Sentences with phrase «least developed and developing countries»

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Through detailed analysis of four countries, ranging from Singapore as the most successfully wired, to Ireland, Spain and finally Argentina, where the Internet is the least developed, Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez's paper, in part, confirms conventional wisdom.

And last but not least, the world's 43 most vulnerable countries adopted a push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 — leading with a commitment that many rich and developed nations have yet to maAnd last but not least, the world's 43 most vulnerable countries adopted a push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 — leading with a commitment that many rich and developed nations have yet to maand developed nations have yet to make.

-- those players that have only audio capabilities are classified in tariff item 8519.81.29 and are subject to a 5 % rate of customs duty under the Most - Favoured - Nation (MFN) Tariff, and 0 % under 15 other preferential tariff treatments covering Canada's free trade partners and countries eligible for one of Canada's three development - oriented tariff preference regimes (General Preferential Tariff; Least Developed Country Tariff; and, Caribbean Commonwealth Countriescountries eligible for one of Canada's three development - oriented tariff preference regimes (General Preferential Tariff; Least Developed Country Tariff; and, Caribbean Commonwealth CountriesCountries Tariff).

So if you're in a developed country and you understand what bitcoin is and you don't want charge backs and you don't want to accept credit cards, at least accept my bitcoin.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

Over 1 billion people in the world today live under unacceptable conditions of poverty, mostly in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas of low - income Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the least developed countries.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

Because even in a developed country like the UK, poor breastfeeding practices are costing the UK at least # 40 million in costs for infant health and # 18 million in costs for women's health (UNICEF reports ***)

First, our results may not be generalizable to other study settings in Western or developed countries where breastfeeding is strongly patterned by socioeconomic position or in countries with lower breastfeeding rates than Belarus, where more than 95 % of mothers initiated breastfeeding at the time of PROBIT.28 Belarus, a former Soviet country, is one of the countries with the least socioeconomic inequalities as reflected, for example, in their low Gini index of 27 in 2008 compared with 42 in Russia, 45 in the USA and 24 in Sweden.

(In fact, breastfeeding experts believe at least 98 % of women - even those on nutritionally deficient diets in developing countries such as Bangladesh - can make sufficient milk to feed their babies, given proper advice and support.)

Despite the safeguards it affords, they say, mothers in developing countries - the most vulnerable of mothers anywhere, the ones least able to afford formula milk, the ones whose babies most need the breast milk they could and should be getting for free - were being, and continue to be, targeted by corporate giants bent on carving out their share of a valuable market (Save the Children, which today publishes a report on the baby - milk industry, reckons that the total value of baby - milk and baby - food imports is worth almost # 16m a year in Bangladesh alone - but the potential, if more mothers were bottlefeeding, is a lot higher than that).

Rapid and significant gains in breastfeeding have been made from Africa to South America - and in some of the least developed and most challenged countries.

In a recent article, Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, and Masahiro Nozaki find evidence that International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes increase social spending in the least developed countries (LDCs).

«The divide may impact most on least developed countries (LDC) and small island developing states (SIDS), which are the most vulnerable to climate change but contribute least to relevant research.»

There are severe constraints on scientific research in many of the least developed countries (LDCs), including a scarcity of qualified personnel, poor laboratory infrastructure, and no local investment in research.

Senior author A. David Paltiel, MBA, PhD, professor of Public Health (Health Policy) at the Yale School of Public Health, says, «Our aim is to confront donor nations with the clinical and economic consequences of any decision to substantially cut HIV program funding and to help recipient nations respond in the least harmful ways possible to the actions of countries in the developed world.»

Hopefully at least some local governments in developing countries have taken heed and stepped up efforts to site potentially hazardous industrial facilities away from both human population centers and environmentally sensitive landscapes.

In developed countries, about 90 percent of children have at least one episode before school age, usually between the ages of six months and four years.

In seeking a site for his new institute, he focused on Brazil's northeastern corner, one of the country's least developed regions and home to one of the largest concentrations of rural poverty in Latin America.

