Sentences with phrase «increasing number of countries»

The expansion of the sample by year increases the number of countries in the sample but most likely does not capture their actual spending in 2013.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), government to possibly increase the number of the country's administrative regions to fifteen when given a second term at the December polls.

The German Empire declared war on Russia in order to protect its ally Austria, which led to a massive global conflagration which increasing numbers of countries joined.

«During 2015, we expect 700 veterinarians in AFSCAN - participating countries to benefit and, by the end of 2016, we will significantly increase the number of countries to have online access to the highest quality clinical content.

Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020

An increasing number of countries are adopting the CDMA format for mobile phone services — Sanyo recently sold CDMA phone terminals to mobile phone service operators in the United...

With the acquisition, the regional leader has increased the number of countries it operates in to 8.

[1] Through the 1990s and the early 2000s, an increasing number of countries adopted some version of this approach.

Torture has become a regular practice in an increasing number of countries — among them some of America's closest allies.

An increasing number of countries have legislation in place that makes the processing of materials, the sorting of scrap metal, and the recovery of valuables mandatory, easing the disposal of residue material.

Initially this support was to 11 countries in order to pilot the feasibility of PMTCT services, but more recently an increasing number of countries have started PMTCT activities or are planning to do so.

The qualification's status as a global benchmark is evident in the growing number of candidates pursuing the qualification and the increasing number of countries where they work.

Improvised nasal naloxone kits were first introduced in the early 2000s in the absence of licensed non-injectable products, and today they continue to be used in the US (where improvised kits are still in circulation in the community) and also in an increasing number of countries where nasal Narcan has not yet been approved.

Continued surveillance of G1P [8] strains is needed to determine long - term effects of vaccine introductions, particularly now rotavirus vaccines are implemented in the national immunization programs of an increasing number of countries worldwide.

Greene derides our goal of identifying «best practices,» that is, the policies and practices that have enabled the students in an increasing number of countries to surpass student achievement in the United States.

An increasing number of countries are setting a new standard of educational excellence.

An increasing number of countries see civil nuclear energy programmes playing an essential role in addressing climate change and contributing to their sustainable development goals.

It means oil demand will begin to be phased out quickly in an increasing number of countries as well.

An increasing number of countries have reached a double - digit wind power share, including Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or Uruguay.

An increasing number of countries are introducing strict regulations on the marketing and advertising of food and drink products in an attempt to prevent obesity and lifestyle diseases.

An increasing number of countries are adopting proposals to allow class actions, further burdening businesses in a difficult global economy while creating little, if any, real value for consumers.

The PTI accredited Certificate in Therapeutic Play course is being run in an increasing number of countries.