• Nigeria's economy, underpinned by oil (the country is the world's 10th largest oil producer), is currently the largest on the continent -larger than South Africa's. (rgare.com)
  • The country is also among world's most economically divided. (rgare.com)
  • Thus, by 2025, almost three quarters of the world's hypertensive population will be in economically developing countries. (medscape.com)
  • Although many small and medium-sized countries are likely to achieve the control targets for 2000, most of the countries which account for the world's highest tuberculosis burden either adopted the DOTS strategy only recently, or have been slow to expand it. (who.int)
  • Se realizaron 28 encuentros con 153 mujeres agrupadas en 7 grupos, durante el perรญodo del 2019 al 2022. (bvsalud.org)
  • As one of the most developed countries in Africa, Nigeria has clear and strong economic potential. (rgare.com)
  • This year, nearly 6,000 10-to-12-year-olds in 44 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific, were asked for their views on issues that affect them. (todays-woman.net)
  • However, these benefits are under threat, especially in developing countries such as in Africa, as a result of poor governance. (scielo.org.za)
  • This article argues that South Africa needs to draw lessons from the mistakes of other (developing) countries in terms of the type of fisheries management regime governing small-scale fisheries, as it sets up and creates a new inland small-scale fisheries sector. (scielo.org.za)
  • It has been actively involved in conflict prevention together with the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) in 50 countries, including in West, Central and East Africa and Central Asia. (admin.ch)
  • The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from LUCSUS and the University of Leeds. (lu.se)
  • The analysis shows that countries with more economic power have more influence over the negation processes at the COPs, at the expense of poorer, often smaller, and less developed, countries. (lu.se)
  • To overcome poverty in all its forms, the UNDP supports developing countries in formulating long-term, socially responsible and sustainable development strategies. (admin.ch)
  • The UNDP supports developing countries in formulating strategies and solutions for sustainable development, strengthening their institutional capacities, adapting to climate change, overcoming crises and promoting democratic governance. (admin.ch)
  • We have set ourselves the goal of jointly developing and structuring business-oriented solutions for sustainable and economically viable transformation together with our customers. (deginvest.de)
  • Along with that, the opening of new production spheres and the creation of new jobs in the non-oil sector, the unprecedented development of the transport and communal infrastructure, the creation of modern social infrastructure enterprises, including the construction of new education, health and sports facilities formed the basis of the general dynamic and sustainable progress of our country in this period. (who.int)
  • The fourth annual Access to Financial Services in Nigeria survey, conducted in 2014, found that only 12.3% of adults in the country currently have relationships with insurers, microfinance, pension schemes or shares. (rgare.com)
  • Adults in developing countries can also suffer from PEM, with women disproportionately impacted compared with men, particularly in South Asian countries (WFP 2013). (worldhunger.org)
  • This meant an estimated 972 million adults, broken out as 333 million in economically developed countries and 639 million in economically developing countries, in a 1:2 ratio. (medscape.com)
  • Almost half of children in Australia (45%), and in all the developed countries surveyed (43%), also said that adults mistreat children because they were victims of abuse themselves. (todays-woman.net)
  • Children in developed countries (30%) say the main way adults can help keep children safe is to listen to what they have to say. (todays-woman.net)
  • only 66 per cent of adults in India are literate, compared to above 80 per cent in most countries that figure among the high and medium EDI groups. (thehindu.com)
  • To the same degree we set ourselves high standards in order to operate economically and under environmentally and socially responsible conditions. (deginvest.de)
  • The historical developmentalist and welfarist approach to management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries, dating back from colonial era, has resulted in problems of open-access regimes that usually lead to over-capitalisation, geographic spread of landing sites that makes it difficult to organise fishers for management activities, inadequate management capacity and poor funding of the sector. (scielo.org.za)
  • In spite of proactive moves - specifically from the EU - in the direction of such an agreement, any such a commitment seems to be conditional to a joint approach including all major industrialized countries, specifically the USA. (i-sis.org.uk)
  • On the other hand, for those who do fund gender equality initiatives, their funding appears to cluster among certain countries, namely India and a few developing African nations. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • In 2001 also India ranked 105 among 127 countries. (thehindu.com)
  • In 2007 India was behind not only countries such as Norway, Japan and Germany that figure at the top, but also several Latin American, African and Asian developing countries. (thehindu.com)
