Sentences with phrase «small countries struggle»

We see that many small countries struggle with it, but the ones that don't have rules and laws in place, and probably a great degree of transparency to the citizens, as well.

In addition to a weaker euro, which helps fuel its export - oriented economy, the cost of financing its sovereign debt relative to its existing debt continues to fall while the smaller countries struggle with rising financing costs.

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American Apparel, struggling with $ 91.4 million in debt, is a relatively small operation to support more than 280 stores in 20 countries.

Like those in the rest of the country, Virginia's small businesses struggled during the economic downturn.

While US debates resettling 10,000 Syrians, a country smaller than Connecticut struggles with hosting 1.5 million.

Nobody raised a stink, wondering about the underachieving Portuguese who failed to qualify for most tournaments and struggled to win when they did qualify, because a small country of 10,000,000 people isn't supposed to do much.

The increasing spate of bombings by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), and other armed struggles have been attributed to the poor implementation of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and proliferation of Small Arms and Lights Weapons (SALW) in the country.

He will be a great representative in Congress to fight for the middle class and the struggling small business owner who are the backbone of our country.»

«As a single mother and small business owner, Katie knows well the struggles of working families in the North Country, and is exactly the kind of home - grown Working Families Democrat we need in Congress.»

Liu sent a first letter backed by a smaller coalition in July to some of the country's largest banks, encouraging them to amend their mortgage modification practices in order to better serve customers who have fallen victim to variable - rate and other mortgages, which have left many people struggling with crushing debt.

Instead of titanic mid-ocean struggles between the West and the Soviet Union, Western military tacticians believe that future battles will be fought along coastlines against developing countries or small regional powers.

Small Latin American countries and most of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are the most likely to struggle to meet these new regulations, the authors note; efforts to comply will need to be driven from within the countries themselves, but outside support and funding could increase the chances of success.

«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.

A handful of scientists struggle to prevent the destruction of a small town — and possibly the entire country — in this suspense drama.

Struggling with the reality of his declining career, an aging country - music star finds unexpected inspiration with a small - town reporter and her young son.

Intensive interventions, including pulling struggling readers out of class for individual or small - group tutorials, have become increasingly popular in many schools around the country.

ELearning seems like a natural fit for developing countries, allowing smaller, economically struggling nations access to education.

In many of her performances, films, and sculptural installations, Vicuña utilizes natural and traditional materials to symbolize political and social struggles in her home country and beyond: her «Precarios» are an ongoing series of small installations begun in 1966, composed of feathers, stones, sticks, and other found materials; and her «Quipus», using un-spun wool, are contemporary interpretations of the ancient quipus, or knotted cords used by the Incas for communication and to record their history.

The report, which is the second installment of a three - part series of scientific updates from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island states.

Smaller, land - locked countries may struggle to find anywhere to store its carbon dioxide without prompting significant local opposition.

And while the country's crypto - community has been holding on for a big - name conglomerate - sized champion in its struggle for mainstream acceptance, a less - heralded hero could end up winning the day: small businesses.

Grantham says the cost of building a basic, small house in this less - developed country is only $ 7,000; however, that is a princely sum to most struggling Bolivians.