Sentences with phrase «developed and developing countries where»

The toolkit has a specific focus on cities in less - developed and developing countries where significant infrastructure will be built to cater to a growing transportation demand and, therefore, land - use and transport policies can play an important role in shaping mobility demand and mode choice.
The Southampton team believes these new results support the case for national governments to fund universal newborn hearing screening programs that increase the rates of early confirmation of hearing difficulties in the many developed and developing countries where screening programs for deafness are currently under discussion, but not yet adopted as national policy.

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With these numbers, the U.S. is one of few developed countries where the life expectancy is declining and mortality increasing.
The bulk of bribery and other forms of corruption (though by no means all of it) goes on in developing countries where rule of law is lax and the opportunities for profit are rich.
Canada was a rare example of a developed country where residential real estate recovered quickly and, indeed, surpassed pre-crisis heights.
In many countries where you'd think the opportunity would be good (in Europe, for instance), entrepreneurs have found that the infrastructure wasn't as well developed and clear as it is in the U.S.. For example, angel networks aren't as well organized or even that easy to find, and venture capital firms are almost nonexistent.
In that vein, the company is very much a market disruptor, and this is even true in developed countries where it routinely releases Nexus phones and tablets with significantly lower prices than competitors.
The results of a world where developed and emerging countries are all pitted against each other will be «intensified conflict on the international stage over vitally important issues, such as international macroeconomic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change,» they said.
The lion's share of this expansion is expected to take place in emerging and developing countries such as India and China, where middle class growth is booming.
Through detailed analysis of four countries, ranging from Singapore as the most successfully wired, to Ireland, Spain and finally Argentina, where the Internet is the least developed, Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez's paper, in part, confirms conventional wisdom.
Lenovo plans to keep both smartphone brands, selling under Motorola's name in developed markets such as the U.S. and Europe and under its own in developing countries where it already is established, Chief Financial Officer Wong Waiming told reporters.
The company started in 1985 serving clients in Canada and the United States but very quickly gravitated to the developing countries where the demand for water infrastructure was greatest.
We see it in developing countries as a teaser to get some customers to use mobile data and to give access to publicly beneficial data (Wikipedia, government sites, health sites etc) and then there are countries where it is a commercial deal between mobile or fixed operators and certain content providers.
As a percentage of GDP, more than half of the outstanding sovereign bonds in the developed world originated from countries or regions where negative interest rate policies are in place, primarily representing bonds from the euro zone and Japan.
The first graph shows the performance of each developed market during periods where both the US and that country's own economy were in expansion.
The app was originally launched in Asia and Africa, but Facebook later made it available in developed countries that also have regions with weak infrastructure, or where users are trying to save on their surfing packages.
We have Russia, we have China and we have Brazil, we have India, we have countries that are outside of the formal developed countries with their currencies where they are debasing it, that is the developed countries.
In less developed countries where capital markets are restricted this mistrust is a given as people are threatened by devaluations, seizure of property and political risk.
In less developed countries where the churches send missionaries to trade food for land to build churches and give sermons, Christianity is on the incline.
@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belongs
There are various instances where transnational corporations have exploited the rich genetic diversity of developing countries as a free resource for research and development.
So, we see a major financial and economic crisis beginning with deflation in a certain number of countries such as Japan, which had major effects on countries such as South Korea and Brazil, and also on developed countries where all the countries of the North and South are starting to move into recession.
These uncertain times call for different measures and communication tools than we have used in the past... There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognized as refugees by the United Nations, and we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.»
There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognized as refugees by the United Nations, and we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.
Therefore we convert rice field for rubber cultivation and other cash - crops, including horticultural plantations, develop capital intensive production units (in countries like India where the major strength is its labour power), thereby denying majority of people their right to work.
«The difficulty is that we have developing countries, including China, where economies are changing and people are demanding protein where those billion people were getting protein plant - based.
A whole culture has developed in north - western Germany, where there are social clubs that visit country inns to consume large quantities of boiled kale, Mettworst and Schnapps.
While strengthening existing partnerships, we are building new partnerships with countries such as Brazil and China, which have developed their own agricultural sectors through technological and policy innovation and are increasingly important to agricultural growth in the regions where we work.
In developed countries, where the majority of food wastage happens at the consumer level, the consumer is exposed to a wealth of information from various sources which can result in unpredictable consumer behaviour driven by opinions and influences from various sources of information.