  • While the Radicals, such as small island states and civil society, fight for novel mechanisms to address climate change effects, the Opportunists, such as Saudi Arabia and India, frame climate justice around historical responsibility and claim their right to develop economically. (lu.se)
  • Or the sanctions against Saddam-some of the most stringent, economically devastating sanctions imaginable against Iraq's oil exports and banking system. (niacouncil.org)
  • Classifications are based on the World Bank Country Classifications for low income economies. (cswe.org)
  • DEG's subsidiary DEG Impulse is empowering businesses for social and ecological transition in developing economies. (deginvest.de)
  • This week will mark the 100th day and 190 countries and economies have now started vaccination. (bvsalud.org)
  • COVAX itself has already delivered 36 million doses to 86 countries and economies. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dr. He and colleagues stress that their figures for 2025 could be an underestimate, since they were based on the assumption that country, age, and sex-specific prevalence estimates for 2000 will remain constant. (medscape.com)
  • Sanctioning Bank Markazi would cripple Iran's ability to be an important economic partner in countries where the United States has key interests in specifically first in Iraq and Afghanistan, then in more developed countries like Turkey and Pakistan. (niacouncil.org)
  • And it continues to figure, along with a bunch of African and one or two Asian countries, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, in the group of countries with a low educational development index (EDI). (thehindu.com)
  • In men, hypertension prevalence was highest in the Latin American and Caribbean region, whereas in women it was highest in the "former socialist countries" of Europe. (medscape.com)
  • The Latin American country is encouraging investment with its free trade zone setup, offering tax and operational advantages for companies looking to do business in the jurisdiction, under the rules of the regime. (mondaq.com)
  • Across developed countries, aging populations and slowing economic growth are rendering today's retirement institutions unsustainable. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Tuberculosis remains a significant obstacle to human development, especially in poor countries and among marginalized populations. (who.int)
  • For 18 countries that did not report 2021 immunization coverage data by July 7, 2021, mavirus [HPV] vaccine in females) ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • At the start of the year I made a call for every country to start vaccinating health workers and older people in the first 100 days of 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • For example, you can purchase an ETF that tracks the stock exchange of a specific foreign country, or an ETF that tracks multiple countries' economic developments simultaneously. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • The course will examine the family as a dynamic institution, incorporating a historical and comparative perspective, focusing on late 20th century developments in economically-developed countries. (lu.se)
  • It's hardly a surprise then that these nations are working on developing closer ties. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Finally, both countries were part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. (eurasiareview.com)
  • It is therefore becoming a threat to human development and survival economically, socially and politically. (bartleby.com)
  • The survival rate is above 0.9 in most countries with medium and high EDI. (thehindu.com)
  • Most of this increase will occur in the economically developing regions, the researchers believe. (medscape.com)
  • The poor and marginalized in the developing world are the worst affected: 95% of all cases and 98% of deaths from tuberculosis occur in resource-poor countries. (who.int)
  • Oil has developed a growing cadre of super-rich - in 2014, approximately 16,000 citizens achieved millionaire status - but poverty continues to be a grinding and growing problem, especially in Nigeria's northern, majority Muslim region. (rgare.com)
  • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a prominent player in the philanthropic sector, has already been driving financial inclusion of women in developing countries, where poverty and inequality go hand-in-hand in hampering the opportunities for women and girls to thrive. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Some countries have already put in place expanded social protection schemes to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on poverty, education, nutrition and overall health. (bvsalud.org)
  • The deep crisis of the socialist public-political system and the breakup of a huge country like the Soviet Union in the early 1990s resulted in political chaos, economic paralysis and social collapse in Azerbaijan like in other post-Soviet countries. (who.int)
  • Despite the fact that the climatic changes pose a threat to the entire globe, many people believe that developing countries (like Kenya) in the tropical regions of the world will be impacted more severely than developed ones. (bartleby.com)