This is the largest study to date to show that maternal vaccination against influenza is feasible and effective, even in one of the world's least developed countries.

Design collaboration policies or memoranda of understanding in developing countries and least - developed countries to protect individual findings.

Last but not the least, scientists from developing countries, on their own, should more actively participate in global scientific cooperation and speak their viewpoints loudly.

On the other end of the spectrum, the European Union, the Alliance of Small Island States and the group of least developed countries, led by Gambia, offered a spectrum of practical ideas for pushing countries to do more.

«They're all sort of taking a pragmatic approach,» Meyer said of the E.U., small island nation and least developed country submissions.

The Synthesis Report makes a clear case that many risks constitute particular challenges for the least developed countries and vulnerable communities, given their limited ability to cope.

Rich countries have collectively pledged to raise at least $ 100 billion a year for mitigation and adaptation efforts in the developing world by 2020.

People are least supportive in countries such as Germany that have a developed biotech industry and greater public knowledge of the issues and basic science.

Suicide is now a leading cause of death of young Indians, and an Indian is likely to suffer from a heart attack at least ten years earlier than in developed countries and yet the health care system has barely responded to these urgent health crises.»

Incoming, allowing foreign or French researchers complying with the Marie Curie Actions mobility rules to carry out their post-doctoral research work in France; Outgoing, for researchers already working in French research institutions and universities (French citizens or other nationalities) wishing to carry out a post-doctoral research project in another country Re-integration, targeted at nationals of EU Member States or Associated Countries working in research for at least 3 years in another Third Country to come to France to further develop their country Re-integration, targeted at nationals of EU Member States or Associated Countries working in research for at least 3 years in another Third Country to come to France to further develop their Country to come to France to further develop their career.

DLDD affected and prone areas are expected to increase in the future, causing severe impacts on their economies, especially in the Least Developed Countries, Small Islands Developing States and other developing cCountries, Small Islands Developing States and other developing Developing States and other developing developing countriescountries.

With funding from the Siwei Cheng Foundation of the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the prize will recognize economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least 10 years.

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17.12 realize timely implementation of duty - free, quota - free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries consistent with WTO decisions, including through ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from LDCs are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

a increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development, and plant and livestock gene banks to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular in least developed countries

What we do know is that higher quality curricular programs have been developed, and at least one — Eureka Math — is being widely used all across the country.

This provides at least the opportunity for the awarding organisations to develop more up to date specifications that better reflect the needs of young people and the country.

In fact, when properly planned actions and investments in education, you get a good dividend, and especially in the least developed countries, which will reduce poverty.

At the same time, it recognizes that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States have special circumstances.

Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America announced their contributions today to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), a climate fund hosted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

Mr. Shameem Ahsan, welcomed the initiative underlining the importance for the «sustainable and equitable path to growth for the least developed countries.»

In fact, when actions and investments are properly planned in education, you get a good dividend, and especially in the least developed countries, where the poverty will be reduced.

Through its values (contribution, company, community and culture), the organization aims at offering the rare opportunity to be immersed, for at least a month, in emerging or developing countries.

German vehicles, designed and developed in a country where unlimited speeds are legal and at least theoretically possible on public roads, generally push the ride / handling ratio toward the latter resulting in a stiff ride.

By the percentages, Ms Maxey cites data that is supposed to represent opportunity in the least developed countries and regions.

Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 35 % of its assets in equity and debt securities of issuers primarily based in qualified countries that have developing economies and / or markets.

While it is the least developed, it still attracts a regular crowd and is especially popular with families attracted by the fairly safe waters and low country vibe — unlike Gili Trawangan there's not much of a Gili Meno clubbing scene!

Now I have had WiFi issues before in hotels but that was in developing countries and even then at least I could connect to the WiFi.

As the most sparsely populated and least developed region in the country, Toledo is certainly not for the ordinary tourist.