Sentences with phrase «basic needs of its citizens»

China, Fukuyama judges, has a strong central state bureaucracy — indeed, it was the first civilization to have one, some 2,000 years before the West — and leaders who, if not democratically accountable, have managed to stay focused on the basic needs of its citizens.

In such a world, communities could measure their economic wellbeing by whether the basic needs of all citizens are met rather than by the growth of their product.

We can not even meat the basic needs of our citizens and First nation people.

No nation right now meets the basic needs of its citizens without over-using biophysical resources, they found.

«Although wealthy nations like the US and the UK satisfy the basic needs of their citizens, they do so at a level of resource use that is far beyond what is globally sustainable,» said William Lamb, of the Mercator Research Institute on global commons and climate change in Berlin, and a co-author.

In particular, the report cites the effects increased temperatures and heat waves have on essential food crops — in most cases lowering productivity — and warns of food availability and price swings that could lead to civil unrest in countries that are already having problems meeting the basic needs of their citizens.

Government units or the federal government may need truck drivers to handle the transportation of the basic needs of the citizens.

Not exact matches

The Index's authors define social progress as «the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.»

But we also shouldn't lose sight of the fact that several other islands in the Caribbean are also still struggling to meet their citizens basic needs in the wretched aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and Hurricane Irma before it.

We have a representative democracy which tends to validate religious belief instead of recognizing that they should have NO ROLE where religion is concerned other than to protect it's citizens, religious or not, and allowing all to live within the basic laws of the country which should have wide support and sound evidence supporting the need for them.

I also believe that citizens in a democratic republic have a responsibility to support government attempts to meet the basic human needs of the destitute.

If the US would keep its nose out of the Mideast and other locations, where it doesn't belong, and take care of the citizens of the US, there would be plenty of money to allow all to obtain a basic need and to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure of this country.

«Is it not time to go back to the basics of government and see how government can be made to effectively bond with and tap from the energies, resources, commitment and needs of its citizens to govern all of its peoples again?

But only by returning to basics can we hope to achieve what must always remain the essential goals of education policy: to provide all children with the knowledge they must have to be informed American citizens, and to give them the skills they will need to compete in tomorrow's global economy.

The compulsory level has been designed to equip an individual with the basic tools they need to survive in America as regular citizens whereas the higher education level is meant to equip individuals with the necessary tools they need to survive as professionals in America and also capable of working in any part of the world.

Most rescue dogs need to be reminded about their basic canine good citizen manners such as housebreaking, walking on leash, not jumping up, going in and out of their crate and more.

«A great number of Oklahoma citizens have lost even the most basic essentials, and local animals and rescues are experiencing the same needs,» said Mark Hughes, national sales and marketing manager of Pet Care Systems, makers of Swheat Scoop.

«Our govt has a duty of care to its citizens to guarantee a future where basic needs are met.

Part of the sense of urgency, the generals said in interviews last week, stems from the fact that changing climatic conditions will make it harder for weak nation - states to address their citizens» basic needs.

We find that no country meets basic needs for its citizens at a globally sustainable level of resource use.

What is needed by general non-technical citizens (the vast majority I would suppose), is basic knowledge of the philosophy of science, and good epistemological skills.

Market forces can accomplish wonderful things, he realized, but they can not ensure a distribution of income that enables all citizens to meet basic economic needs.

As The World Toilet Queue project points out, politicians from across the globe will gather in Washington DC on 23 April 2010, at the first ever High - Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water to discuss what they need to do to fulfill some of the most basic rights of the world's citizens - access to a safe toilet and clean water.

The «one - liner» Bill introduced to Parliament this week — enabling the government to trigger Art 50 — may not offer the security needed to maintain citizens» basic rights, according to David Greene, one of the country's foremost litigators.

The need for more than basic coverage is sometimes a factor considered with senior citizens because of pre-existing medical conditions.

A senior citizen living in town and renting a townhouse or condominium may have different needs from those of a college student, but no matter what your age may be and no matter where you are in the walk of life, you need to be protected from basic threats that may otherwise greatly impact your financial outlook.

«As essential community providers, we understand firsthand what happens when patients can not access the preventive services they need,» said Lynda Sampson, chair of the MA Family Planning Association and director of Family Planning at Citizens for Citizens, Inc. «Not only do these cuts deprive low - income women the ability to access the basic health care they need and deserve, these cuts are counter to Governor Baker's goal to reduce government spending.»