Sentences with phrase «improving the standard of living for»

«The ultimate test of the value of a political system is whether it helps... improve the standard of living for the majority of its people.»

On behalf of the co-sponsors of the submission, Canada claimed: «further liberalization of financial services will help promote economic growth and improved standards of living for all WTO Members...»

The Industrial Revolution improved the standard of living for many people.

The company purchases ingredients directly from women cooperatives and indigenous farmers in Africa, paying above market prices to help improve the standard of living for those suppliers.

But Kolb says he wants to focus his campaign on financial issues, like improving the standard of living for New Yorkers, and lowering taxes, as well as reforming corruption in state government.

Although many people will be employed to rebuild Japan, this doesn't improve the standard of living for the folks in Japan.

These headline indicators are measures of the major social and economic factors that need to be improved if COAG's vision of an improved standard of living for Indigenous peoples is to become reality.

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The movement toward improving living standards for chickens builds on the cage - free eggs trend, which led to a slew of restaurant chains and grocery stores in recent years promising to ditch cages to improve the lives of hens.

The IMF's analysis in its new World Economic Outlook falls far short of what is needed to improve employment and living standards for the majority of people in countries of all income levels, and may even add to the downside risks to the global economy, CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot says.

This was something of a «golden age» for the U.S. in terms of improved living standards.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

With offices in both the US and Canada, DALBAR develops standards and measurement systems that improve the quality of products, service and compliance for the retirement, mutual fund, broker / dealer, discount brokerage, life insurance, healthcare and banking industries.

Though poverty persists, standards of living are improving for many and with this...

Many others live in degrading conditions that call for collective effort to improve the general standard of living.

Also, President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs that were to improve living standards for the poor were undermined by the escalating costs of the war against the poor in Southeast Asia.

Such services would be seen as raising living standards today (albeit in ways whose benefits are not easily computed), and might even improve prospects for material progress by augmenting society's stock of «human capital.»

Efforts to improve the quality of life of the elderly will almost certainly continue lengthening life as an unintended by - product (the main increases in longevity for those beyond 65 have been an offshoot of higher socioeconomic standards of living and disability - oriented technologies).

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Why won't SNA leaders and House Republicans stand up for our children's health instead of trying to dismantle nutrition standards that are improving their lives?

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has appealed for the unalloyed support of residents in Zongo communities across the country for the success of his administration, as he seeks to improve their living and development standards.

The provisions on local content and local participation in petroleum activities as well as a Local Content Fund will lead to job creation and the building of indigenous capacity, which will enable Government achieve its objective of ensuring that the nation's petroleum resources are harnessed for the benefit of all Ghanaians and thus ultimately improve the standard of living of the ordinary citizen.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

In a Facebook post, he said» We will continue to be advocates for our unique non-negotiable policies because without them, the standard of living of our people, our quality of life and development will not improve significantly.»

We are very confident that the implementation of the one village one dam and the one district one factory policies will not only create numerous jobs for the youth but also improve the living standards of majority of people in the Northern region who are predominantly farmers.

Nkrumah used Ghana's share of our trade and production for improving the living standards of many.

In Ghana, he said trade facilitation has been enhanced with a 57 % increase of volumes of goods processed at the Customs Technical Service Bureau which will have a very dramatic impact on Ghana's international investment competitiveness with direct impact «on our domestic economic situation, offering up much more job opportunity, and improve living standards for our people.»

The budget proposal which has been sent to the committee for more deliberation according to the speaker was done to allow the executive arm of government implement various projects aimed at improving the standard of living in the state.

Speaking at the National Insurance Conference in Abuja, Adeosun maintained that a developed and active insurance market would bring about increase in GDP, accumulation of long - term funds for infrastructural financing, job creation, and an improved standard of living.

She added that other measures were also needed to ensure that older people's welfare remained a top political priority, such as improving the standards of care services and action to enhance the quality of life for the 500,000 people in residential care homes.

