Sentences with phrase «reduced access to opportunities»

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Gates established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, a private philanthropic foundation dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing health care, improving education opportunities, and providing access to technology worldwide.

The platform allows investors to identify screened investment opportunities, reducing the time and cost burden of due diligence, and provides ventures and funds with increased access to capital and financial expertise at low cost.

Liquidity gives investors access to investment opportunities, reduces volatility and lowers the cost of capital raising for public companies.

It gives long - term investors immediate access to investment opportunities, while reducing market volatility.

Being able to access a broad range of markets reduces reliance on any one market and increases the opportunity for higher profits for farmers.

You will gain visibility for your efforts, have the opportunity for recognition, gain access to tools and resources, and learn how other organizations in your sector are preventing and reducing wasted food.

«It is scandalous that when we have such record levels of success the Coalition is reducing the opportunities for young people to access university to develop the higher level skills the economy needs.

The LEAP programme is cash transfer being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), aimed at reducing poverty by increasing consumption and promoting access to services and opportunities among the extreme poor and vulnerable households, elderly persons 65 years and above without any support and severely disabled persons without any productive capacity and recently, the extremely poor pregnant women and children under 2 years old.

The Poverty Committee will advise Erie County government on measures to reduce poverty and its causes, including access to employment opportunities, high cost of safe and secure housing, substance abuse, mental illness, discrimination, and disability.

Enhancing Access / Reducing Barriers - Improving systems and processes to increase the ease, ability and opportunity to utilize those systems and services (e.g. education, safety, special needs, cultural and language sensitivity).

The blueprint released today adds 30 additional points, which includes routine HIV testing, monitoring and improving rates of viral suppression, ensuring access to stable housing, reducing HIV infections among homeless youth and increasing employment opportunities and access.

Okunmadewa explained that the YESSO programme was a welfarist intervention programme of the World Bank aimed at reducing poverty by allowing poor people access to increased opportunities for youth employment and social service delivery.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Funding has significantly limited access to training and meeting opportunities, which reduces our exposure to cutting - edge science and ability to develop networks with other scientists.

«Things like having houses with air conditioning and screens on the windows reduce indoor biting, and basic services like regular trash collection and reliable access to piped water reduce breeding opportunities,» he said.

A statement from Arts Council England added that it would «continue to work with government and other partners to ensure the EBacc does not reduce cultural subject selection or the opportunity to access arts subjects in schools».

Our study suggests that a cultural mismatch due to differences in language reduces, in many instances, the number and quality of learning opportunities to which Latino / a students might have access.

Increasing College Access through School - Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support grows out of Engaging Schools» commitment to reducing educational disparities and facilitating equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary stuAccess through School - Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support grows out of Engaging Schools» commitment to reducing educational disparities and facilitating equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary stuaccess to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary students.

The Civil Rights Project's Center for Civil Rights Remedies (CCRR) is dedicated to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for children from subgroups who have been discriminated against historically due to their race / ethnicity, and who are frequently subjected to exclusionary practices such as disciplinary removal, over-representation in special education, and reduced access to a college - bound curriculum

The Center is dedicated to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for children from subgroups who have been discriminated against historically due to their race / ethnicity, and who are frequently subjected to exclusionary practices such as disciplinary removal, over-representation in special education, and reduced access to a college - bound curriculum.

The basic premise is that peer interaction provides opportunities to access teaching relevant knowledge and thus may reduce uncertainty and that self - efficacy beliefs may be shaped by the efficacy beliefs of the peers one is directly connected to in the advice network.

The CCRR Remedies is dedicated to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for children from subgroups who have been discriminated against historically due to their race / ethnicity, and who are frequently subjected to exclusionary practices such as disciplinary removal, over-representation in special education, and reduced access to a college - bound curriculum.

Vouchers reduce fair access to educational opportunity, weaken rights for students with disabilities, and expose taxpayers to fraud.

