Sentences with phrase «in a poor economy for»

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The more progressive line argues, as Wolman does, that reliance on cash transactions «perpetuates [poor] peoples» exclusion from banking and the formal economy» and makes it hard for governments, especially in developing countries, to efficiently serve their citizens.

The gift is among the largest ever for a business school and will go to teaching MBA students committed to developing organizations to help the poor in developing economies.

The government has been in denial about the poor economic and job performance of the Canadian economy for some time.

Punishing Mexican exports would risk destabilizing the economy of an important country whose prosperity adds to U.S. prosperity, would only increase pressure for poor Mexican to emigrate, and in the end would almost certainly make the U.S. trade deficit even larger.

Trends Credit Ratings More than six years after the housing market crashed — dragging the world economy and stock markets down with it — Standard & Poor's settled in early February with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its alleged part in triggering the meltdown.

More than six years after the housing market crashed — dragging the world economy and stock markets down with it — Standard & Poor's settled in early February with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its alleged part in triggering the meltdown.

For over 50 years, regardless of the political environment or changes in the economy, GLIDE has stood with the most vulnerable, including poor people, those with illness, people of color, immigrants, as well as all families and children fleeing war and oppression.

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

You can fault this maxim for its poor grammar, but in the economy of city hall power - brokering, you can't fault its logic.

He was arguing that an increase in the value of goods and services an economy produces does not necessarily create benefits for the poorest in society.

Many in this context have pointed very strongly to the «growing gap between the rich and the poor that has ensued whether this is experienced locally, nationally or internationally, and how the «open and borderless world of economics» that has emerged has destroyed local and national economies and created conditions for the untold new sufferings of people.

A robust economy makes possible the empowerment of the underprivileged» the true «preferential option for the poor» in Catholic social doctrine, according to John Paul's 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus» even as it helps conserve public resources by making the resort to welfare less necessary.

He clearly opposes the present steps toward the globalization of the economy, for he believes that it will damage the poor in developing countries, reduce the political will to upgrade welfare in the United States, make it more and more difficult for political power to control the corporations, and most particularly exacerbate those pressures for growth that will degrade the environment.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Even with strong expansion of the country's middle class, a large proportion of India's population remains poor, and being able to afford products is still a major concern for many in the rural economy.

This would have actually been a top pick for us used but unfortunately the older models (pre 2010) have a V6 that was reasonably notorious for being poor in the fuel economy department, which for a vehicle this size is a shame.

As the Lancet Breastfeeding Series stressed in January this year, breastfeeding improves health outcomes for babies and mothers in rich and poor countries alike (read our summary), as well as benefiting society and the economy as a whole.

In «A Discourse on Political Economy», Jean - Jacques Rousseau gave his take on how a government should tackle inequality: «prevent extreme inequalities of fortunes; not by taking wealth from its possessors, but by depriving all men of means to accumulate it; not by building hospitals for the poor, but by securing the citizens from becoming poor».

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

She truly understood the vital role labor unions serve in strengthening our economy, and worked hand in hand with us to improve workplace protections, increase wages for America's working poor and middle class, and protect workers» health and retirement benefits.

(1) Your question is based on the ridiculous assumption that economy and politics is a zero sum game and that somehow being «for» middle class means you're «against» (or «don't care about») poor; (2) Leaving that aside, championing the case of 75 % of population over 25 % seems like a lot less of a political suicide than championing the case of 25 % over the 75 %, unless I don't quite understand how voting works in a democracy.

The New Patriotic Party has berated the government for what it says is the government's poor performance in handling the economy, but Kofi Adams is adamant.

State governors have declared their intention to approach the World Bank in a bid to salvage their states from the current poor state of the economy which has made it difficult for many of them to pay salaries.

lambasted the Mahama - led administration for the poor handling of the economy even though the government has borrowed some 39 billion dollars in the last eight years that it has been in power.

Also, a one - time Buhari's running mate in the 2011 presidential election and Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has also at some point in time pointed a finger at the President for the poor state of the country's economy.

«Ghana is at crossroads and must now decide whether to continue existing policies that will further enrich the wealthy and do little for the poor or to make fiscal adjustments that would lift millions out of poverty and bring them into the agricultural economy in ways that will contribute significantly to economic growth,» Philip Alston said.