  • Recently collected data on case detection and treatment success from countries worldwide indicate that, among the highest burden countries, only Peru and Viet Nam have achieved the targets, although Cambodia, Kenya, and the United Republic of Tanzania were identified as other top performers. (who.int)
  • According to recent studies in several Asian countries, the loss to the economy on account of tuberculosis is equivalent to an estimated 4% to 7% of GDP. (who.int)
  • Like malaria and HIV/AIDS, in many countries the tuberculosis epidemic is viewed as a problem only of the poor, and responsibility for tackling it is confined, wrongly, to the health sector. (who.int)
  • For example, people are still dying of malaria and tuberculosis, more so in the developing countries, although the treatment is available. (who.int)
  • Furthermore, data on economically and socially important seafood in developing countries are still largely lacking. (iaea.org)
  • Thanks to its presence in 170 countries, the UNDP has the largest international network of any UN agency and is the SDC's most important UN partner. (admin.ch)
  • The UNDP promoted in 58 countries - including important Swiss partner countries such as Sudan, Georgia and Tanzania - the establishment of coordination mechanisms for providing disaster relief and a total of 240 new early warning systems in preparation for extreme natural events. (admin.ch)
  • Tourism also is important economically, as are cash remittances from Moroccans working in France. (factmonster.com)
  • Important steps were taken to improve the investment environment in the country and state administration was re- established in compliance with modern criteria. (who.int)
  • In the early 1950s, to facilitate the containment of communism, Washington struck bargains with countries on China's periphery-Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand-committing itself to their defense in return for permission to base significant U.S. forces on their soil. (brookings.edu)
  • Many countries, from Sweden to South Korea, have already been compelled to make large cuts in government retirement provision. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • In countries where there is not equality (particularly large disparities in economic equality) between women and men, there is a higher percentage of women among the poor and hungry (Delisle, 2008). (worldhunger.org)
  • This figure is much higher than that in Sweden, Switzerland, and many countries that belong to the groups that have high and medium EDI figures. (thehindu.com)
  • On the other, if Russian forces were to break through this bottleneck it would be a short journey to Azerbaijan's capital Baku and the country's populous core region in the east of the country. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Investing in multiple different countries is a great way to hedge against risk, reducing your exposure to any one country's risk. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • At that time, military aggression against our country, the occupation of 20 per cent of the country's territory and the displacement of more than one million Azerbaijanis from their homes as a result of the policy of genocide and occupation pursued by Armenian nationalists extremely exacerbated the situation. (who.int)
  • Though Macron's methods strained France's democratic processes, his pension reform was fiscally and economically necessary. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Many of these developing countries are the poorest in the world and have had minor contributions to climate change, however these people are the most vulnerable to these effects and are not capable in making the required adaptations to the changing conditions. (bartleby.com)
  • It particularly includes climate change, the consequences of which impact developing countries most of all. (deginvest.de)
  • The study also analyses how different countries and alliances frame climate justice for their own strategic ends. (lu.se)
  • Independent from Britain for more than half a century, its 177.2 million citizens make it the eighth most populous country in the world, with about one sixth of the continent's total population. (rgare.com)
  • At least 120 million women in developing countries are underweight. (worldhunger.org)
  • If you are a librarian at a university or library in such a country and would be interested in receiving more information on how to become a member, please contact us at [email protected] . (openbookpublishers.com)
  • The intensity of urban use is indicated by the area in hectares developed or urbanized per thousand population. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Costa Rica is a great country to invest in and/or to move your company. (mondaq.com)
  • For example, depending on how much money you have to invest, you could use your international investments as a way to get an Italy investor visa , or an investor visa in another country of your choice. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • You could also invest in real estate in different countries, and use those properties as vacation homes while traveling. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • If you're interested in benefitting from developing areas without investing in foreign stocks, you could invest in these multinational corporations instead. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • You can invest in other countries this way with relatively minimal risk, capitalizing on a fixed percentage growth rate as you earn interest on your initial principal. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • First we need to invest in equitable production and access to COVID-19 rapid tests, oxygen treatments and vaccines between and within countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although the country currently has approximately 118 registered insurers, five reinsurers and 23 banks (including the Islamic Jaiz Bank), overall insurance penetration is currently one of the lowest in the world. (rgare.com)
