Sentences with phrase «range of developed countries»

The researchers are now investigating why a wide range of developed countries, despite their differing social structures, appear to be experiencing a similar and unexpected uptick in birthrates.
Reporting on a wide range of developing countries, the Global School - based Health Survey recently found that between 20 and 65 per cent of school - aged children reported having been verbally or physically bullied in the past 30 days.
In addition, timely and appropriate support for capacity building is essential to ensuring that a broad range of developing countries can participate in the REDD mechanism.
A range of developing country stakeholders are demanding information about the role of climate change in individual extreme weather events, as evidenced by the following:

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Doing business in less - developed country is always going to pose a range of challenges, from corrupt officials to bad infrastructure to non-existent environmental regulations and shoddy labour conditions.
Through detailed analysis of four countries, ranging from Singapore as the most successfully wired, to Ireland, Spain and finally Argentina, where the Internet is the least developed, Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez's paper, in part, confirms conventional wisdom.
North Korea has shown a persistent interest in computer technology since the early 1980s so it is conceivable that a country, which has launched long - range missiles and tested nuclear weapons has also developed a smartphone, said Kang Ho Jye, a research fellow at Ewha Institute of Unification Studies.
India's One97 Communications has a wide range of ambitions in the rapidly developing country.
Environmental Ranking for Canada and the OECD finds that Canada is a world leader in environmental performance and ranks in the top ten among the world's wealthiest, cleanest and most developed countries on a wide range of environmental indicators.
Over the past 10 years, Chef Segarra has developed a broad range of skills and experience working with top chefs in a number of acclaimed and Michelin - starred restaurants across the country.
During 2011 - 12 we trained 36 young professionals from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using an e-learning program developed and provided by PEF — these postharvest specialists trained more than 13,000 Africa farmers, traders, processors and marketers during 2012 - 13 in a wide range of improved postharvest handling and appropriate food processing / food safety practices.
Handbooks for health Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) produces a wide range of health and development publications which are available at low cost (or, in some cases, free to readers in developing countries).
In an exclusive Q&A with one of the producers Cat Williams, actor Adil Hussain and Patty Rundall from Baby Milk Action UK, the topics of discussion ranged from the problematic method of artificial feeding, to production issues, the inspiration behind the story and a heated discussion about MNCs quite literally milking developing countries for all that they are worth.
Originally aimed at health workers, educators and community workers in different local regions in developing countries, these resources provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and prevention issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
In addition, the section on Audits Worldwide provides details of how the Democratic Audit approach has been developed, and subsequently adopted, for use in a range of countries.
Countries developing their economies now have access to a range of technologies that can allow them to leapfrog inefficient processes used in developed nations.
While one theory holds that the differences reflect species range — that maybe some species simply don't exist in some countries — our data finding microbes typical of the developing world at the mid-stage in Bangladeshi patients argue against that hypothesis.»
The United Nations has attempted to fill this gap by securing a pledge from developed countries to halve the number of people without any form of sanitation — whether basic outdoor latrines or indoor toilets — by 2015 as part of its Millennium Development Goals (a series of goals for world development, ranging from alleviating poverty to fighting diseases like AIDS).
But crucially from a statistical standpoint, U.S. students are by far the most diverse of any industrialized country, ranging from some of the world's best - prepared to some of the worst among the developed countries.
As part of this exercise, Pearce and his colleagues have placed values on human lives that range from $ 1.5 million for people from the richest countries down to $ 100 000 for those in poorer developing nations.
Executives from a broad range of health care - focused organizations — including hospitals, health centers, medical schools and public health departments — across the U.S. and from other countries participate in a two - day training session in Boston that focuses on defining disparities and their causes, developing strategies to identify and address disparities and fostering the leadership and change - management skills to implement those strategies.
Some of the first uses of the technology may be to make small, robotic aircraft — «super-efficient long - range drones,» Gershenfeld says, that could be used in developing countries as a way of delivering medicines to remote areas.
The project will be delivered through a partnership between the WWA Initiative and CDKN, bringing together climate science, development, policy, planning and communications expertise across a range of academic, research, government, non-government and civil society organisations from developed and developing countries.
The above agencies / departments operate in over thirty Developing Countries, providing aid for a range of activities in areas as diverse as health, education, agriculture, the environment, good governance, and human rights.
Those in less developed countries have a wider range of gut flora, and don't suffer from the same autoimmune diseases.
