Sentences with phrase «economic levels often»

He points out that children of low socio - economic levels often have fewer opportunities to engage in learning experiences that will develop critical and creative thinking.

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Dominic Barton, a Canadian who leads the international consulting firm McKinsey & Co. — and is often in the room during top - level discussions of economic strategy — has watched the country's influence soar.

Often this comes about in conjunction with other agencies, as in the factory legislation which has made obsolete the twelve - hour day and the seven - day week, 6 established minimum wage levels, and eliminated the grosser forms of economic exploitation.

For example, in agricultural societies, the level of economic prosperity often depended upon the number of children able to assist parents in planting and harvesting crops.

She led an often mutinous cabinet at a time of economic crisis, against a level of personal vitriol to which no other modern leader has been subjected.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

It is my opinion that in the Bronx, New York City and throughout New York State folks of all ideologies, political party, socio - economic level and demographics are with a Comptroller who is independent and ever mindful that he is caretaker for the NYS pensions, our revenue, the economy of our great state and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasances.

This will require not only international agreements, but working - level relationships between scientists and engineers from countries that are often political and economic rivals.

Trainees who come to study in a foreign country are more vulnerable than people who come to take a high - level job or to reunite with families because they often are less experienced, have fewer economic means, and lack local social support.

«This form of government investment will hardly eradicate or reduce rural poverty, because of poor infrastructure and the severe economic inefficiencies of most agrarian settlements — which often result in high household - level turnover and giving - up rates of newly settled farmers following the local liquidation of natural forest resource capital.»

Developing countries are often unable to invest large amounts of funds and resources into scientific research, due to the low level of economic development.

We are often most impressed by applicants who have the ability to maturely and articulately discuss their work on a deeper level by connecting it to broader social, cultural, historical, political and economic forces.

A judicial presence is especially important to ensure that the reform process — and reasonable funding levels — are maintained in times of economic stress or recession like the present, where children's needs and constitutional values are often given short shrift.

In those cases where the legislative models are designed to make children from all economic levels eligible for vouchers, the means of integration have varied from full and partial admissions lotteries to modest set - asides of a portion (often 20 percent) of a school's new admissions for low - income applicants.

That economic diversity is a core value of the school, Densen told Gambit in December in a broad article about the 4.0 Schools project, as he seeks to create a learning environment inclusive of all income levels that bridges the gap between New Orleans» often rigid segregation between tuition - based private schools and impoverished public schools.

For example, an investment like a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is often driven by many factors that include interest rate levels but also include the strength of economic activity.

Periods of low volatility often coincide with higher levels of valuation, and that sort of low economic variability can help to generate stock market bubbles.

Bull markets that run to 19 or 20 times earnings, or above, most often coincide with low or declining levels of economic variability.

Often welded together from scrap metal by the same individuals who use them to sell their goods, these structures embody the kind of spontaneous, street - level commercial activity that contributes to a given city's economic vitality and dynamism, despite its ambivalent status with respect to the official financial system.

From a scientific, economic and political perspective, REDD is a very complicated business that ratcheted up demand for the Rapid Response Team because many governments with critical and intact forest are now pursuing national or subnational level policies for REDD, often without the necessary tools, time and capacity.

Ambition regarding climate change at the national level is critical but is often calibrated with the projected costs — as estimated by a small suite of energy — economic models.

At the scale of a large nation or region, at least in most industrialised nations, the economic value of sectors and locations with low levels of vulnerability to climate change greatly exceeds the economic value of sectors and locations with high levels of vulnerability, and the capacity of a complex large economy to absorb climate - related impacts is often considerable.

A seat at the table in top - level international negotiations brings status, so naturally Member States are reluctant to give up their privileged positions (which often reflect post-WWII power relations rather than our current international economic order).

While this debate does occur on a domestic level, a range of other interests, especially economic interests, often dilutes the human rights significance of these issues.

Mobile phone that was once a symbol of economic position and class has now assumed numerous roles and applications, often in a contradictory manner, in individual, cultural and social levels.

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

At the domestic level, the human rights significance of an issue is often diluted according to economic and other interests.

Couples with lower levels of education and lower incomes often feel they must have economic security before marriage, so they postpone marriage, along with the benefits they and their children would have received.

This involves engaging with parents who have themselves often had profoundly damaging childhoods, histories of abuse and care, who may also have clinical level mental health problems and / or abuse drugs or alcohol, and be coping with varying levels of social and economic deprivation.

«Often the most troublesome loans in an economic downturn are those made to higher - income borrowers who suffer job losses, because of the comparative scarcity of replacement jobs at that salary level,» says Widener.