Sentences with phrase «many other developed nations»

The evidence suggests that the American K - 12 education system is falling behind those of other developed nations.
A third of all births in this country are via C - section, a rate far higher than that in most other developing nations.
And just like many other developed nations, the Canadian economy, too, is dominated by the service industry.
Despite a nearly 2 % price drop in the first quarter, the country continues to outperform other developed nations, it said.
Two decades of international comparisons show that the longer American students are in school, the further they fall behind their counterparts in other developed nations.
However, most other developed nations are going ahead with the treaty.
All were above average, and better than many other developed nations.
The Western leaders responded to the accusations that the text was stripped of any concrete measures by blaming China and other developing nations for the failure of the Copenhagen conference to achieve more.
While other developed nations in the world can point to the volatility of cryptos, the fiat currencies of many African countries are even more volatile hence the adoption of cryptos as a means of savings by many Africans.
«We are very pleased the Congressional Research Service has issued this report and hope that members of Congress will conclude from the research that the U.S. is falling behind other developed nations on industrial hemp cultivation and technology,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp.
Indeed, though it is imperative that we bring India, China and other developing nations on board, fostering their continued economic development and promoting emissions reductions should not be mutually exclusive.
The scale of human activity, the level of natural resource consumption (both because of increased human population and increased expectation of material comfort), is so much higher now, that China's economy, and that of other developing nations as well, could easily become constrained by environmental factors before they can turn to cleaning up their environment, as happened elsewhere.
And so that's No. 1: We need to do what other developed nations do, which is ensure that kids have healthcare, housing and a context in which they can grow up healthy — in communities which still have the kinds of recreation facilities, public libraries and other supports, [including] early childhood education, that would continue to allow children to come to school ready to learn.
(The only other developed nations not to sign were Monaco and Liechtenstein.)
From the news: BONN, Germany (Reuters)-- China, India and other developing nations joined forces on Wednesday to urge rich countries to make far deeper cuts in greenhouse -LSB-...]
And the Fed has had to stand largely alone, as most other developed nations struggled with their own financial problems and Congress and the White House became paralyzed by partisan politics.
With the Fed tightening monetary policy and our economy improving — and with the economies of European and other developed nations still struggling to generate growth, and with their central banks still pursuing very easy monetary policies — the dollar would strengthen.
Reducing sugar intake and increasing responsiveness to insulin is extremely important for the growing number of diabetes cases in the U.S. and other developed nations today, so goji berries make a much better snack alternative and sweetener to high - sugar packaged goods and sugar additives.
He said: «The spirit of Gleneagles 2005 was not meant to be British pushing and cajoling other developed nations into line.»
Maybe not entirely on topic but I feel that the US perspective that the US constitution is somehow superior to those of other developed nations ignores the factual evidence on the ground.
It actually puts the UK behind other developed nations including the USA, Australia and France who routinely offer women the choice of where to complete a medical termination.
While the U.S. and other developed nations lose manufacturing to countries with lower labor costs, Germany has managed to keep a high - tech edge through a close partnership between government, academia and industry.
However, in other developing nations there are girls that don't even get the chance to be able to go to school and get an elementary education let alone a post-secondary education.
Despite annual education expenditures that rival other developed nations, our students lag behind in basic skills.
But he believes that China (and, eventually other developing nations) will grow quickly enough to provide the goods and services the U.S. needs.
As in other developing nations where dogs may be kept for protection and a bit of prestige, the domestic animals were often tied up all day, making them even more ferocious and frightening than street dogs.
Belize hopes to inspire other developing nations to stand up in opposition of off - shore drilling in hopes of restoring and protecting our oceans.
We must also energize our efforts to put other developing nations, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, on a path to sustainable growth.
If America and other developed nations want to maintain their high standards of living, and if developing nations hope to improve theirs, we must realize that climate - change politics are diametrically opposed to these goals.
Norway has been pushing for an independent, international verification process undertaken by experts, whereas Brazil and other developing nations said that they were not willing to commit to external verification requirements.
By that time, proposed emissions targets for the United States and other developed nations aim for reductions as high as 80 percent from recent levels.
And if other developing nations follow China's lead, which it looks like they're going to, much of the world will soon look like a giant parking lot.
In this light, one of the positive developments at Copenhagen was the emergence of an alliance of these parties (the so - called «BASIC» group) with the United States, the E.U., and other developed nations which produced the Copenhagen Accord.
The EU wants the largest emitters to agree by 2015, meaning that would require China and other developing nations whose emissions weren't capped under Kyoto to accept mandatory targets.
The UK and Canada — among other developed nations — have re-regulated the legal industry or are in the process of doing so.
However, the underlying fact is that it is still functioning as 70 percent of cash economy which is much more in comparison to other developed nations who have made a considerable shift towards a digital economy.
ETHLend will be further participating in India Blockchain Week (IBW 2017) on 22nd September to spread the word about real lending solution among Indian Industry veterans that ETHLend is going to provide and look forward to meet young aspirants who are willing to bring a change in India and other developing nations through us.
Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.
There are similar situations in many other developing nations like India and Cambodia as well (4)
But it's notable since it's the first such drop noted in more than two decades, and Americans» life expectancy is already lower than that of other developed nations like Canada, France, and Germany.
Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States maternal mortality ratio is three to four times higher than that of most other developed nations.
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