Sentences with phrase «of socioeconomic changes»

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It's clear that things have to change, not only for the sake of socioeconomic progress, but for the competitiveness of Canada's businesses, too.

With the changing demographics in America, including the racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, immigration, and biblical justice challenges of our day, it is more important than ever for people of color to have safe places to live authentically, serve humbly, and use their influence and experiences to shape our theology (what we know and believe about God) and our praxis (the ethics of our human behavior or what we actually do).

Like most Latin American nations, Colombia is plagued by the socioeconomic and political conditions which make revolutionary change a real possibility: vast unemployment, runaway inflation, a high degree of infant mortality, large - scale malnutrition.

There are more positive reactions to the changes described in this article, with an interesting / troubling analysis of how reactions follow socioeconomic lines.

As we have suggested previously, 3,39 use of routine data to evaluate the effectiveness of local or national policy changes over time, or between areas, with respect to breastfeeding rates needs to account for differences in ethnic composition and socioeconomic status.

The increased socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding observed in the intervention group supports the argument that population intervention strategies could inadvertently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequalities, particularly when the intervention aims to change individual behaviours rather than targeting «upstream» structural changes.25 Our results are also compatible with an observational study from Brazil reporting that breastfeeding rates increased first among the socioeconomically better - off, followed by increases among the poor, over a 20 - year period of active breastfeeding promotion campaigns in Brazil.26

Again, from investigations, seeking an elective position with the aim of effecting political and socioeconomic change is synonymous with fighting for emancipation from captivity which is never voluntarily given without personal sacrifice / self - denials; as the beneficiaries of the old order will do everything to thwart the moves.

Labour's challenge is to find a visionary leader who adapts the party in the light of profound socioeconomic change, to ensure social justice while maintaining Britain's competitive advantage.

It must be reviewed constantly to take account not only of possible, foreseeable climate changes, but also of changes in the socioeconomic context.

The idea is to both monitor and develop a good basis for more responsible natural resources management and to construct an alternative way to ensure quality of life to indigenous populations facing a changing scenario both in terms of socioeconomics and environmental issues.»

Scientists have long predicted large - scale responses of infectious diseases to climate change, giving rise to a polarizing debate, especially concerning human pathogens for which socioeconomic drivers and control measures can limit the detection of climate - mediated changes.

To look at the rate of change in working memory in relation to different measures of socioeconomic status, the researchers studied more than three hundred 10 - through 13 - year - olds from urban public and parochial schools over four years.

Concerns about the permanency of forest carbon stocks, difficulties in quantifying stock changes, and the threat of environmental and socioeconomic impacts of large - scale reforestation programs have limited the uptake of forestry activities in climate policies.

But there are dramatic racial and socioeconomic disparities in the impacts of pollution and climate change, with the poorest and most vulnerable hit hardest.

ref It will also be important to encourage socioeconomic research on the impacts of ocean acidification, the projected timing of impacts, and the ways to increase adaptability and resilience of socioeconomic systems in the face of changing ocean chemistry.

The researchers say additional analysis now underway might help explain why the proportion of minority use did not change after the expansion, which was designed to mirror socioeconomic status in New York.

Losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development.

Utilize a multi-dimensional framework that takes into account the patients» lifestyle factors (including emotional state, financial and socioeconomic influences and readiness - to - change assessment), physiological systems, signs and symptoms, sources of stress, nutrition focused physical findings, core clinical imbalances, labs, and dietary patterns in the assessment and planning of the nutrition care process.

The director took up residence in Marmato for over five years to document the Medoro (later Gran Colombia Gold) takeover firsthand, and the result is a film with a precise and complex sense of place, picking up not just on administrative changes, but subtler shifts in communal psychology and socioeconomic standing.

Whether the change is needed to match disruption in the workplace and consumer marketplace, or because of rampant inequalities in the system is somewhat inconsequential — only somewhat because inequalities stemming from socioeconomic disparity are in desperate need of institutional address — because both are keeping students from reaching their full potential.

With technological advancements continuing to change our world and daily lives, the need for more focus on the socioeconomic, political, and environmental trends youth will face in the future is a critical part of the discourse on the learning that matters most.

The day after Trump's election, for example, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, North Carolina, school board voted 9 - 0 to adopt a socioeconomic - integration plan for its magnet schools, a reminder that under the United States system of federalism, changes in Washington don't have to spell the end of education movements.

To this point the analysis has assumed that children of different races will respond similarly to changes in their socioeconomic status, home environments, and so on.

Far too many school districts are intensely segregated by income and socioeconomic status, but Americans are largely in support of change.

