Sentences with phrase «middle income countries as»

Changes in food systems would not only worsen hunger, it would exacerbate poverty, particularly in low and lower - middle income countries as species distribution and growing seasons change.

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During a time of rising income inequality, the American left is increasingly invoking Scandinavian countries as models for how to maintain the economic growth that capitalist competition allows, while achieving more security and stability for the middle and lower classes.

They tend to overweight countries that have already gone through rapid growth and are now decelerating as they reach middle - income status, countries whose performance is becoming more closely correlated to developed economies.

Many countries in Central Europe, as well as China, South Korea and Taiwan, are still classified as «developing» but have actually reached middle - income status, with aging populations and slower long - term growth prospects.

An independent Puerto Rico could also establish a tax and regulatory framework that is suitable to its status as a middle - income country, rather than subjecting businesses to policies designed for the much richer United States.

Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not effective at increasing breastfeeding duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.

Miller and colleagues [34] use the term «too much, too soon» to refer to the over-medicalization of birth following the rapid increase in the use of hospital as the place of birth in high - and middle - income countries, which they claim, might offset recent gains from improvements in maternal and perinatal health.

Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that, as a Middle - income country, these donor resources will cease with time, emphasizing the urgent need to boost domestic revenue mobilization.

Mr. Speaker, consistent with Government's objective of ensuring fiscal consolidation without compromising growth as well as our resolve to consolidate our LMIC status and move towards a Middle Income country, and eventually wean ourselves from donor dependency, the need to significantly improve our domestic resource mobilisation has become imperative.

Across the four indicators that most closely measure a state's political stability and competence, the failed middle income countries do just as badly — indeed a little bit worse — than the failed low income countries.

Sponsored by Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa of Manhattan, the measure would allow students brought into the country as children to seek state financial aid for higher education, including the Excelsior Scholarship program that makes tuition at state colleges free for low - income and middle - class students.

The NPP, according to Nana Akufo - Addo, as shown under the eight - year government of President Kufuor, has the track record of being able to turn around the fortunes of the country, evidenced in taking Ghana out of HIPC and transforming it into a Middle Income Country, within that short country, evidenced in taking Ghana out of HIPC and transforming it into a Middle Income Country, within that short Country, within that short period.

Create a just and disciplined society with a passion for excellence within ten years and with science and technology as the cornerstone, become a higher level middle income country.

Mulgrew and other speakers denounced the mounting disparity in income between rich and poor in the nation that has angered many middle - class voters as the battles over state budgets and the attack on union benefits have unfolded across the country.

But the point is if you go to Egypt, you go to South Africa, you go to Mexico, you go to a large number of low - and middle - income countries, countries you think of as very poor like Egypt or countries you think of kind of lower - middle income like South Africa or Mexico, what you find are two thirds or three fourths of the men and women in the countries are overweight and obese.

In low - and middle - income countries, the demand for animal products is rising sharply as economies and incomes grow; in the next few decades, we'll need to figure out how to produce enough protein for billions more mouths.

Economic modeling shows that in some low - and middle - income countries, such as India and Tanzania, «the gross domestic product lost to stunting can be more than a country's spending on health,» explains Richter, who helped produce a series of papers on early childhood development published online in The Lancet last October.

However, the authors said that donor countries should ensure that vulnerable populations in middle - income countries, such as ethnic minorities who suffer discrimination, refugees and people who inject drugs, continue to get support, since it may be difficult for many countries to withstand the political pressures against helping stigmatized groups.

«But the research shows that there is still a need for more programs for early infant diagnosis of HIV, as well as better mother - child prevention programs and better supply systems to provide pediatric strength ART needed to reduce and eventually eliminate HIV in children in low and middle - income countries.»

As the update report notes, an increasing number of people now receive anti-HIV drugs: low - and middle - income countries have seen a 10-fold jump in treatment since 2003, which estimates suggest have averted more than 1 million deaths in sub-Saharan Africa alone.

It Begins at Ten: How Gender Expectations Shape Early Adolescence Around the World is the most comprehensive analysis to date — and the first to draw equally from high -, low - and middle - income countries — of how children on the cusp of adolescence perceive growing up as a boy or girl.

