The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for example, estimates that full implementation of the TFA can reduce trade costs by up to 14.1 percent for low income countries, 15.1 percent for lower middle income countries, and 12.9 percent for
upper middle income countries.
A massive investigation published in Nature shows that contrary to popular belief, a majority of papers in suspected biomedical predatory journals (57 percent) are from high or
upper middle income countries, with many coming from prestigious institutions.
Not exact matches
The numbers of trials include one (Tylleskar 2011a; Tylleskar 2011b; Tylleskar 2011c) that was conducted in three
countries; two low -
income and one
upper -
middle income countries.
The 73 trials that contributed data to the analyses were conducted in 29
countries; 52 studies (62.1 % of participants) in high -
income countries, 15 (30.1 % of participants) in
upper -
middle income countries, four (3.4 % of participants) in lower -
middle income countries, and four (4.4 % of participants) in low -
income countries.
«In
upper middle -
income countries, the average life expectancy is 75 years.
Below is one of the figures from the draft summary that sparked debate; it shows that emissions from lower -
middle income countries (LMCs) and
upper -
middle income countries (UMCs) are rising faster than emissions from high -
income countries (HICs).
Estimates produced for this analysis show that all three packages could be immediately scaled up to nearly all people in need with an investment of $ 6.2 billion in low -
income countries, $ 12.4 billion in lower
middle -
income countries, and $ 8 billion in
upper middle -
income countries.
The coalition government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has launched a 20 - year Strategic Development Plan that began in 2011 aiming at transforming Timor - Leste in the course of the next two decades, from low
middle income country to
upper middle income with an annual per capita
income of at least $ 10,000.
And while the problem is most serious in poor neighborhoods, the awards day snapshot offered up by the
upper -
income Pearl Creek Elementary is mirrored in
middle - and
upper -
middle -
income schools around the
country.
Like many scientific studies, the IPCC draft used a breakdown of emissions from low, lower -
middle,
upper -
middle and high
income countries.
Instead, Costa Rica has become an
upper middle -
income country, experiencing steady economic growth over the past 25 years, and the World Bank expects its GDP to keep growing around 4 percent annually for the next several years.
A report by the Atlantic Council's Mathew Burrows, formerly of the National Intelligence Council, Reducing the Risks from Rapid Demographic Change, examines the changes in population structures across high -,
upper -
middle -, lower -
middle -, and low -
income countries.
Given social changes around gender and parenting issues — particularly in
middle to
upper income countries — it would seem obvious that fathers these days would be more interested in playing an active role in parenting.