Sentences with phrase «shows poorer nations»

This money is critical to show poor nations that rich nations are making good on years of promises to provide such funds — promises which have largely gone unfulfilled.

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It does note that there are «studies» that show «raising the federal minimum wage — which has not changed since 2009 — to just $ 10.10 per hour would pull more than half of the nation's working poor out of poverty.»

Research shows that kids born to the poorest 20 % of the nation have a 50 % chance that they will remain that poor their whole lives, he says, citing Raj Chetty's research at the Equality of Opportunity Project.

The highest number of cases occurs in some of the poorest countries, the agency figures show, with the West African nation of Niger at the bottom of the list with 75 percent of girls married before they turn 18.

When the law - abiding, kosher - eating, Roman - hating Peter encountered a Roman centurion who feared God and gave to the poor, Peter — to his own astonishment — says, «I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.»

, Ronald Dworkin asserts that «the level of indifference the nation now shows to the fate of its poor calls into question not only the justice of its fiscal policies but also their legitimacy.

It was an all round poor showing from the nation at the back, but this central defender wasn't the worst culprit as Neymar and Diego Tardelli bore down on them.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

«Our goal was to show exactly how environmental protection can reduce poverty in poorer nations rather than exacerbate it, as many people fear,» says co-author Paul Ferraro, a professor of economics and environmental policy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

The first international survey of adult literacy shows that Americans» reading skills — as poor as they may be — are on par with those of citizens of some of the world's other richest nations.

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

But various education advocates have warned against expanding the charters because they have shown poor student achievement across the state and the nation.

New figures from the 2010 Census show that more than half of the nation's poor population now resides in the suburbs, and minority racial groups make up 35 % of suburban communities.

Yesterday, the New York Times ran a front - page story purporting to show that «betting big» on charters has produced «chaos» and a «glut of schools competing for some of the nation's poorest students.»

Recent observations show that societies are highly vulnerable to even modest levels of climate change, with poor nations and communities particularly at risk.

He called on rich EU nations to show more support for their poorer neighbors.

SciDev.Net: The interests of rich countries can seem to dominate climate change negotiations, but a study that models such talks as a «bargaining game» shows that side deals among poorer nations could boost chances of an international agreement.

His way of calculation of the future wealth shows that the poor nations of today will compass the rich nations of today in the nearby future.