Sentences with phrase «effort than their developed country»

It may also be that developed countries have to admit that several of the developing countries, even if they haven't yet pulled out all the stops, are much closer to their fair share of the global effort than their developed country friends.

Not exact matches

- The tendency, economically, for developed nations (and their banks) to sponsor megaprojects in developing countries rather than grassroots efforts that may be less spectacular but more effective.

Conversely, foreign postdocs often see the highly competitive U.S. marketplace as providing far more opportunities for advancement than those of their home countries, causing many of the most talented and ambitious to stay in the United States, thus weakening research efforts in both developed and developing nations.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

Thanks in part to these grassroots efforts, Room to Read can boast some astonishing results: During its seven - year existence, the organization has opened nearly 5,000 school libraries and about 400 schools, donated more than 1.4 million English - language books, published 146 local - language titles, and touched the lives of roughly 1.5 million students in developing countries.

The primary missions of the WATCVM include: promoting the education of TCVM by providing financial support to veterinary students, assisting in the development and functions of TCVM Student Associations at veterinary colleges, funding basic and applied research projects and providing recognition for findings at the annual TCVM conferences, developing TCVM research standards through the International Organization for Standards, and assisting developing countries with a per capita income of less than $ 4,000 USD to develop TCVM programs at veterinary colleges and award scholarships to students.In an effort to support the education, research and practice of TCVM, the WATCVM provides practitioners with the following resources:

Solar power may be more reliable than wind power; Germany's efforts in developing solar (and wind) power suggest it may be, given the amount of cloudiness that country experiences.

There were few repercussions in the US because of earlier US efforts to reduce and end malaria in the US, but this action soon led to banning DDT in many less developed countries where malaria was prevalent and is much more effectively controlled by using DDT than any other pesticide.

Your statement was «my political views are that I find it difficult to accept that the major western powers are trying to enforce, on countries which are much poorer than they are, actiions that will disadvantage the citizens of those countries in their efforts to attain the standards of living approaching those of the developed world.»