Maitama Sule, who is also a former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, also called for a law to enable the government to utilise the recovered looted funds to improve the living standard of Nigerians.

Those who support unionization say it would improve adjunct faculty members» standard of living, provide a more stable environment for students, and increase retention and graduation rates.

Zubizarreta says the reason is as follows: «People are somewhat wary of the idea of living in a wooden house: it's an organic material, it's less consistent that concrete or steel and can catch fire, etc.» In this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designed.

ABA is the gold standard for treating children with ASD and is known to, sometimes dramatically, improve outcomes and quality of life.

While we are all striving for a better life, we as a society should become more conscientious about improving the working conditions of those whom we have come to depend on for our living standard,» commented the study authors.

When tai chi was combined with a standard depression treatment for a group of older people with depression, researchers found better improvement in the level of depression, as well as improved quality of life, better memory and cognition, and more overall energy, in comparison to another group in which the standard depression treatment was combined with a health education class.

About Blog The World Endometriosis Society (WES) advances evidence - based standards and innovations for education, advocacy, clinical care, and research in endometriosis and related disorders, in collaboration with its stakeholders and global partners to improve the lives of all affected women and their families.

She became the first Ambassador of Hope for FINCA, an international village banking microfinance program providing small loans and savings programs to the world's poorest families so they may create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living thereby reducing poverty worldwide.

BEFMG members have been at the forefront of the development of new products to match this standard — delivering products which support improved lifelong back care for our children, better academic outcomes through comfort which leads to improved concentration and outstanding value for money through product durability and life cycle costs.»

What struck Flynn was how quickly the students» skepticism of grammar morphed into a desire to know more, but that makes sense because a conversation like this gives students some context for why learning the rules of Standard English grammar now will help them improve their lives in the future.

The goals of the program were to help students develop critical literacy skills; recognize their own capacity to become storytellers of their own lives; develop students» abilities to write, speak, and think clearly; achieve state and national standards for theatre; and improve students» achievement in reading and writing.

With an increased focus on connecting educational leadership to student learning, creating cultures of improvement, and other big picture concepts, the standards can be seen, in part, as a force for helping principals remind us as a nation that the moral purpose of educational change is to improve society and the lives of its citizens, especially those most in need.

For example, it was the tacit acceptance of the Microsoft DOS / Window standards (fostered by the move by IBM and the Microsoft to license the operating system to other computer - makers) that helped advance the development of the technologies that have helped boost productivity and improve quality of life; free from having to develop their own operating systems, computer makers could now compete on price affordability and wide arrange of features that have benefited consumers.

Considering that little more than half a decade ago the graduation rate in New York City, was barely 50 percent this is a remarkable achievement reflecting improved present academic performance and future standard of living for tens of thousands of students.

Our groundbreaking research, policy development, and training programs set the standards for out - of school time, profoundly improving the lives of parents and children.

And with the majority of states now implementing more rigorous academic standards aiming to help more students graduate better prepared for life after high school, and with the nation watching to see if this shift indeed leads to improved outcomes, interest in the graduation rate is unlikely to subside any time soon.

The Recovery Act provides $ 10 billion in additional Title I, Part A funds to state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support schools that have high concentrations of students from families that live in poverty in order to help improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet state academic achievement standards.

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Even at Life level, the new Toyota Auris» improved standard equipment specification has been carefully considered to simplify and enhance life on board, with the addition of cruise control and an adjustable speed limiter (for CVT models), a Follow Me Home headlamp function and Hill Start AssLife level, the new Toyota Auris» improved standard equipment specification has been carefully considered to simplify and enhance life on board, with the addition of cruise control and an adjustable speed limiter (for CVT models), a Follow Me Home headlamp function and Hill Start Asslife on board, with the addition of cruise control and an adjustable speed limiter (for CVT models), a Follow Me Home headlamp function and Hill Start Assist.

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