Sentences with phrase «in developing countries with»

Google has long sought ways to help make the newest versions of Android compatible with low - cost devices, the kind that are proliferating in developing countries with the help of manufacturers like Huawei, ZTE, and others.

The difference is even more dramatic with students in developing countries with limited resources for education.

Essentially, lighting has become so cheap to run, thanks to the low cost of energy and the efficiency of lighting, that we are using far more of it, everywhere in the world, and particularly in developing countries with their dramatically improving standards of living.

At the subnational level, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) announced a partnership with the World Bank to mobilize US$ 4.5 billion as loans to support 150 of its committed cities and launched Global Urbis — a partnership with the European Union, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-- to accelerate financing to cities in developing countries with US$ 1.5 billion.

Among the key strategies we have identified to advance our goals is energy access finance and the urgency for increasing it exponentially, especially in developing countries with the biggest energy access gaps.

This activity report looks at the benefits of biogas including providing poor rural women and men in developing countries with clean and renewable energy all year round.

Donors and national governments should strengthen and «climate proof» health, water and sanitation systems in developing countries with high levels of child mortality.

• Human health — Effects of global warming on humans» health includes exacerbating health problems that already exist, increases in ill - health in many regions and especially in developing countries with low - income, and greater likelihood of injury, disease, and death.

Bus Rapid Transit systems have relatively low capital and operational costs, but it is uncertain if they can be implemented in developing countries with the same success as in South America.

«(3) preserve existing forest carbon stocks in countries where such forest carbon may be vulnerable to international leakage, particularly in developing countries with largely intact native forests.

This technical document analyzes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and argues that it is time to rethink the approach to promoting emissions reduction in developing countries with a view to bringing them in better alignment with reductions undertaken in developed countries.

Displacement risk increases when populations that lack the resources for planned migration experience higher exposure to extreme weather events, in both rural and urban areas, particularly in developing countries with low income.

There has been some progress: since 2000, the number of people in developing countries with access to clean cooking — principally liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas and electricity, has grown by 60 %, and the number of people cooking with coal and kerosene has more than halved.

All of my 30 years» work in developing countries with energy, environment and transport shows repeatedly that the these countries — their private and public sectors — are not lacking technology.

As Seth Berkeley — the president of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative — described it during an inaugural celebration last month, it's essentially match.com for connecting scientists and people in developing countries with challenges that could be surmounted better with some brainstorming.

Fortunately, Android enjoys a near monopoly in developing countries with limited internet connectivity.

«Some of the most exciting research in education is happening in developing countries with experimental methods,» he says.

I love that both brands were founded by women as a way to provide women in developing countries with meaningful employment & fair wages.CONTINUE READING

Academics at Loughborough University hope to boost early detection rates of cancer in developing countries with their portable lab - in - a-briefcase that can operate even at high temperatures....

In developing countries with no on - site or centralized sanitation facilities, no opportunity exists for any type of treatment, and human wastes go directly into surface waters, including the coastal ocean.

And although treatment with rehydration salts and proper food can save lives, researchers have been working for years on a vaccine that could reduce the severity of the disease, especially in developing countries with poor health care and nutrition.

The mosquito - borne disease is still one of the biggest killers in developing countries with a death toll of a million each year.

Smart Vision Labs, a start - up in New York City, wants to make it easier to diagnose vision problems in developing countries with an iPhone camera add - on.

In developing countries with very poor healthcare system, like Nigeria, the average life expectancy is 40 years, with the lowest in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland which is 35 years, Nigeria has a life expectancy of 44 years compared to life expectancy of 82 in Japan and 80 in Switzerland (Population Reference Bureau, 2007).

Heifer International provides families in developing countries with livestock,... MORE poultry, and other items to improve their standard of living.

Even in developing countries with rapid urbanization, the consumer is increasingly being exposed to complex information channels about food and food products.

Vitamin A availability could prevent 1.3 — 2.5 million of the nearly 8 million late - infancy and preschool - age child deaths annually in developing countries with the highest risk.

The Mark symbolizes the optimism of producers, linking the everyday determination of people in developing countries with the aspiration of consumers everywhere.

The western world, including churches, have a habit of showing up in developing countries with a lot of zeal and good intentions that ultimately end up hurting or crippling complex societies, and then wounding precious people through inadvertent ignorance.

CNN commissioned the survey, partnering with Jana.com, which has pioneered polling in developing countries with fast - growing mobile networks.

Bitcoin - like services have also shown promise in developing countries with limited banking resources, helping consumers avoid costly exchange and transfer fees.

Finally, Bitcoin could be a lifesaver for people in developing countries with dysfunctional banking systems.

Two Degrees addresses malnutrition in developing countries with a get - one, give - one sales approach.

Since its inception, Idealz has been partnering with Dubai Cares, a part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, which works towards providing children and young people in developing countries with access to quality education.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

In a developed country with a term infant, there just aren't that many demonstrable benefits of breastfeeding over formula, yet we persist in pressuring ourselves.

«A Harper loss will send a strong signal, ahead of Paris and to Republicans in the U.S., that climate inaction is increasingly becoming a losing political strategy even in developed countries with large fossil fuel resources,» said Paul Bledsoe, a former Clinton White House climate change official.

«The amazing increase in Chinese manufacturing over the past 15 years has driven the world economy to new heights and supplied consumers in developed countries with tremendous quantities of lower - cost goods,» said co-author Steven J. Davis, an assistant professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine.

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) awards Use of Fertility Enhancing Food, Forage and Cover Crops in Sustainably Managed Agroecosystems: The Bentley Fellowship to Canadian or developing - country students or researchers with a university degree in agriculture, forestry, or biology who wish to undertake postgraduate applied on - farm research in a developing country with cooperating farmers.

Navigating an illness in familiar territory can be difficult; doing so in a developing country with an unfamiliar system and without the emotional support of friends and family has been an exceptionally lonely experience.

Those who are overfat — upwards of 90 percent in developed countries with rising rates in developing countries (e.g. 80 percent in India)-- often have hypertension.

assuming you live in a developing country with limited food variety and chronically under consume calories.

However, even in developed countries with stable markets, price - to - earnings ratios are generally more attractive than they are in the U.S. (See supplement on... Read More

The iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF provides exposure to bond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yield.

This is astronomically more likely to occur in developed countries with high labor costs where it is cheaper to fork over your room and board than to pay a hired laborer the minimum wage.

COTAP was founded to connect more individuals and organizations in developed countries with this far - reaching, multi-faceted, and long - lasting philanthropic transaction.»

For a budget device in a developing country with a saturated and competitive market, that is a lot of volume.

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The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

Interest rates are low throughout the developed world, except in countries experiencing fiscal crises, as central banks and other policymakers try to cope with continuing financial strains and weak economic conditions.

TORONTO — A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the global potash industry, but demand from developing countries is expected to grow in line with historical trends, a report by TD Bank says.