To that end, Shankara donates 100 % of net profits to initiatives ranging from education for girls and women empowerment in developing countries to those that help veterans build resilience and overcome PTSD.
Recommended by more than 25,000 dermatologists and in over 50 countries worldwide, La Roche - Posay offers a unique range of daily skincare developed with dermatologists to meet their standards in efficacy and tolerance with elegant textures that are pleasant to use.
The Variety Power of Women event celebrates the philanthropic efforts of those in the entertainment industry, with causes ranging from the education of at - risk youth to humanitarian assistance for children in developing countries.
This achievement notwithstanding, Mugabe's repressive policies have earned his country wide ranging economic sanctions from most Western governments, yet it appears that his regime has learned to live with this level of diplomatic isolation largely due to its strong and diverse relations with the rest of the developing world, enabling Mugabe and ZANU - PF to weather any economic downturn caused by external sanctions.
Working with a range of schools and community leaders in numerous countries, we have developed a number of comprehensive language packs which include both phonetic representations and slang phrases specific to each language.
In response to this, and to help improve RSC's management of the wide range of trusts we now see across the country, Sir David Carter, the National Schools Commissioner, has developed a four tier system.
Come explore a range of creative and authentic K - 12 tablet activities developed by talented and progressive educators from across the country — and beyond.
Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.
The First Minister's Reading Challenge aims to build on the work already taking place in schools across the country to encourage children to read widely, explore a range of books and develop a love of reading.
By providing flexible funding for a broad range of field - driven projects and allowing states, school districts, non-profits, and businesses to partner together to develop and grow innovative programs, projects funded by EIR will not only contribute to the production of actionable, proven interventions in a given community or population, but will generate an evidence base that can be adapted to inform practices and funding decisions for states and school districts across the country.
Out - of - hours activities are provided up and down the country and give children a wealth of opportunities to develop a range of skills, including sports, chess, arts and crafts.
TCL Communication designs, develops and markets a diversified range of mobile devices in more than 160 countries under the Alcatel brand.
Plus, most developed countries are better valued than the US, based on their individual historical range of Cyclically - Adjusted PE ratios.
From its ancestor's beginnings as a cattle driving dog and puller of carts the breed has been developed for use in a wide range of activities by modern man including service dogs, therapy animals, top - ranked obedience, tracking, and other performance dogs including use as search and rescue dogs across the country (even the World Trade Center recovery site).
At the end of CowParade, the majority of the Edinburgh herd will go to market — a Gala Auction, with 75 per cent of the net proceeds from the auction going to the following charities: OneCity Trust, tackling social exclusion through a range of community projects, and VETAID, working to alleviate poverty through sustainable farming in developing countries.
This highly developed country is also a major tourist destination offering a variety of attractions ranging from serene temples, royal tombs, unspoiled fishing villages, picturesque mountains that also offer plenty of hiking, shopping opportunities, spas, volcanic landscapes, nightclubs, fine dining options, and a lot more.
According to the Huffington Post, the minister is working with museum sector leaders to develop a plan in which works from the government art collection would be «shared more strategically» across the country, in a range of different public buildings.
The short listed museums reflect a range of approaches to the priorities for the Award: to develop an outstanding new work from an artist who may be showing widely but who is not yet represented in public collections in this country, or, whose work is an important fit with an existing collection.
A survey of American painting, sculpture, and printmaking of the twentieth century, this exhibition was drawn exclusively from the collections of our museum and presented the wide variety of contemporary styles which have developed in our country, ranging from the so - called modern primitives and realists to the various schools of abstraction.
We welcome the wide range of existing activities both in industrialised and developing countries.
The course covers a wide range of topics including changes in human eating patterns, the globalization of the food industry, transnational food politics, debates concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the organic and local food movements, malnutrition and hunger in developing countries, food rituals and eating disorders...
> Secondly, absolute emission reductions based on mid-term targets toward the upper end of the range of 25 % to 40 % below 1990 levels by 2020 for all developed countries — with the emphasis on all developed countries;
Our project experience encompasses a wide range of technologies, including mid-sized wind, solar, small hydropower, biomass fuel substitution, biogas production, methane destruction at dairy farms and landfills, transportation efficiency and residential water filtration in developing countries.
The main argument was that for developed countries to become more ambitious a range of «tools» had to be made available.
At a time when such institutions are becoming increasingly involved in a range of issues, including climate, «developing countries are demanding a much greater say,» he said.
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