Sentences with phrase «developed by the nations»

A related issue is where to land on the «Common Core» standards, a set of expectations in reading and math developed by the nation's governors and state superintendents, but viewed by many conservatives as a federal plot to take over the schools.

The program was developed by the nations leading specialists in obesity prevention, cardiovascular health, physical fitness, curriculum development, and intervention.

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DEVELOPING nations» inexperience in the establishment of sustainable mining industries has meant some are missing out on the benefits afforded by new mining projects.

Maersk used KSI, a blockchain developed by Guardtime, a startup whose technology underpins the tech - savvy nation Estonia, for the test.

Canada was one of only three developed nations tracked by Scotia to post gains in the third quarter of the year.

Inspired by the likes of Bill Gates and George Soros, some launch philanthropies aimed at providing aid to developing nations.

Long a source of irritation for developing nations, especially China, which was the one country most affected by it, the quota regime for the most part came to an end on Jan. 1, and will be fully dismantled by 2008.

China had fought previous attempts by foreign governments to limit carbon emissions, claiming it should be allowed the same space to develop and pollute that industrialized nations had.

But the latest carries special importance: this will be the first budget of the country's 11th Malaysia Plan, generally referred to as 11MP, a five - year plan aiming to plot a course for the country to leave its «emerging» status behind to become a developed nation by 2020.

As the founder of Childs Capital LLC, a Wall Street firm that seeks to alleviate poverty in developing nations by investing in private enterprise, her business trips take her around the world, from Africa to Latin America.

China's consistently higher growth rates are regarded with alarm by stagnant developed nations.

In November, the International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think - tank supported by energy - consuming developed nations, predicted the U.S. would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer before 2020, and be self - sufficient in energy by 2035.

Inspired by a pair of talented Ugandan jewelry designers, Jessica Honneger launched Noonday Collection in 2010 as a way to enable designers in developing nations to create jobs in their communities.

The company's strategy is now hitting on all cylinders, and Unilever expects to take in a whopping 70 % of its revenues from developing nations by 2020.

And last but not least, the world's 43 most vulnerable countries adopted a push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 — leading with a commitment that many rich and developed nations have yet to make.

Within emerging markets, moderating growth in China — where Morgan Stanley expects GDP to increase 6.5 % in 2018 — will likely be offset by improvements in other developing nations.

And the Fed has had to stand largely alone, as most other developed nations struggled with their own financial problems and Congress and the White House became paralyzed by partisan politics.

For example, a country that is fully developed for a industrial era nation, is not fully developed by information age standards.

Since its founding as a single store in Chicago in 1901 to its presence today in virtually every demographic community in the country, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has understood the importance of developing our nation's youth by creating employment opportunities.

Prior to MyLumper, he served as the Director of Logistics for the largest seed and garden company in the nation, followed by his next role as Founder and CEO of Track Logistics Group, which he held for 10 years before developing the electronic payment based company that offers the solution to an age - old stressor in the trucking industry.

Khoj is not just an event, it's rather an initiative by Z Nation Lab to develop and revolutionize the startup ecosystem and infuse innovation into SME's MSME's & Corporates in India.

With the Greek default, the first by a developed nation, it seems like even the major currencies have their woes...

In most instances the rate for a product is determined by the relative wealth of the country, with countries placed into one of three groups: Most - Favoured - Nation (MFN), General Preferential Tariff (GPT) or Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT), with higher - income countries being charged a higher tariff.

However, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew indicating that he's monitoring developments with regard to the yen, the issue may be revisited at the wider G - 20, when the leading industrial economies are joined by developing nations.

The U.S. is the only country among the 42 developed nations analyzed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that does not have any federally mandated paid leave policy.

And now, GWH threatens the ability of African nations to get out of the quick sand of destitution by forcing them to refrain from developing their resources and infrastructure, all in the name of «saving the planet,» of course.

@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

As it became clear that the ideas of development advocated by Third World nations in the UN General Assembly involved some shift of power from the industrial nations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the Worlnations in the UN General Assembly involved some shift of power from the industrial nations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the Worlnations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the WorlNations to the IMF and the World Bank.

Immediately after World War II, the acknowledged disparity in the wealth of nations led to the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; it was then widely assumed that the so - called developing countries could be brought up to some sort of parity with the developed countries by lending money and promoting economic growth.

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.»

From the 1972 Stockholm conference to the 1992 meeting in Rio, the UN conferences and official reports on the environment have been dominated by the developing nations, who mean to keep developing themselves out of poverty.

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.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

Means of accommodating to «secularization» developed, the variety of which is illustrated by Smith in his sample of nations from around the world.

(16) In a recent paper in the psychosynthesis journal Donald Keys describes what he calls the «synthesis of the nations,» the process by which planetary values and a sense of global responsibility are developed through the «planetization of our consciousness.»

The substantive problems are basically three: (1) The growing gap between the advanced and newly developing nations in terms of levels of living (food, essentially); (2) The growing gap between colored and pale skinned people which is linked with the food problem and exacerbated by ideological differences; and (3) The ideological garb in which these problems appear.

With the emergence of the nation state, monetary systems and policies were developed based on the notion of a scarce money supply linked to gold and silver, the value of which was controlled by the nation.

Furthermore, our insistence on absolute freedom or a «free flow» of information is seen by the developing nations as the freedom of the fox in the chicken coop.

By l970, the l6th General Assembly of UNESCO had defined the concept of a New International Economic Order which stated that the emerging nations would not be able to develop until they decreased their economic dependence on the First World.

In Ireland, the constitution was amended by popular referendum; in Mexico, the legal change has quietly developed in the nation's court systems.

Medieval and early modern Europe developed forms of federated empire, and the European Union is a postmodern covenant of nations, albeit one distorted by its adherence to liberalism.

Because of the so called revolution in communication, brought about by the newest technological discoveries, distances relatively become closer, borders become more porous, interrelations become more dynamic, isolationism is replaced by openness, nations seek new ways to develop more positive and meaningful co-existence, and thus the awareness of the plurality of the world becomes more apparent.

A significant analysis of this, applied to developing nations, has been done by Robert White at The Gregorian University.

«For example, Ireland's young adults are - contrary to recent reports - still remarkably religious, at least by the standards of other highly developed European nations.

The secular Enlightenment sought to reduce the powers acquired by the Church during the Middle Ages, in favour of the rapidly - developing nation states.

The Chinese, brilliantly cynical, and joined by India and a number of African states, have hit upon a perfect non-starter: The climate problem was created by the West, the industrialized nations, so they should fix it, cutting their emissions to forty percent below 1990 levels, until the developing nations have had a chance to catch up.

The U.N. Population Division tracks each nation's contraceptive use, finding a 61 percent global prevalence, and noting positively that artificial contraception increased in the developing world by 1 percent per year from 1995 to 2005 and remained steadily high in developed countries.

Poor nations, insisting on their human rights of autonomy and self - control, rightfully resent outside identification of their problems and «proper» solutions dictated by developed nations, however well intentioned.

It pointed to the need for specialized training to be provided by «ministerial colleges and theological seminaries» in co-operation with the agricultural colleges of the nation.22 Many institutions responded to the needs pointed up by the Commission and by others, by developing such specialized training.

It can best serve the cause of world democracy by helping supply the means for the less developed nations to fulfill their own unique aspirations, without attaching to the aid any conditions of military, economic, or political alliance, conformity, or dependency.