  • The Company's products are carried by leading retailers in the U.S. and globally in approximately 200 countries and territories. (prnewswire.com)
  • About 25 000 000 people have succumbed to AIDS, approximately 49 000 000 are suffering from this disease and 14 000 are dying or contracting AIDS every day in the African countries. (who.int)
  • The United States' alliances with East Asian countries are not a fight-for-cash proposition, as Donald Trump continues to suggest. (brookings.edu)
  • The United States has had a naval presence in the Pacific and East Asia since the mid-nineteenth century, but it was not until after World War II that it decided to conclude alliances with friendly regional countries with a commitment to defend them in case of aggression. (brookings.edu)
  • The fossil fuel industry builds strong alliances with oil producing countries, and lobbies, with the aim to block decisions to for example phase out fossil fuels", says Jouni Paavola, co-author of the study and Professor of Environmental Social Science at the University of Leeds. (lu.se)
  • Almost half of all children in the developed world (47%) identified school as a place where children may be at risk of mistreatment, indicating the need for safe school environments. (todays-woman.net)
  • Smoking is believed to be a cause for an estimated 30% of all cancers in the developing world, where another 30% is due to the group of risk factors represented by diet, obesity, and physical inactivity. (cdc.gov)
  • Though globalization has allowed many countries of the world to stitch together a kind of global economic ebb and flow , most countries still experience their own growth and recession cycles independently. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • Many countries of the world are still undergoing development, taking advantage of capitalism for the first time or experiencing a technological renaissance. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • The economic disparity is evident in the developing world where health is a complex issue. (who.int)
  • Following the adoption of Resolution WHA55.18, a number of countries took steps to prevent healthcare-associated infection to improve patient safety in the Region. (who.int)
  • 4 Allegranzi B, Pittet D, Healthcare-associated infection in developing countries: simple solutions to meet complex challenges, Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 28: 1323-1327, 2007. (who.int)
  • The risk of developing nephritis infection by M type protein 49 is 5% if it is present in the throat. (medscape.com)
  • They predict that the number of people with hypertension in these regions will increase by 80% compared with a much smaller 24% increase in the economically developed regions. (medscape.com)
  • Many people wish that it weren't so-raising the retirement age is unpopular in most countries, not only in France. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Through its wide network, which extends to 170 countries, the UNDP is an ideal instrument for deploying Swiss expertise in areas such as democratic governance and building strong institutions in those places where it can assist the most disadvantaged people. (admin.ch)
  • The question is, "Why can't people living in developing countries buy healthy food and be offered standard health facilities? (who.int)
  • Both countries suffer from vulnerabilities in the face of Russian military power, which in turn shapes their geopolitical objectives concerning their far larger neighbor. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Expand international collaboration on ocean acidification using knowledge and research kits developed through the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) capacity building activity and the TC INT7019 project. (iaea.org)
  • The Centre is the first such centre in the country, and the regional centre, the Institute of Biotechnology, in Karachi University will be the first of its kind catering to the needs of the region. (who.int)
  • The very structure of the COPs makes it almost impossible for smaller countries to voice their interests, since they are not able to be present in all the parallel negotiations", says Lina Lefstad, PhD student at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, and lead author of the study. (lu.se)
  • UNDP projects supported electoral processes in 90 countries. (admin.ch)
  • Percentageofinjectabledrugspre- scribedfromallprescribeddrugs, In Yemen, as in many developing Adescriptivecross-sectionalsurveywas ยท Percentageofprescriptionscontain- countries,inappropriate,ineffectiveand carriedoutfromDecember2002to ingvitamin/tonicpreparations. (who.int)
  • 3 - Women that were political activists that have built their career step by step and wherever they have been working they had great performance, but did not have sufficient financial means to develop the campaign. (iknowpolitics.org)
  • Our research in developing countries and emerging markets focusses primarily on (1) the private sector, (2) the financial sector, (3) the labour market and (4) capacity building. (seo.nl)
