Sentences with phrase «countries lack of resources»

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Yesterday, President Obama took to the podium and proclaimed, ``... we have always been and always will be a triple - A country,» and it sounded like empty sentimentalism from a man at a loss for words and for meaning» the kind of helpless, grasping - at - straws thing you say to a defeated friend you are trying to buck up, even as you know you lack the answers, or the resources, to offer either consolation or solutions.

But a lack of vaccines is a key reason high child mortality rates persist in many resource - poor countries of Asia and Africa.

Countries in Europe, in contrast, which he leaned on U.S. military protection via NATO in the early days after WWII, and which lacked the resources to participate more directly in the Cold War, normalized a lower level of military expenditure, and refrained from making nearly as great an economic commitment to fight wars in the Afghanistan and Iraq as the U.S. did as a leader of those coalitions.

The country's economic challenges are not about a lack of resources but the inefficient management of such resources, the vice-presidential nominee of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said.

Practically, the lack of time and resources during the transition will make the EU the overwhelming priority; politically, other countries will want to wait and see what kind of deal we strike with the EU before negotiating their deal with us, and thereby also increase their leverage; and legally, we will almost certainly be remaining in the customs union as a result of the phase one deal, with the key prize of agriculture tariffs and standards already guaranteed to be out of our hands.

The clinic was founded by two College of Law students, who say they were inspired to do something after seeing the lack of legal resources for veterans across the country.

He said that the problem of the power sector had nothing to do with lack of resources as the government had committed N11tn to the power sector reforms without achieving the objective of providing stable power supply in the country.

However, in view of the lack of research in certain countries with less economic resources, the real effect of this threat is still unknown for 16 species of felids.

The authors assess 65 published studies undertaken in 34 countries and they identify 7 areas of mistreatment and abuse: physical (such as slapping); sexual; verbal; stigma and discrimination; a failure to meet professional standards of care; poor rapport between women and providers and health system constraints (such as a lack of resources to provide women with privacy).

Cultural and social stigma, and lack of access in resource - limited countries, may prevent men from seeking an evaluation.

Until now, there has been no clear understanding of acquired resistance to second - line drugs, because countries where MDR tuberculosis is rife have limited laboratory resources and lack consistent testing.

The lack of resources for sleep studies is even more problematic in less developed countries.

These impacts can be particularly damaging in developing countries, which often lack the resources and technical capacity to effectively prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change.

The characteristics that these countries share are poverty, lack of economic resources and employments, and the inability of their governments and society itself to do something to improve the situation.

While the country widely supports education, it lacks the necessary resources, suffers from large class size of 40 to 50 students per class, and has school principals doubling as teachers.

The Committee strove to clearly define the progressive nature of the obligations deriving from the ICESCR and, in doing so, it acknowledged a stark reality: the realization of ESCR faces huge difficulties owing to the lack of economic resources in many countries, hence their progressive nature; as states become more developed, they will be better able to assume greater responsibility in the area of ESCR.

Studies summarized by Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution have shown the lack of a strong, systematic relationship between resources and performance within the United States, within developing countries, and among countries.

The plight of developing countries is the lack of resources and that creates problems when there are sectors of interest that are paramount to the advancement of the people.

However, it adds a lack of government investment in some countries means parents often have to foot the bill for these resources - creating an additional barrier to learning for the poorest students.

The activity set off by the contest has enabled Schnur's network to press as never before its frontal challenge to the teachers» unions: they argue that a country that spends more per pupil than any other but whose student performance ranks in the bottom third among developed nations isn't failing its children for lack of resources but for lack of trained, motivated, accountable talent at the front of the class.

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is unable to adequately assess and track potentially millions of tax cheats in the country because of lack of resources, and weak oversight and enforcement practices, the federal Auditor - General said Tuesday.

