Sentences with phrase «weak infrastructure of»

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

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Retail spending remains subdued following the large increase last year, and commercial construction is weak outside of the boost from public - sector infrastructure spending.

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.

These include the economy's lack of diversification away from the non-oil sector and high operating costs as a result of bureaucracy and a lack of competition, as well as low productivity due to relatively weak infrastructure and poor human capital development.

On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.

These factors, together with low levels of transparency, weak financial institutions, and inadequate infrastructure have acted as a deterrent to investment — despite the fact that countries like Guinea or the Democratic Republic of Congo have immense mineral resources.

Infrastructure is weak, the costs of certification are restrictive and general consumer awareness to the benefits of organic agriculture is low.

It's actually a cold - eyed strategy to gain prominence and regional security by investing heavily in key parts of Western infrastructure, and leveraging financial muscle to exploit weak regulations within the sport, thereby capitalising on an undervalued market to massively inflate the price of their asset.

It's an area with weak governments, and reasonably weak regional infrastructure; coupled with tons of conflicts (tribal etc...).

For women in Asian nations with weaker health infrastructure, Hanley adds, «The vaccine may be their only hope of prevention.»

That's troubling to the report's authors, because if one piece of the infrastructure web is weak, the whole thing is vulnerable.

Much of the death and damage in Haiti was the result of infrastructure that was too weak to withstand such a powerful earthquake.

And the Guild and the Society are going about exposing details of what they characterize as unfair and inadequate payment practices that they say damage authors» ability to make a living and take advantage of authors» comparatively weak stance in the face of a corporate publishing infrastructure.

He also spoke as the federal government appears poised to run budgetary deficits in order to invest billions of dollars in areas such as infrastructure as a way to boost Canada's weak growth.

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.

But their high ranking is also a product of the vulnerability of the population and the inadequacies of existing infrastructure to adapt to or tackle climate change challenges because of weak economies, governance, education and health care.

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.

But it was also a consequence of the vulnerability of the population, and the inadequacies of existing infrastructure to adapt to or tackle the problem, due to weak economies, governance, education and healthcare.

And their weak electricity infrastructure will be an obstacle for the introduction of plug - in hybrids, not to mention the high upfront costs that go along with the early adoption of any new technology.

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.

Taking full advantage of the constantly evolving technological landscape, hostile individuals and criminal groups invest their time researching digital infrastructures and devices in order to design attack software that exploits vulnerabilities and weak points.

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.

The country has long been attractive to foreigners — particularly those from the United States and Canada — to purchase vacation or second homes due to the weaker Mexican peso compared with the U.S. dollar, notes Salvador Romero Dominguez, a commercial director for Fonatur, a government agency that constructs a lot of the nation's resort infrastructures.