Sentences with phrase «define social progress»

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.»

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An organization called the Social Progress Imperative has set out to define the non-economic components of progress, assess how countries are doing, and suggest plans for imprProgress Imperative has set out to define the non-economic components of progress, assess how countries are doing, and suggest plans for imprprogress, assess how countries are doing, and suggest plans for improvement.

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.

Science and Human Rights Coalition In 2007, the United Nations began a process to define Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which states that everyone has the right to «enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.»

This time the artist turns her attention to the transient nature of the political, economic and social cycles that define a country's progress.

This group of multicultural, cross-generational painters, colored pencil, and mixed - media artists present diverse visions of Black identity, while expressing the social and political progress that defined the past half - century.

Challenging behavior in the early years of development, defined as «any repeated pattern of behavior or perception of behavior that interferes with or is at risk of interfering with optimal learning or engagement in pro-social interactions with peers and adults» (Systems of service delivery: A synthesis of evidence relevant to young children at risk of or who have challenging behavior, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2003), can have pervasive deleterious effects on the child's social emotional functioning, learning, and longitudinal outcomes over time (Behav Disord, 32:29 — 45, 2006; Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people: Progress and possibilities.