«Continued unemployment and the growing gap between the rich and the poor are the greatest threats to our prosperity,» said Quinn, who is widely expected to run for mayor, in a speech in Midtown at an Association for Better New York event, where she unveiled what she described as «concrete and immediate steps we can take to create jobs today and strengthen our economy for years to come.»

«We need to increase the minimum wage quickly, I think it should be part of the budget,» said Klein who says the increase would pump money back into the economy, in the form of fatter paychecks for the working poor, and create 5000 new jobs.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

Snow was one of the principle factors blamed by chancellor George Osborne for the UK economy's poor performance in the final quarter of 2010, leading to intense mockery from the opposition.

Have things reached the perverse situation where in order to get elected Labour have to cut public spending for their first term although they want to increase it and the Conservatives have to increase public spending in order to get elected, usually when people vote for a different party it is because they expect something to be different from the way it was, such plans leave it wide open for the Liberal Democrats to come out and propose a series of economy measures and be the one of the 3 parties proposing the lowest levels of public spending and tax cuts targeted at the poor.

«So, the question for us is how to ensure inclusion or inclusivity, how to get millions of our very poor people into the economy, how to structure our budget in such a way that recognises that.

why is Klein talking tax cuts at a time when many poor need more services we need the rich to pay their fair share, esp since recent immigrants and minorities are suffering from an economy that is not working for them, $ 15 is a STEP in the right direction.

He said the State Government took it upon itself to undertake the reconstruction of the road being one of the busiest roads in the State with vehicular volumes averaging 50,000 vehicles daily, and that its poor state was not acceptable for the status of the State as the fifth largest economy in Africa and the nation's commercial hub.

Cuomo created the Buffalo Billion project to use $ 1 billion in state resources and tax breaks over several years to revitalize Buffalo, which has suffered from a poor economy for decades.

And, the poor quality of higher education in Haiti will not prepare these for the S&T - based careers that the economy needs, according to Durandis.

«Research questions for social scientists abound, but all are a reminder that broadband communications will give poorer countries a pivotal role in the burgeoning digital economy,» states Heeks.

But the economy is in terrible shape and austerity measures are making it hard for the poor to afford even the basics.

Poor Iceland — no economy, people were already leaving in droves for other countries, -LSB-...]

For this to happen it is necessary for our financial institutions to invest in the sustainable low carbon economy of the future, rather than repeated casino capitalism leaving the poor in the community to bear a disproportionate burden of the banks bailout, including high youth unemployment and extortionate university fees for many post school studenFor this to happen it is necessary for our financial institutions to invest in the sustainable low carbon economy of the future, rather than repeated casino capitalism leaving the poor in the community to bear a disproportionate burden of the banks bailout, including high youth unemployment and extortionate university fees for many post school studenfor our financial institutions to invest in the sustainable low carbon economy of the future, rather than repeated casino capitalism leaving the poor in the community to bear a disproportionate burden of the banks bailout, including high youth unemployment and extortionate university fees for many post school studenfor many post school students.

At the same time, what should be done to prevent migration is to enforce new politics to improve economy, the poor's quality of life, and above all the meaning of life for the whole world, especially in the Central America countries.

For more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban change in the UK 7 - The future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 - Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorFor more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban change in the UK 7 - The future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 - Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorfor the city's poorest

The Education, Skills and the Economy Committee has been strongly critical of the government for failing to improve provision after a July report highlighted it was poor in many schools across the UK.

A sobering segment on This American Life a few years ago documented the plight of Americans living in depressed towns — themselves plunked down in poor states — and struggling to fend for themselves in an economy that is systematically shedding every kind of job they know how to do.

Our scores have been poor to middling for 50 years, yet we have the greatest economy in the world.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

BMW's 3 - series» 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder offers decent pep and good fuel economy, though in our opinion, it's a poor substitute for the brand's magical straight - six 335i.

This engine is already in use in the Lexus line — however for Tacoma it's meant to relieve the poor fuel economy of the old 4L.

I saw an actual average of 9.2 throughout my day in the car, but this was in poor weather and not driving for economy.