Assert that the achievement of carbon neutrality by developing countries will be extremely difficult given their lack of resources and capacity and pressing adaptation challenges, without external financial, technological and capability - building support from developed countries,

Dr Rebecca Nadin, Director of the British Council's Climate and Sustainability project who contributed research to the study, said: «Journalists and other key communicators often lack the knowledge base, skills and online and offline resources to cut thought the confusion and accurately report on the complex science of climate change and this can be especially true in developing countries.

[BALI] The UN has announced approval for an adaptation fund to bolster the defences of poor countries that lack the money, technology and human resources to cope with climate change.

And while the growing impacts of climate change are bad for people in the developed world, many in developing countries have it much worse, given their increased vulnerability and lack of resources and capacity to adapt.

Environment Expert: More than 75 % of the countries in Asia and the Pacific are experiencing a serious lack of water security, with many of them facing an imminent water crisis unless immediate steps are taken to improve management of water resources, says a new study prepared jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asia - Pacific [continue reading...]

«even if all the commitments in the current NDCs [national pledges of action] are met — an uncertain prospect, given the lack of financial and technological resources from wealthier countries — they would lead to a warming of about 3 °C.»

(I can respect a country like Japan signing up to this group they are one of the most efficient countries in the world in regard to using resources, even China is looking to implement policies to increase resource efficiency and sustainability, but countries like the US and Australia with their lack of an energy and resource efficiency policies lack any credibility in this area.)

Low economic strength, inadequate infrastructure, low level of social development, lack of institutional capacity, and a higher dependency on the natural resource base make the country more vulnerable to climate stimuli (including both variability as well as extreme events)» (Ministry of Environment and Forest, 16).

The approach may be different in relation to countries such as Zimbabwe where a more serious disparity emanates from the intentional acts of the Mugabe regime in refusing aid and discriminating in relation to who receives treatment rather than from pure lack of resources.

The government has also increased its focus on solar energy and renewable energy resources in its commitment to the Paris Accord as well as addressing the significant lack of gas infrastructure in the Northern parts of the country.

Courts across the country have complained that a lack of resources — available judges, Crowns and court time — is making it difficult to meet those rules, and a number of charges have been stayed or dismissed on the basis of Jordan.

Some will succeed — especially large corporate firms with significant resources — but many others will find it difficult, both in the US as well as in other countries, because of the inflexibility of US firms» singular business and service delivery model (partnership using the professional consultancy model to deliver legal services only), and because of their lack of access to resources such as investment capital and management and other kinds of expertise.

(Citizenship of the Union — Article 20 TFEU − Directive 2003 / 86 / EC − Right to family reunification − Union citizens who are minor children living with their mothers, who are third country nationals, in the territory of the Member State of which the children are nationals — Permanent right of residence in that Member State of the mothers who have been granted sole custody of the Union citizens — Change in composition of the families following the mothers» remarriage to third country nationals and the birth of children of those marriages who are also third country nationals — Applications for family reunification in the Member State of origin of the Union citizens — Refusal of the right of residence to the new spouses on the ground of lack of sufficient resources — Right to respect for family life — Taking into consideration of the children's best interests)

Though some concerns may be expressed about favouring a proprietary technology, given the lack of resources in many countries, using Adobe Acrobat to create an e-app does not cost more than buying the basic program simply to create documents in PDF.

In dismissing the appeal the ECtHR decided to maintain the high threshold established in D given that in such cases the alleged future harm would emanate not from the intentional acts or omissions of public authorities or non-state bodies, but instead from a naturally occurring illness and the lack of sufficient resources to deal with it in the receiving country.

InnMind is the first resource where I could find a good set of attractive startups from CIS and emerging countries, which is normally lacking in other global databases.

The lack of access to traditional lands, waters and natural resources could diminish our ability to care for country and to maintain culture.

Frustrated by the lack of availability, in 1998 Kathleen invested her own financial resources to establish the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.), one of the few non-profit organizations in the country concentrated on serving foster and adopted children, their families, and the network of people that assist them.