Because of the these attributes, this seemingly modest, very local activity support national goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health through prevention, and increase access to opportunity.

Yearly dues for new members are $ 50 and include attendance at monthly workshops, reduced conference rate, access to Members Only section with videos / podcasts of past workshops, monthly newsletters, promotional opportunities and more.

Cloud technology is a tremendous opportunity for an organization to reduce IT costs, and to improve productivity with increased access, simpler administration and improved services.

Other perks of this loan include immediate access to the funds since the money is provided directly to the student as soon as he or she gets approval, the opportunity to reduce the interest rate on the loan by 0.25 percentage points by making auto - debit payments, and flexible repayment options.

Regulatory burden and antiquated laws reducing access to investment opportunities, says SIFMA CEO

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

The benefits of a less severe climate are dependant on local conditions, but include reduced heating costs, increasing agricultural and forestry opportunities, more navigable northern sea routes, and marine access to resources (medium confidence).

Sure, you have to spend money to have access to it, but when you think about the opportunity costs of not using software — reduced efficiency, losing track of leads, reduced conversion rate, dissatisfied clients, etc. — you'll realize that you are in fact much more profitable as a result of using software to run your business.

It doesn't reduce their access to the legal profession and, to the extent that students attend TWU who otherwise might have gone to UVic, UBC or some other Canadian law school, it might increase their opportunities at those schools.

Doing so would have brought down the costs of litigation which in turn would have denied the insurance lobby the opportunity to attack plaintiff lawyer profits by lobbying for reduced access to the courts.

3) Unpaid articling opportunities are inherently discriminatory and reduce access to justice, so our regulator should prohibit them in the «noble» legal profession;

The opportunity for providing legal services will not be reduced but actually broadened because technology will open up access to customers who want to adopt the blended approach of technology tools and expert advice.

Whether you're a law student new to the idea of pro bono work or a lawyer looking for new ways to contribute to reducing the gaps in access to justice in your community, you'll find that at the intersection of law and other disciplines, opportunities abound to broaden your perspective while learning something new and useful to your legal practice.

Affinity sales can offer renters insurance consumers opportunities to access reduced rates for their policies.

A growing evidence base confirms that PTGs are cost - effective in reducing children's disruptive behaviors, 44,45 and offering them in pediatric practices using trained practice staff represents a critical opportunity to provide access to effective mental health care to a wide population.

PBS involves a range of proactive and reactive interventions aimed at increasing a child's access to meaningful and preferred opportunities as well as reducing challenging behaviours through an understanding of the function of the behaviour (Gore, McGill, Toogood, Allen et al., 2013).

Provision of social security payments for Aboriginal people — ensuring that Aboriginal people living in areas with reduced access to mainstream employment opportunities had equal rights to social security.

Family Strengthening Policy Center National Human Services Assembly Identifies initiatives that reduce family isolation, increase connections to economic opportunities, develop sustainable social networks, and improve access to supports and services.

For the purpose of this Call, papers addressing the social determinant of housing should focus on efforts to increase the availability of opportunities to access safe, affordable, and connected housing (e.g. the impact of housing mobility programs), to improve housing stability, or reduce the negative impacts of gentrification and displacement.

The combination of family and service barriers results in reduced opportunities for effective access to preventive parenting programs and in increased use of secondary - level services (e.g. emergency medical services, child emergency social services, police involvement) by vulnerable families, with the obvious increase in costs.

This may reduce conflict, but also means there are likely to be reduced opportunities for accessing parental support.

The five REALTORS ® named as this year's National Association of REALTORS ®» Good Neighbor Awards winners have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of those around them, from enhancing access to education to expanding health care opportunities and reducing homelessness.

Invest in multiple deals on multiple platforms to get access to as many opportunities as possible and reduce your risk around any one deal.

Since the Fair Housing Act first became law, HUD funding recipients have been obligated to reduce barriers to housing choice and to promote equal access to opportunity, including economic opportunity.