  • What is the impact of investments in financial institutions on the financing options for entrepreneurs in developing countries? (seo.nl)
  • They empower women economically by making digital financial services more accessible and lining them up with new market opportunities. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Investing in the stocks, bonds, and other assets of other countries could be a powerful financial move that improves your portfolio's performance-and it could offer benefits beyond monetary gain. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • For 60 years DEG has been a reliable partner to private-sector companies and financial service providers operating in developing markets. (deginvest.de)
  • banks, financial institutions and specialist funders that provide reliable access to financing, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries. (deginvest.de)
  • The presence of modifiable factors, such as alcohol, biological agents, radiation, etc., and nonmodifiable (aka, genetic predisposition) factors, acting individually or in diverse combinations, can determine a person's risk of developing one form of cancer of another. (cdc.gov)
  • This article describes a new methodology developed by the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics ( ORES ) of the Social Security Administration ( SSA ) to indicate the state and county of residence, date of birth, and sex of nearly all workers for whom tax records provide earnings data in a given year. (ssa.gov)
  • It is not a fluke that 20-year-old Palmer Luckey was able to develop the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality product worth $2 Billion dollars, and sell it to Facebook. (thoughtworks.com)
  • Every year the ranks of the economically competent grow. (thoughtworks.com)
  • There's commonality across countries that achieve growth over the long term. (mckinsey.com)
  • Costa Rica is a promising country to do business in with high economic growth but it is not without its challenges. (mondaq.com)
  • A remarkable growth of publications occurred in economically developed countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • How can host countries ensure proper integration of refugees and labour migrants in the local economy? (seo.nl)
  • We answer questions concerning the potential match between the labour supply of migrants and the demand for labour in host countries. (seo.nl)
  • As an expert in political anthropology and the issues of kind since this country expanded global expertise (the glass ceiling and electoral parity in a global context, a more than universal global concern), the question of the representation of women in political parties demand course of reforms and national actions. (iknowpolitics.org)
  • I would like to congratulate this brilliant comment and the measures taken to help this wonderful country of Mali. (iknowpolitics.org)
  • Despite the diplomatic and military twists and turns between China and the island of Taiwan, the two countries are fast becoming virtually one in the vital field of information technology. (upenn.edu)
  • The negative comparison to Taiwan merely added salt to the injuries caused by the EU decision not to treat China as a normal country and not to provide it with the cutting edge technologies she needs to win the high tech war against Taiwan as well as to keep its economic miracle going. (hnn.us)
  • Pregnant women have an increased demand for nutrients by the developing fetus and those who are already undernourished can fall even further behind in their nutritional status with insufficient food intake. (worldhunger.org)
  • Episodes in 2009 and 2011 generated food emergencies, while flooding in 2010 affected parts of the country severely. (bartleby.com)
  • Rather, the countries argue, each individual government should develop their own way to combat the problem. (zdnet.com)
  • ABSTRACT The irrational use of drugs remains a key health problem in many developing countries. (who.int)
  • During pregnancy, the amount of blood in the mother's body greatly increases in order to support the developing baby. (worldhunger.org)
  • Nine of the 27 countries in the European Union have voiced opposition to a proposed new law that would punish companies that don't reserve a minimum of 40 percent of their corporate board seats for women. (zdnet.com)
  • First broken in an article from the Astana Times, Azerbaijani and Kazakh leaders gathered in the formers' country for high-level talks on June 22, 2023. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Most countries that start off with such problematic fisheries management regimes and set on this path find it very difficult to reform the regimes. (scielo.org.za)
  • The inter-connectedness of fertility, paid work, and policy will be contrasted across Nordic countries, as well as those adhering to other welfare regimes. (lu.se)
  • Why do some countries develop economically while others remain poor? (mckinsey.com)
  • In poor countries, a single case leads, on average, to the loss of two to three months of family income. (who.int)
  • Cancer is a common disease in economically developed countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Niger Insurance came into the takaful market soon thereafter, developing and introducing Niger Mutual Halal Plus, a product containing a Shariahcompliant saving and investment plan. (rgare.com)