Sentences with phrase «poorest segments of our population»

A recent study by the South African Institute of Race Relations shows that state programs are already having a marked effect on improving the basic living conditions of the poorest segments of the population.

At the same time, important progress is being made in improving the conditions in which the poorest segments of our population live.

Older people are at much higher risk of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious diseases; 257 limited mobility among older adults can also increase flood - related health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden of chronic health conditions, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk of health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability of some foods will exacerbate current dietary inequalities and have significant health ramifications for the poorer segments of our population (Ch.

(No need to get into the more nefarious reasons for a having a poor segment of the population)

Not exact matches

Thus discounts offered to one segment of the population must inevitably be recouped from the pockets of another: Whenever a senior gets a cheap bus ticket or swim pass, someone from a younger and poorer generation ends up footing the bill.

This volatile segment of the population was a mainstay of other parties» organizing and formed the core of the Maoist Naxalite movement; so, Amar Nath reasoned, the Christian unemployed could certainly be used for organizing among poor Christians.

No wonder this poorest and most backward segment of India's population is constantly exploited: by politicians for their votes; by religious leaders for their numbers; by their self - styled advocates for power.

Campaign staff also relied on cell phones to reach segments of the population less likely to be on a computer regularly, such as young people, minorities and the poor.

Another problem facing large segments of the population relate to the problems inherent in data - poor environments with limited access to credit.

Preferential consideration will be given to jobs that provide legal help to typically underserved segments of the population, such as poor or elderly people.

You are quite correct; there is a large segment of the current Realtor population that could be classified as the «working poor» amongst us.