Sentences with phrase «of high income countries»

For example, substantial commitments to reduce carbon emissions from the US and China, Europe, and a host of high income countries form the basis of negotiations, while ten global cities representing 58 million people have drawn up ambitious plans to tackle climate change.

Not exact matches

The top countries frequently have high values for all six of the key variables that contribute to overall well - being: income (GDP per capita), healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust (absence of corruption) and generosity.

While the literacy rate in Ethiopia is 50 percent for males and 23 percent for females, 100 percent of people in most high - income countries, such as Canada and Norway, can read.

By borrowing: the country's household debt to personal disposable income ratio has climbed to a record high of 152.98 %, according to Statistics Canada.

Much the year - end maneuvering noted by the Rockefeller Institute involved the country's millionaires and billionaires rearranging their finances to maximize the portion of their income that would be taxed in 2012, at lower rates, rather than in 2013, at potentially higher rates.

D.C. has the highest median income in the country and over half of the population over the age of 25 has at least a bachelor's degree.

Countries with lower per capita incomes — and higher unemployment — have higher rates of women - led entrepreneurship.

The study, which surveyed 50,000 adults in 24 developed countries, found that «daughters of working mothers completed more years of education, were more likely to be employed and in supervisory roles, and earned higher incomes,» reports Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times.

Gudell's right — in some areas of the country with robust jobs markets and relatively high incomes, millennials have found a way to make living alone work.

High poverty levels aren't a sufficient reason either, seeing as other countries with low levels of per - capita income, such as Kenya and Jamaica, consistently fare better, he added.

Worryingly, if unsurprisingly, the agency found that the majority of those with the condition aren't receiving adequate care: in high income countries, it estimates 50 % of those with the disorder don't get treatment, while in low - income countries that number rises to 80 % to 90 %.

This was widely interpreted as a rebuke to France's newly minted Socialist president, who is making good on campaign promises to tax the hell out of high - income citizens as a means of bridging the country's yawning deficits.

And with a corporate income tax rate of 9 percent on top of soaring property taxes, New Jersey has one of the highest tax burdens in the country.

New Jersey has the highest average tax bill in the country, and the highest percentage of median income goes to paying that bill — 27.11 percent.

New Jersey, for example, is hampered by some of the highest property tax burdens in the country, is one of just two states to levy both an inheritance tax and an estate tax, and maintains some of the worst - structured individual income taxes in the country.

Prospects in high - income countries outside the euro zone and in emerging markets have dimmed, José Viñals, the head of the fund's monetary and capital markets department, said in prepared remarks.

One of the biggest challenges is going to be in certain high - cost parts of the country where they have high home prices, relatively high property taxes or high state income taxes, then that's ultimately going to make the cost of owning a home more expensive.

New York's top marginal income tax rate of 8.82 % is eighth - highest in the country, but very few taxpayers pay that amount.

The most obvious impact on emerging market fixed income and currencies may be felt in countries with direct trade or financial linkages with the UK, although we also expect the rest of EM to be affected via higher global risk - aversion.

The second reason a country might save more than it invests is because of high levels of income inequality.

Sounds great, except the highest earners also pay 50 % + of their income in taxes in that country (which also sounds great IMO).

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«The benefits of gender equality are multiple, including increased labor supply; higher incomes, productivity gains, and corporate bottom lines; and reduced poverty in developing countries,» says Carmen Nuzzo, senior economist for SRI research.

Indeed, among Canada's 16 peer countries, the U.S. has the second - highest level of income per capita but also the highest rates of poverty and homicides and the lowest life expectancy.

SmartAsset calculated the amount of money a specific person would pay in income, sales, property and fuel taxes in each county in the country and ranked the lowest to highest tax burden.

While some investors choose to go it alone and select individual stocks for the income portion of their portfolio, the beauty of high yield ETFs is that they spread the individual company risk across several issues, often across sectors, and sometimes, even across countries.

