Sentences with phrase «weak infrastructure»

«We have an extremely weak infrastructure that has already been hit by one storm,» he told reporters Monday.

The app was originally launched in Asia and Africa, but Facebook later made it available in developed countries that also have regions with weak infrastructure, or where users are trying to save on their surfing packages.

Despite weak infrastructure and poor power supply, Nigeria stands out as one of Africa's top tech hubs — something that was confirmed last year when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited the capital, Lagos.

Given the poor and weak infrastructure of CoinCheck, a large - scale hacking attack was inevitable.

Trade is bogged down by tariffs and a comparatively weak infrastructure.

The intensity of Hurricane Maria, which made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm on September 20, was part of why it was so devastating to the island and its weak infrastructure, leaving Puerto Ricans in a humanitarian crisis.

One important impediment to business growth that is widely shared globally is weak infrastructure.

In my model, growth between +2 % and -2 % essentially produces the same negative economic and social consequences - rising poverty, unemployment and inequality, low productivity, weak infrastructure, low capital investments and social and political instability!

Haiti is a country at risk, with poverty, weak infrastructure, limited access to electricity, and extreme weather all putting its population in jeopardy.

The intensity of Hurricane Maria, which made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm on September 20, was part of why it was so devastating to the island and its weak infrastructure, leaving Puerto Ricans in a humanitarian crisis.

One exception was Haiti, where poor healthcare access, weak infrastructure, high levels of poverty and an over-reliance on agriculture placed the country into the «extreme» category.

An extreme exposure to climate - related events, combined with poor health care access, weak infrastructure, high levels of poverty and an over-reliance on agriculture have led to the country being categorized as at «extreme» risk.

In the present traditional financial system, transaction costs are high due to weak infrastructure, mismanagement, corruption and growing inflation.