To find out how the individual states performed in 2000 compared with what we might expect on the basis of conditions in each state, I computed the correlation of completion rates with expectations based on three factors: state average socioeconomic characteristics (family income, education, and occupation); the percentage of two - parent families; and the rate at which students change schools.

It must wrestle with demographics of students and forecasted changes to those demographics, and be explicit about disrupting racial and socioeconomic segregation.

Changes in curriculum significantly reduced the gaps demonstrated by students of low socioeconomic status.

This report calls for fundamental changes in curriculum, assessment, and policy to ensure equity among students regardless of socioeconomic status.

Specifically, the GAO has been asked to examine changes in student racial isolation or integration over time, including shifts caused by school closures or consolidations; state and local policies that affect attendance areas or admissions, including open enrollment in public charter schools; voluntary policies intended to increase integration; and the impact of racial and socioeconomic isolation in public education.

Since schools already collect information on the race and ethnicity of students, and have access to socioeconomic data through the National School Lunch Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and other sources, reporting on the year - over-year changes in these numbers would require minimum effort.

However, the socioeconomic and racial differences between families are coming to a head in the classroom as demographics of the schools begin to change along with the neighborhoods.

So, a writer should highlight the role of socioeconomic status in changing people's lifestyles.

Okwui Enwezor, curator of the 56th International Art Exhibition, underlines the traditional role of the Venice Biennale as an event focused on socioeconomic changes and historical breakdowns in art, culture, politics and economy.

LaToya Ruby Frazier has made this question a subject in her work since she began her photographic series, The Notion of Family (2001 — 14), documenting the socioeconomic inequities in her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and the notable changes in the wake of the closing of a major medical facility.

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston website - «HOME — So Different, So Appealing is an exhibition showcasing works by nearly 40 U.S. Latino and Latin American artists from the late 1950s to the present who use the universal concept of «home» as a lens through which to view socioeconomic and political changes in the Americas over the past seven decades.»

Camblin's vision of Atlanta puts it on the cusp of dynamic change, not only within the overlapping art communities that already animate it, but also in the city's public consciousness of itself as a historical site of divisive socioeconomic and racial policies.

This retrospective tributes the greatest artists of an era that saw a great socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and the beginning of globalisation.

Imagine the basic, daily scenes that would accumulate, bloom, and change over time; imagine a slight easing of gender, socioeconomic, and geographic gaps in art history's narration; imagine

From the studio as a site of labor; to one that blurs production, performance, and spectacle; to a concept that defines the artist's own identity; the exhibition examines the work of artists who, in response to changing socioeconomic influences, represented new modes of working and living that would subsequently spread across society.

Although many contemporary artists have broadened the term «studio» to encompass any space where they work and even where they present this work to an audience, The Studio program wants to propose a view from the other side: How have socioeconomic changes, the mutation of labor, and the increasing role of media in everyday life of society transformed the possibilities of the studio?

She and Dr. Pielke both say that the unreliable data and a confounding mix of simultaneous socioeconomic, climatic and other trends make it nearly impossible to isolate any contribution from human - induced climate change to mortality from disasters and related threats to human communities.

A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways.

Agriculture has been able to adapt to recent changes in climate; however, increased innovation will be needed to ensure the rate of adaptation of agriculture and the associated socioeconomic system can keep pace with future climate change.

Development challenges, such as gender inequality and low levels of education, and other differences among communities in age, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and governance can influence vulnerability to climate change impacts in complex ways.

In Issues, a trio of experts has explained how better managing use of these nutrients — in agriculture and in urban areas — can yield environmental, socioeconomic, and national security benefits, especially as atmospheric warming drives climate change.

Climate change is arguably a unique case in all of science owing to magnitude of the socioeconomic impacts of both the problem and the proposed solutions and the massive institutionalization of a consensus that has been manufactured by the IPCC.

Increase understanding of effective responses to the complex socioeconomic and environmental impacts of climate change

-- loyalty / solidarity / Morals in re ethical behavior — Thank you, Judith Curry; «Climate change is arguably a unique case in all of science owing to magnitude of the socioeconomic impacts of both the problem and the proposed solutions and the massive institutionalization of a consensus that has been manufactured by the IPCC.»

The Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) approach recommends a baseline of information at the LME management scale on changing states of productivity, fish and fisheries, pollution and ecosystem health, and socioeconomic and governance conditions.

This technical document measures the impact of climate change on freshwater resources through an integrated assessment, in order to identify the related underlying causes of socioeconomic and environmental vulnerability in the Arab region.