In most instances the rate for a product is determined by the relative wealth of the country, with countries placed into one of three groups: Most - Favoured - Nation (MFN), General Preferential Tariff (GPT) or Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT), with higher - income countries being charged a higher country, with countries placed into one of three groups: Most - Favoured - Nation (MFN), General Preferential Tariff (GPT) or Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT), with higher - income countries being charged a higher Country Tariff (LDCT), with higher - income countries being charged a higher tariff.

USDA eligibility for a 1 - 4 member household requires annual household income to not exceed $ 78,200 in most areas of the country, but up to $ 202,250 for certain high - cost areas; and annual household income for a 5 - 8 member household to not exceed $ 103,200 for most areas, but up to $ 266,950 in expensive locales.

Complaining about income taxes is an American pastime in its own right, but regulatory costs run much higher, eating up 11 percent of the country's $ 17.4 billion GDP.

The only thing you have wrong is inserting your clear self interest and calling for the government to not intervene, despite the fact that our debt to income ratio is the highest of the G7 countries and higher than it was in the US in 2008 — this is not part of a normal economic cycle and you're being irresponsible.

State income tax rates in the «Land of 10,000 Lakes» are among the highest in the nation, ranging from 5.35 % to 9.85 %, the fourth - highest top rate in the country.

The evidence from other countries is that fintech can enable higher savings for low - income individuals, access to capital for cash - starved small businesses, and better access to all financial services for underserved segments of the population.

The Nation of Qatar, roughly the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island, is the world's leading producer of natural gas and has the highest per capita income of any country in the Arab world.

One of the greatest fruits of high productivity and rising incomes in a country like the U.S. is the financial ability people have to retire.

In the 1950's, for instance, there were 45 countries that had a higher rate of growth in per capita income than the United States.

Sen gives examples of countries with relatively high income per capita but low quality of life (South Africa, Singapore) and others with relatively low income per capita but high quality of life (Sri Lanka, Costa Rica).

The Indian economist Amartya Sen notes, moreover, that the growth in per capita income has been about one - third greater in countries at the bottom of the economic heap than those at the high end, and that the figures would be even higher if sub-Saharan Africa were excluded.

«We offer high - quality products designed so that Bolivian consumers, who have one of the lowest per capita incomes in Latin America, may have the pleasure of consuming products comparable to those of any developed country,,» he says.

The Savory Snacks sector in the UK is driven by Increasing disposable income and high degree of urbanization in the country.

Reformulation policies may also legitimise current levels of consumption of ultra-processed products in high - income countries and increased levels of consumption in emerging markets in the global South.

The report takes many factors into account, including income, lack of government corruption, and life expectancy, which the Nordic countries all get high marks for.

We have to consider factors like clubs matchday income, what country a club is from, their success on the field and its impact on the market value, social presence worldwide, high profile kit deals and shirt sponsorship, total yearly revenue and the debt situation of the club.

What is the ideal design of parenting leave (maternity, paternity and parental leave) in high, middle and low income countries?

The club owners also charge Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights is targeting higher - income people for its fitness center and not truly providing a community service, said Mike O'Donnell, owner of Riviera Country Club and Sports Center in Orland Park.

Higher income 15 - year - olds tend to do more homework than lower income 15 - year - olds in almost all of the 38 countries studied by the OECD *.

Men in low and middle income countries are generally positive about gender equality — but their participation in household and caregiving tasks remains low, and levels of intimate partner violence are still high, according to a study published in the Men and Masculinities journal.

Since most all college coaches seem to insist that their incoming freshmen play two years of junior hockey after high school, thousands of players populate junior teams all over the country in the hope of playing hockey in college.

That the UK sits 33rd out of 35 high income countries for stillbirth rates.

Some 62 % of the women were from high - income countries, 34 % from middle income countries and 4 % from low - income countries

«My friend / colleague / doctor has looked into it and says there is no convincing evidence of benefit for breastfeeding in high - income countries.