Rapid growth in coffee production in South America during the second half of the 19th century was matched by growth in consumption in developed countries, though nowhere has this growth been as pronounced as in the United States, where high rate of population growth was compounded by doubling of per capita consumption between 1860 and 1920.
Nevertheless, 40 % of food production is wasted in developing countries at retail and consumer levels, this figure does not improve in developing countries where 40 % of food production is wasted at the processing level.
The Innis & Gunn Brewery in Perth is the brand's home for innovation and barrel - ageing, where Master Brewer Dougal Gunn Sharp and his team of highly skilled and passionate brewers develop the flavoursome beers that are loved by craft beer fans in over 28 countries.
Iron deficiency anaemia may also cause problems during pregnancy particularly in developing countries, where it can increase the risk of premature delivery, as well as the risk of maternal and foetal complications and death.
Risk factors include: 1) age (most people are diagnosed in their 20s - 30s), 2) race or ethnicity (Caucasians have the highest risk, but IBD can occur in any race; there's an even higher risk if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent), 3) family history (risk is higher if a close relative has the disease), 4) cigarette smoking (the most important controllable risk factor for developing CD), 5) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (includes ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin IB, others], naproxen sodium [Aleve], diclofenac sodium [Voltaren], and others), and 6) where you live (you are more likely to develop IBD if you live in an industrialized country).
In developing countries, there may be cases where the individual situation of the mother and baby would make replacement feeding the safer option, despite the public health recommendation to breastfeed.
Kangaroo mother care originated in developing countries where incubators and other technology were in short supply.
The risk of artificial infant feeding is considered much higher for babies in developing countries or disadvantaged communities, where clean water and electricity are not always available.
In other parts of the country, where children grow their own vegetables and schools partner with local farmers, the children are happy to eat food that they feel connected to, and develop eating habits that will make them healthier and happier for the rest of their lives.
There are many professional, successful adults in this country in their 30s and above who have developed a strong set of values, inspiring life experiences, and significant personal resources — but for varying reasons are currently single or not otherwise in a relationship where parenting with a romantic partner is a possibility.
Dr. Lack also mentions something I've never heard before: in developing countries (where allergies are less common), food is often pre-chewed by a parent before being fed to an infant, leading to the speculation that the enzymes and antibodies in the parent's saliva might naturally prevent an allergenic response.
That reminds me, I was looking on the Hesperian Foundation website (publishers of «Where There is No Doctor» and other such titles for developing countries, and which illustrious author should they be selling in the store but Ina May, «America's leading midwife» (or something similarly gushy).
Developed countries where midwives attend normal births instead of doctors, show that it is better for mother and baby.
A couple of years later I had occasion to read a lot of studies on breastfeeding for my job — I was shocked to realize that, especially in a developed country context where baseline sanitation and nutrition is not an issue, the advocates of breastfeeding sometimes wildly overstate the benefits.
These findings would be especially valuable in those developing countries, where the incidence of neonatal hypothermia has been reported to be high and associated with an increased morbidity and mortality rates.
First, our results may not be generalizable to other study settings in Western or developed countries where breastfeeding is strongly patterned by socioeconomic position or in countries with lower breastfeeding rates than Belarus, where more than 95 % of mothers initiated breastfeeding at the time of PROBIT.28 Belarus, a former Soviet country, is one of the countries with the least socioeconomic inequalities as reflected, for example, in their low Gini index of 27 in 2008 compared with 42 in Russia, 45 in the USA and 24 in Sweden.
As an alternative to overpacking landfills or recycling domestically, some industrialized countries have found it more convenient and cheaper to export e-waste to developing countries, such as China and India, where labor costs are low, and occupational and environmental laws are lax or not well implemented.
The United States is the only developed country where they are still allowed, and all medical and pediatric professional associations have statements against them.
Researchers in countries where paid paternity and parental leave are readily available have found that there is a great benefit to having men take more time off when their children are born in order to develop their parenting skills and be better prepared to accept the responsibility that facilitates shared parenting.
Do not forget that you are looking at Homebirth within a very specific cultural milieu, that of predominantly white, well off women in developed countries, a culture where pregnant women expect to be the centre of attention during labour and delivery, and to be in control of every aspect of their lives.
Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2
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