom and curator, writer and Base for Active Knowledge (BAK) editor Tom Clark, takes frustration as the fertile ground for artistic growth, «at the entrenched ideologies, local specificities, and claims for global progress that bind the everyday».
Travelling shows such as «The Progress of Love» (2012), a transatlantic exhibition exchange between CCA, Lagos, Houston's Menil Collection and the Pulitzer Art Foundation in Missouri which explored «the changing modes and meanings of love in today's global society» through works by artists from Africa, Europe, and the USA.
What causes doubt and confusion is that the effects of global warming are not uniform around the globe and there are always weather fluctuations (that may even increase in scale and predictability) as global warming progresses.