Brad provides scientific and programmatic leadership for NHLBI's Hypertension Outcomes for T4 REsearch within Lower Middle - Income Countries and T4 Translation Research Capacity Building Initiative in Low Income Countries programs, as well as institutional oversight of the Fogarty Global Health Training Program.

As it has for its HIV drugs, Gilead plans to provide patient assistance within the U.S., to license the drug (for a fee) to select generic manufacturers outside the U.S., and to lower prices in low - and middle - income countries.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

The new review examined studies of mental health in children under five years old in low and middle income countries such as Bangladesh and Brazil.

By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.

«This is notable as the rate of growth of early - onset preeclampsia in the U.S. has recently exceeded the rate in other high - income countries, as well as several low - and middle - income countries.»

In low and middle - income countries, solid fuels such as dung, charcoal or wood are used for cooking and are common in many households.

«Aging populations and urbanization, which is often accompanied by unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as high sodium, fat and calorie diets and lack of physical activity, may play an important role in the epidemic of hypertension (high blood pressure) in low - and middle - income countries,» said study senior author Dr. Jiang He.

The authors state, ``... most participants from low - income and middle - income countries consumed a very high carbohydrate diet (at least 60 % of energy), especially from refined sources (such as white rice and white bread).»

The country is currently classified as an Upper - Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the Worlcountry is currently classified as an Upper - Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the WorlCountry or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank.

I would love to see more of this test across middle income and lower income countries — as a useful even if not perfect indicator of educational quality.

Yet the GEM Report shows that children from the poorest 20 % of families are eight times as likely to be out of school as children from the richest 20 % in lower - middle - income countries.

The school districts in the country making the most progress with low - income students, places such as Tampa, Charlotte and Long Beach, have middle - class kids in the mix.

The report tells the story of where and how quality education has scaled in low - and middle - income countries, featuring Worldreader as a case study.

Any analysis needs to consider middle - income and poor countries whose energy demands are increasing as people move out of poverty leading to increased CO2 emissions.

As a general trend, developing countries suffer more food losses during the production stages, while food waste at the retail and consumer level tends to be higher in middle and high - income regions.

Based on GFN figures for 2006, the then world population could live sustainably at the living standard of a middle income country such as Algeria or Ecuador.

She supports the ORDGMH Global Mental Health Program by serving as a Project Scientist for the Research Partnerships for Scaling Up Mental Health Interventions in Low - and Middle - Income Countries.

In part as a result of climate change mitigation policies to promote biofuels and growing concern about food insecurity in middle and high income countries, large - scale land acquisition in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America has displaced small landholders and contributed to food price increases.

It concludes that private finance will be especially difficult to deploy responsibly in low and lower - middle income countries, as well as in marginalized communities in all developing countries.

As the report notes, it is likely that this global average will be balanced by relatively lower rebounds in rich, demand - saturated countries and relatively higher rebounds in industrializing poor and middle - income countries.

As Table 11 shows, an effective agreement will require including most middle - income and low - middle - income countries, particularly China and India.

In a future and more comprehensive arrangement, rich countries would take immediate steps to curb emissions; middle - income countries would need to join the agreement and reduce emissions in the near term; and, as is discussed shortly, poorer countries could postpone participation or would receive assistance for their emissions reductions.

A contrasting example is Kyrgyzstan, which the Index classifies as a «lower middle income» country, but which ranks 36th out of 113 countries for the same sub-factor.

None of these companies may seek to expand their businesses to countries such as the US, nor may their models be replicated in the US, because their low and middle income and small business clients do not have a lawyer intervening on their behalf.

While cars and vans are highly popular in the U.S., countries with low - to middle - income status have a much higher proportion of pedestrian traffic as well as cyclists using motorized two - and three - wheel vehicles than high - income countries.

For example, few differences have been found when examining the views of African Americans and Whites, rural and urban adults, and low - and middle - income people as to what constitutes minimally adequate care for children.4, 5 Similarly, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child offers remarkable testimony to what diverse countries and societies consider to be the basic needs or rights of children.

These data are particularly interesting as South Africa is a middle - income African country with high rates of violent trauma exposure.

As one of few home visiting programs operating — and having been evaluated — at scale in low - and middle - income countries, Cuna Más holds valuable workforce lessons that may resonate more broadly with ECD programs and policymakers seeking to reach young children and families around the world: