• Development aid or development cooperation is financial aid given by foreign governments and other agencies to support developing countries' economic, environmental, social, and political development. (wikipedia.org)
  • Explores the financial mechanisms available to individuals and governments after a disaster in developing countries, using Mexico as a case study. (rand.org)
  • And because these countries' sub-investment-grade credit ratings have raised their borrowing costs, the fiscal impact of their sovereign liabilities has increased, and their governments' reduced ability to roll them over as they fall due has raised the spectre of a developing-country debt crisis. (bangkokpost.com)
  • With the focus on these five areas, Governments in each country are creating health systems that aim to provide services that are affordable, equitable and accessible. (bartleby.com)
  • BRASTISLAVA , Mar 16 2020 (IPS) - Governments in wealthy, first world countries must not ignore the plight of poorer nations battling the coronavirus or the disease will not be brought under control, global development experts have said. (ipsnews.net)
  • Pfizer - distributor of the world's most commonly used COVID-19 vaccine - has been accused of using its large control over the life-saving jabs to 'bully' the governments of developing nations in purchase negotiations. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • "In developing countries, where the burden of CVD is highest, these simple steps could deliver a significant long-term impact and must be something that governments trying to manage rising healthcare costs should consider," ​ he added. (foodnavigator.com)
  • A new World Resources Institute (WRI) working paper, " Monitoring Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Challenges and Next Steps ," draws on a series of three regional workshops in Latin America, Africa, and Asia where representatives from governments and other agencies discussed the challenges in monitoring climate finance flows, and some of the efforts their countries are making to overcome these challenges. (wri.org)
  • From 2006 to April 2021, there were 70 deals in 41 countries between Huawei and governments or state-owned enterprises, according to a report from Washington-based think-tank CSIS. (chinaeconomicreview.com)
  • The World Bank classifies the world's economies into four groups, based on gross national income per capita: high, upper-middle, lower-middle, and low income countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The World Bank classifies the world's economies into four groups, based on gross national income per capita calculated using the Atlas method, re-set each year on July 1: low income countries lower-middle income countries upper-middle income countries high income countries (similar to developed countries) The three groups that are not "high income" are together referred to as "low and middle income countries" (LMICs). (wikipedia.org)
  • Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing economies. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The World Bank estimates that around 60% of all emerging and developing economies have become high-risk debtors. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Unlike the advanced economies, where sharp increases in government debt following the emergence of Covid-19 encouraged a speedy return to trend growth, developing economies have been constrained by a shortage of vaccines and a lack of monetary and fiscal space. (bangkokpost.com)
  • With few exceptions -- Sri Lanka and Zambia, for example -- most developing economies are not heavily indebted. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The flow of funds that developing economies receive from global bond markets and banks has remained dismally low. (bangkokpost.com)
  • This is especially the case during episodes of heightened global volatility and tightening financing conditions, which are often associated with large-scale capital outflows from emerging and developing economies. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Across emerging and developing economies, over-inflated risk premiums, driven by distorted perceptions, have amplified the fiscal impact of sovereign debt and been a major driver of liquidity crises and default risk. (bangkokpost.com)
  • This initiative will promote access to justice by removing the economic and technological barriers to proprietary legal information in developing economies around the world. (cornell.edu)
  • With emerging economies like BRICS growing stronger by the day, and developing economies like MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) showing real appetite for growth, the international stage is looking far more balanced than ever before. (lsbf.org.uk)
  • Poorer nations blame extreme weather-related disasters on climate change stemming from emission-polluting countries that have more developed and wealthier economies. (truthdig.com)
  • The five nuclear energy-using member countries of the Group of Seven major democratic economies (G7) on Sunday issued a joint statement announcing their intent to create a global commercial nuclear fuel market. (miningweekly.com)
  • Speaking ahead of a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Brazil, President Xi Jinping explained that this will ensure that there is an equal balance of power, which is still largely concentrated in industrialised western countries. (lsbf.org.uk)
  • Through multimedia, scale models, maps and prototypes, the show illustrates to visitors the worries of daily life in the squatter communities of countries like India, Uganda and Mexico-as well as the potential for design to provide solutions. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • India on Sunday signed three agreements with the US for developing smart cities in Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam, with the governemnt saying that the agreements would make significant contribution to building such cities in the country. (indiatimes.com)
  • The agreements referred to the US-India Joint Statement of September 30 last year related to the first bilateral summit meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which the US welcomed India's offer for US industry to be the lead partner in developing smart cities in Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam. (indiatimes.com)
  • Poor people and poor countries are the most vulnerable victims of the emerging epidemic of noncommunicable diseases related to obesity," says Dr. Srinath Reddy, director of cardiology for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. (prb.org)
  • The authors discuss the risk and predisposing factors for suicidal ideation among mental health patients in four developing countries ( Bangladesh , Colombia , India and Pakistan ), this aims to grasp the heterogeneity of these motivators and to elaborate specific interventions regarding suicide in the COVID-19 pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dr. Levine points out that the most vulnerable children in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the developing world have lacked access to quality care to shield them from high risk factors like HIV and malnutrition. (voanews.com)
  • Healthcare systems in many poor countries, especially in Africa, are already severely stretched with limited financing and resources. (ipsnews.net)
  • Angela Mutunga, the East Africa program adviser for Advance Family Planning, discusses six strategies for helping women in developing countries prevent unwanted pregnancies and protect their health (6/24). (kff.org)
  • In recent years, urbanization and population growth in developing countries have caused countless problems in cities across Asia, Africa and South America to escalate. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • The countries where more than 10% of women cite any of these reasons are in West and Middle Africa. (guttmacher.org)
  • Until this year, rich countries - fearful that accepting responsibility for climate-change-related disasters could make them liable for damages in developing countries that, according to Reuters , could reach $400 billion per year by the end of this decade - refused to provide compensation for loss and damage. (yahoo.com)
  • We will dedicate ourselves to perfecting the international system of governance and proactively push for expanding the representation and right to speak for developing countries in international affairs," Mr Xi was quoted by Reuters as saying. (lsbf.org.uk)
  • HAVANA (Reuters) - Developing nations on Saturday declared Sept. 16 the annual 'Day of Science, Technology and Innovation in the South' as they prepared to wrap up a two-day summit on the subject. (yahoo.com)
  • The rationale for the additional funds and refugee facility is based on donor country failures to follow through cohesively on aid pledges following weather-related disasters. (truthdig.com)
  • It would also allow transparency in the discussions about international climate finance pledges of developed countries within the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (wri.org)
  • In 2015, the World Bank declared that the "developing/developed world categorization" had become less relevant and that they will phase out the use of that descriptor. (wikipedia.org)
  • What are the consequences of Beijing's strategy toward the developing world for the United States? (rand.org)
  • The authors conduct a net assessment of U.S. and Chinese approaches to development assistance and cooperation, using a data-driven comparison to reveal opportunities for the United States to better compete with China in the developing world. (rand.org)
  • Food prices in developing nations continue to be "stubbornly high … despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its " Crop Prospects and Food Situation" report released Tuesday ahead of next week's Rome World Summit on Food Security, Agence France-Presse reports. (kff.org)
  • With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. (worldbank.org)
  • Yet, paradoxically, developing countries do surprisingly little when it comes to adopting advanced-country experience to upgrading their products, technologies, and business processes says a new report launched by the World Bank today . (worldbank.org)
  • Nearly all of the deaths occur in the developing world. (bartleby.com)
  • While inadequate healthcare is not a new issue in the world, sufficient healthcare, for developing countries, should be a focus of developed countries. (bartleby.com)
  • It brings up the question asking how other health care systems are in other countries around the world especially in low income countries. (bartleby.com)
  • Many third and second world countries often lack the necessary access to hygienic medical supplies and treatment. (bartleby.com)
  • He says that the Sabin Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO) have assembled an affordable package of four medicines being distributed in African countries to halt the spread of the tropical infections. (voanews.com)
  • And he credits CGI with helping to level the playing field by focusing equal attention on all illnesses that strike impoverished people in the developing world. (voanews.com)
  • Presenting the findings at the World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai, lead researcher Dr. Thomas Gaziano from Harvard School of Medicine said that use of the strategies could reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) each year by 2-3 per cent in these countries. (foodnavigator.com)
  • "People in other countries, particularly the developing world, haven't been so fortunate and so aren't preventing these otherwise preventable deaths from strokes and heart attacks," ​ she warned. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Of the countries with reported COVID-related deaths, the ten with the lowest death count per million are in these parts of the world. (nextbillion.net)
  • But while mistakes and misjudgements have fuelled sustained criticism of the UK's handling of the pandemic, the success of much of the developing world remains unsung. (nextbillion.net)
  • Our review aimed to provide a comprehensive picture of available studies of diabetic retinopathy and how prevalence varies around the developed and developing world. (nih.gov)
  • In a global survey conducted in preparation for this report, policy makers from around the world acknowledged that inequality in their countries is generally high and potentially a threat to long-term social and economic development. (undp.org)
  • In recent years there has been significant movement toward land acquisition in developing countries to establish forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution elsewhere in the world . (truthout.org)
  • October 2005) In the developed world, obesity is an object of everyday conversation and mounting public concern. (prb.org)
  • These developments promise to widen the health disparities between rich and poor and further burden already overwhelmed health care systems in the developing world. (prb.org)
  • The rate of various maternofoetal complications in preeclampsia is higher in developing countries than in developed world. (hindawi.com)
  • The course, prognosis, and outcome of this disease are quite heterogeneous and there exists great difference in the morbidity and outcome in the patients of developing and developed world. (hindawi.com)
  • While there is lack of data from developing countries, studies from the developed world have reported complications in less than 10% [ 3 - 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Singapore also ranks high on all the other parameters - a highly developed infrastructure, world-class education, health care, and very high standard of living. (mapsofworld.com)
  • Marcella Alsan , MD, PhD, knows that the division of labor among men and women starts at a young age in the developing world. (stanford.edu)
  • The Rosenkranz Prize aims to stimulate the work of Stanford's bright young stars - researchers who have the desire to improve health care in the developing world, but lack the resources. (stanford.edu)
  • In the developed world, it is one of the most common reasons for missing work, while in the developing world, it is a leading cause of death. (medscape.com)
  • Unable to deficit-finance their way out of the synchronised global downturn, these countries now must contend with the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis, which all but eliminates a near-term return to pre-pandemic growth rates. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Worse, following post-pandemic credit downgrades, many low-income countries cannot access international capital markets and now face acute liquidity constraints that could morph into solvency crises. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The statement cited the pandemic and unequal distribution of vaccines as an example, pointing out that all but Cuba's were developed outside the block and rich nations were disproportionately vaccinated. (yahoo.com)
  • This narrative review summarizes the sociocultural risk and predisposing factors for suicidal behavior in developing countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health challenge, in which prevention and intervention of suicidal behavior have been suboptimal, especially in low-middle- income countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Between 2000 and 2020, the number of low-income countries with variable-rate external debt rose sharply from 13 to 31. (bangkokpost.com)
  • There were only 26 population-based studies using fundus photography (12 in developing countries), of which only 16 (eight in developing countries) were published since 2000. (nih.gov)
  • About 80 percent of all cases of cardiovascular disease now occur in less developed countries, with 17 percent of deaths in poor countries in 2000 attributed to nutrition-related heart disease. (prb.org)
  • The effects of climate change are expected to impact developing countries more than high-income countries, as most of them have a high climate vulnerability or low climate resilience. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the midpoint of the two-week marathon of negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, it has become clear that the most difficult tension to resolve is between developed nations - most of all the United States - and their poorer counterparts over compensation for the effects of climate change. (yahoo.com)
  • These countries have for years been calling for compensation for the effects of climate change, known as "loss and damage," in climate diplomacy speak. (yahoo.com)
  • Campylobacter is one of the most frequently isolated bacteria from stools of infants with diarrhea in developing countries-a result of contaminated food or water ( 5 , 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In developing countries, diarrhea is a seasonal scourge usually worsened by natural phenomena, as evidenced by monsoon floods in Bangladesh in 1998, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, or the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. (medscape.com)
  • People in developing countries usually have lower life expectancies than people in developed countries, reflecting both lower income levels and poorer public health. (wikipedia.org)
  • High income countries are completely consumed with what is happening in their own states, but it would be good if they could give at least some focus to poorer countries," Amanda Glassman, executive vice president of the Washington-based Global Centre for Development think-tank, told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
  • While Alsan is researching how older girls in poorer countries are impacted by the health of their younger siblings, Andrews is focusing his attention on cheap, effective diagnostic tools for infectious diseases. (stanford.edu)
  • The global GDP loss due to climate change in 2022 was estimated to be 6.3%, with low-income countries and tropical regions experiencing the highest losses. (indiatimes.com)
  • A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • One provision in the contract with Brazil, for example, made the South American country waive sovereign immunity - which protects the nation from lawsuits - in order to access the vaccines, according to Public Citizen. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • More than three-fourths of the world's population live in so-called developing countries: nations that may not have a stable economy, energy supply, or advanced technology, and whose population may lack access to jobs, food, water, education, health care, and housing. (rand.org)
  • With new commitment from the Gates Foundation and a cooperating enlistment of resources from drug manufacturers, donor countries, and developing nations, Dr. Levine says facilitators hope that enough vaccines will be affordable and within reach of thousands of new patients in countries where the neediest children live. (voanews.com)
  • People living in economic disenfranchisement and war-torn countries are affected at a higher rate than those that suffer from the same affliction in developed nations. (bartleby.com)
  • After a year of dramatic disasters linked to climate change, such as record-setting heat waves, droughts and tropical hurricanes, representatives of developing nations - including Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is serving as president of this year's conference, COP27 - have said a successful outcome this time will have to include a loss-and-damage fund. (yahoo.com)
  • On Monday, the G7 - a coalition of the richest countries - launched a new insurance program , called Global Shield, to provide aid after climate-related disasters in developing nations, including Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, Pakistan, the Philippines and Senegal. (yahoo.com)
  • Developing nations responded with increased pressure. (yahoo.com)
  • As African nations slowly report growing numbers of cases, and more and more infections are registered in countries with endemic poverty on other continents, there are growing fears that some states could soon see major outbreaks they will not be able to cope with. (ipsnews.net)
  • Access to hospitals, and especially intensive care units, are generally much lower than in developed nations - studies have estimated that less than half of Africa's population has access to modern health facilities. (ipsnews.net)
  • Pfizer has been accused of 'bullying' developing nations in COVID-19 vaccine purchase negotiations in a recent report published by Public Citizen. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The documents revealed previously unknown clauses within contracts that could potentially damage developing nations. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • While the U.S. sits on a stockpile of the shots, many developing nations are having trouble getting their hands on the life saving shots. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The study, released ahead of COP28 (Conference of Parties), says the affluent, especially in developed nations, have played a substantial role in increasing global carbon emissions. (indiatimes.com)
  • Will Rich Nations Pay Reparations to Developing Countries for Extreme Weather? (truthdig.com)
  • Significant gaps exist in that reliable population-based data from developing nations and indigenous populations in particular are lacking. (nih.gov)
  • You are a story teller and the stories you are exposed to whilst traveling in developing nations may not always be beautiful and show people at their best. (matadornetwork.com)
  • We note with deep concern the existing disparities between developed and developing countries in terms of conditions, possibilities and capacities to produce new scientific and technological knowledge,' the final declaration of the G77 group of developing nations and China said. (yahoo.com)
  • We call upon the international community, the United Nations System and the International Financial Institutions to support the efforts of the countries of the South to develop and strengthen their national science, technology and innovation systems,' the organization, which now counts 134 countries, stated. (yahoo.com)
  • Doha, Qatar -From March 4-9, United Nations officials and diplomats, together with Heads of States from U.N.-designated Least Developed Countries (LDCs), civil society organizations, parliamentarians and the private sector will gather in Doha for the 5th U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (U.N. LDC5). (iatp.org)
  • The danger grows worse when that bad air is more persistent than the nightmarish shroud that hit the U.S. - usually in developing or newly industrialized nations. (click2houston.com)
  • The week began with frustration on the part of developing countries, angry over industrialized nations' refusal to discuss issues of action in 2011 and 2012. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Developed nations seem content to simply agree on operational measures for 2010, and will not entertain scaling up of REDD+ finance and action or results-based payments," a source close to the negotiations said on Tuesday. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • However, national surveillance programs for campylobacteriosis generally do not exist in most developing countries despite the substantial burden of disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexually active women in developing countries who have an unmet need for contraception, meaning they wish to avoid pregnancy but are not using any contraceptive (traditional or modern), generally cite one of several key reasons for not using a method. (guttmacher.org)
  • In line with previous research, results suggest that globalization reduces infant mortality and that the level of democracy in a country generally improves child health outcomes. (lu.se)
  • Findings support WHO FCTC articles aimed at helping developing country tobacco farmers adversely affected by tobacco control efforts and highlight difficulties in discouraging tobacco cultivation as long as it remains relatively profitable. (who.int)
  • Voluntary industry reductions in salt content, in addition to tobacco style taxes on products containing salt, could help to cut cardiovascular deaths by three in developing countries that represent more than half of the world's population, suggest researchers. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Developing countries disproportionately suffer the worst climate-change-related natural disasters, in part due to geographic location and vulnerable infrastructure. (yahoo.com)
  • At a recent event , Elizabeth Ferris discussed the different issues facing developed countries when dealing with destruction after natural disasters, using as examples Japan after the recent tsunami and the United States after Hurricane Katrina. (brookings.edu)
  • However, because of the increasing incidence, expanding spectrum of infections, potential of HIV-related deaths due to Campylobacter, and the availability of the complete genome sequence of C. jejuni NCTC 11168, interest in campylobacteriosis research and control in developing countries is growing. (cdc.gov)
  • Significant infections have been recorded in the United States and some other Asian countries, and the Philippines capital of Manila has been sealed off. (ipsnews.net)
  • A University of Delaware report reveals that climate change has already caused significant economic damage, particularly in developing countries. (indiatimes.com)
  • "These results show that strategies to reduce sodium consumption, even by modest amounts, could lead to significant reductions in CVD mortality in developing countries and potentially save overall healthcare costs associated with these diseases," ​ said Gaziano. (foodnavigator.com)
  • The lack of knowledge on social mobility in developing countries is surprising, given that many countries in the Global South have undergone significant economic transformation and rapid economic growth. (unu.edu)
  • A significant majority of households in developing countries-more than 75 percent of the population-are living today in societies where income is more unequally distributed than it was in the 1990s. (undp.org)
  • 3 Countries with per capita GDP that are well under $5,000-such as Pakistan and Nigeria-annually face significant risks from obesity and high cholesterol leading to heart disease. (prb.org)
  • 26.3%, 23.6% and 50.1% respectively, confirming a significant shift in the location of long-term staff towards the country level (the percentage at that level has more than doubled during the last 10 years). (who.int)
  • But in a low-income country, a downward movement in income is not the same as an upward movement, as the former may signify a move into poverty for the child, an outcome that cannot be considered to be socially desirable. (unu.edu)
  • This paper analyzes the attributions about causes of poverty in the less developed countries between undergraduates from Nicaragua and El Salvador, and the attributional differences depending on their economical level, political ideology and attitudes about Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). (bvsalud.org)
  • It included socio-demographic questions, questions about economical level, political ideology and attitudes about NGO, and a list of 50 possible causes of poverty in the less developed countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results show an important agreement in attributions about the main causes of poverty in the less developed countries, although there are differences depending on the consideration of the undergraduates as "poor" or "not poor", as "conservative" or "liberal", and of thinking that the NGOs realize or do not realize a labor of great relevancy. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most prominent of these initiatives is Family Planning 2020, a global partnership launched in 2012 that aims to add 120 million new users of modern contraceptives in the world's 69 poorest countries by 2020. (guttmacher.org)
  • Key topics include international law, human rights, humanitarian law and labour law - areas that can help strengthen legal frameworks and institutions in many developing countries. (cornell.edu)
  • To strengthen coordination, several countries, including Laos, Malawi and El Salvador, are developing online platforms where multiple stakeholders including non-government organizations can report ODA received. (wri.org)
  • National surveillance programs and international collaborations are needed to address the substantial gaps in the knowledge about the epidemiology of campylobacteriosis in developing countries. (cdc.gov)
  • The figure below shows the increases in rates of overweight people between 2002 and 2010 for selected countries representing a range of income levels. (prb.org)
  • Every year, an estimated 74 million unintended pregnancies occur in developing regions, the great majority of which are among women using no contraception or a traditional method. (guttmacher.org)
  • In 2006, Rwanda became the first African country to introduce pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in a nationwide campaign. (voanews.com)
  • We count on them to develop the newest, safest, most effective life-saving vaccines. (voanews.com)
  • Continuous transmission of the virus in other countries could lead to more variants forming, and with each new strain of the virus that appears poses a risk of being able to evade the vaccines. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • In the wake of this year's massive flooding in Pakistan, which left one-third of the country submerged and was caused in part by climate change , U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has insistently called for climate compensation. (yahoo.com)
  • In October, the V20, a group of 58 lower-income countries that are especially vulnerable to climate change, threatened to stop paying off their debts to lending institutions like the International Monetary Fund, offering instead to use their money to deal with climate change. (yahoo.com)
  • When developing countries estimate how much funding they've received from developed country partners for climate change mitigation and adaptation, their figures don't always match what developed countries report they have provided for climate finance. (wri.org)
  • She argued that developed countries struggle with accepting assistance, not only because many don't have systems in place to coordinate and vet incoming offers, but also because they are used to being in the role of a donor nation, rather than a recipient, and must work to overcome this mentality. (brookings.edu)
  • The term "Global South" is used by some as an alternative term to developing countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Population aging is a global phenomenon, but population age has risen more slowly in developing countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Engaging with developing countries offers China economic growth and global influence. (rand.org)
  • Their goal is strengthening the rule of law, evidence-based research, healthcare, policymaking and global justice in developing countries by providing access to free or low cost legal information. (cornell.edu)
  • The way the Global Network works is we have several partners who comprise public and private partnerships that have a long track record of working with health ministries in developing countries and with the community-directed workers. (voanews.com)
  • This report revisits the theoretical concepts of inequalities including their measurements, analyzes their global trends, presents the policy makers' perception of inequalities in 15 countries and identifies various policy options in combating this major development challenge of our time. (undp.org)
  • In that context, it is intended to help development actors, citizens, and policy makers contribute to global dialogues and initiate conversations in their own countries about the drivers and extent of inequalities, their impact, and the ways in which they can be curbed. (undp.org)
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the gathering Saturday the group should promote sustainable industrialization, investment in renewable energy, in the bioeconomy and low-carbon agriculture 'without forgetting that we do not have the same historical debt as rich countries for global warming. (yahoo.com)
  • Diplo works to increase the role of small and developing states, and to improve global governance and international policy development. (diplomacy.edu)
  • Physicians now recognize that zinc supplementation can reduce the incidence and severity of diarrheal disease, and an ORS of reduced osmolarity (i.e., proportionally reduced concentrations of sodium and glucose) has been developed for global use. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, unlocking the enormous growth potential of moving countries closer to the technological frontier is not as simple as, say, providing additional incentives for research and development. (worldbank.org)
  • Hotez credits the Gates Foundation with providing backup support for research on developing medications in the event that tropical diseases become resistant to current treatments. (voanews.com)
  • I also learned that collecting data for a research study in a foreign country can be extremely difficult due to cultural differences, geographic location, environmental conditions and differing health care systems," she says. (central.edu)
  • Heterogeneity in peer effects in random dormitory assignment in a developing country ," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 100870, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library. (repec.org)
  • Thus, to promote research and control of campylobacteriosis in developing countries, review information on human campylobacteriosis in these countries is urgently needed. (cdc.gov)
  • Alsan is one of two winners of this year's Rosenkranz Prize for Health Care Research in Developing Countries , awarded by CHP/PCOR. (stanford.edu)
  • Our research has policy implications not only for Ghana but for all the developing countries that have a banking sector earning hefty profits. (ssrn.com)
  • The terms low and middle-income country (LMIC) and newly emerging economy (NEE) are often used interchangeably but refers only to the economy of the countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Countries on the other end of the spectrum are usually referred to as high-income countries or developed countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today, Sri Lanka needs a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after defaulting on its foreign debt in May, and a growing number of low-income countries are facing similar challenges. (bangkokpost.com)
  • More importantly, it is not very good for a country that is considered to be a high-income country. (bartleby.com)
  • Below are a few ways in which low income countries are affected by having little access to health care services. (bartleby.com)
  • Recognition of healthcare systems globally in both high and low income areas is a key component to understanding the health of each country overall. (bartleby.com)
  • Public Citizen reports that high income countries, such as the U.S., have assisted Pfizer in these bullying tactics by staunchly protecting their IP and allowing the company to form a 'monopoly. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • For example, we measure social mobility in developed countries by correlating the child's income when they become an adult, their educational attainment or their occupational level with their parents' income, educational attainment, and occupational level. (unu.edu)
  • A second reason why there is a knowledge gap in our understanding of social mobility in developing countries is that we do not have the data on income and occupations over many years for the same generation of individuals, let alone over multiple generations-grandparents, parents, and children. (unu.edu)
  • In developed countries, it is common to have longitudinal data that track households over many decades, allowing us to get accurate measures of average income for both the parent and child at similar stages of their respective lifecycles. (unu.edu)
  • While we know that in rich countries, parental endowments (chiefly, income) and the investments that they make in their children's education are hugely important in determining the life chances of their children, we know that a multitude of other factors also matter in determining social mobility in low- and middle-income countries. (unu.edu)
  • On average-and taking into account population size-income inequality increased by 11 percent in developing countries between 1990 and 2010. (undp.org)
  • several countries managed to contain or reduce income inequality while achieving strong growth performance. (undp.org)
  • But a silent epidemic of obesity-related diseases-among them, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and Type-2 diabetes-is also spreading rapidly across poor and middle-income countries, where such illnesses have been overshadowed by infectious diseases and undernutrition. (prb.org)
  • She'll compile data from more than 100 Demographic and Health Surveys covering nearly 4 million children living in low- and middle-income countries. (stanford.edu)
  • Yet, there is much unexplained variation with respect to the globalization effect on child health, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. (lu.se)
  • And, like their developed country counterparts, these resource-constrained electric utilities-mostly established as state-owned, regulated monopolies-have historically had little incentive to think about CX beyond their national mandate to connect. (deloitte.com)
  • According to the Bloomberg website, the United States is ranked 50th out of the 55 countries that were assessed as a country having one of the least efficient healthcare systems. (bartleby.com)
  • To avoid such a scenario, rich states must keep a focus on helping other countries with weak healthcare systems, despite the fact they are fighting their own battle with the disease, say experts. (ipsnews.net)
  • We fear that the healthcare systems in some African countries could be completely paralysed. (ipsnews.net)
  • Even countries with relatively developed healthcare systems could face similar problems. (ipsnews.net)
  • The findings reveal those factors such as fear of being infected, growing economic pressure , lack of resources due to lockdown are mostly responsible in the four countries for the current increase in suicides . (bvsalud.org)
  • The report finds that the lower level of technological adoption in developing countries is a rational response of firms to a range of constraints that they face: barriers to accumulating physical and human capital, low managerial capabilities, and weak government capacity. (worldbank.org)
  • The report, The Innovation Paradox: Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up , underscores the challenges that policymakers and entrepreneurs face in realizing the potential fruits of innovation. (worldbank.org)
  • The 46-point final declaration reiterates long-standing demands for a more equitable international economic and social order which it states is impossible without ending developed country technological domination. (yahoo.com)
  • On Manhattan's East Side, among skyscrapers and luxury hotels in one of the wealthiest cities on the planet, the exhibition showcases how the world's most destitute countries have solved integral problems of housing, health care, infrastructure and the environment. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Surveillance and control of diseases of public health importance in developing countries have focused on diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, onchocerciasis, and schistosomiasis ( 3 ) . (cdc.gov)
  • Most data available on campylobacteriosis in developing countries were collected as a result of support provided by WHO to many laboratories in developing countries, including grants for epidemiologic studies and Lior serotyping antisera provided by the Public Health Service of Canada ( 5 , 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The nutritional transition poses new challenges to nutritionists and public health experts who have spent decades battling undernutrition in poor countries. (prb.org)
  • Health systems in less developed countries are not well equipped to treat large numbers of people suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. (prb.org)
  • Many poor countries also find their health budgets already stretched thin as they try to address primary health care needs and infectious diseases. (prb.org)
  • Preeclampsia is a major health problem in maternal health with the prevalence ranging from 1.8% to 16.7% in developing countries [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Her Department of Medicine colleague, Jason Andrews , MD, is the other recipient of the $100,000 prize, which is given to young Stanford researchers to investigate ways to improve access to health care in developing countries. (stanford.edu)
  • Demographic and Health Surveys in 52 countries between 2005 and 2014 reveal the most common reasons that married women cite for not using contraception despite wanting to avoid a pregnancy. (guttmacher.org)
  • In the majority of countries, married women who cite concerns about contraceptive side effects and health risks are more likely to have used a method in the past than are women who cite other reasons for nonuse. (guttmacher.org)
  • For decades, information about unmet need for contraception has enabled health advocates and professionals, policymakers and funding agencies to identify the investments needed in family planning programs in developing countries. (guttmacher.org)
  • Once health professionals recognized the bewildering array of problems that an infant with facial cleft may develop, the concept of "team care" for children with such anomalies arose. (medscape.com)
  • Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. (lu.se)
  • To conclude, globalization and democracy together associate with better child health in developing countries. (lu.se)
  • Although ORT has been instrumental in improving health outcomes among children in developing countries, its use has lagged behind in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The report argues that developing-country ministries and agencies often lack human capital and effective organizational structures at a time when designing and implementing innovation policy is becoming even more complex. (worldbank.org)
  • In 2001, 34.5% of staff members holding long-term appointments were assigned to headquarters, 39.9% to regional offices and 25.0% to country offices. (who.int)
  • Evidence from developing countries shows that children in the lowest wealth quintile are still up to three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than children in the richest quintiles. (undp.org)
  • As of 2014, an estimated 225 million women in developing regions had an unmet need for modern contraception. (guttmacher.org)
  • This paper studies how rules of origin in potential export markets influence the export behavior of firms in least-developed countries. (rand.org)
  • Once a rising star in South Asia, the country is enmeshed in toxic debt. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings Co. has been declared in default on a dollar bond for the first time, signaling its descent into distress amid China's property debt crisis. (indiatimes.com)
  • China has revealed that BRICS may be taking a central role in nurturing a commanding voice among developing countries so that they have a bigger influence on politics at an international level. (lsbf.org.uk)
  • At the national level, it would let developing countries plan more effectively on how to use climate finance, allocate funding in line with national priorities, monitor how effective funded activities are, and verify support provided by developed countries. (wri.org)
  • The REDD+ Partnership was supposed to provide an "action track" to help countries that support REDD develop financing and pilot projects that save forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • This reflects the strategic deployment of human resources throughout the Organization that continues to be undertaken in support of WHO's country operations (see Figure 2). (who.int)
  • Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European. (nextbillion.net)
  • Multilingualism is another distinct feature of the local labour market in the EU member country - besides Latvian as the official language, 87% of Latvians under the age of 35 speak Russian, and 61% of people of the same age range speak English, while German and Scandinavian languages are also widespread. (zdnet.com)
  • Countries, people, cultures are constantly evolving (even faster in the case of developing countries). (matadornetwork.com)
  • And the total number of obese or overweight people is projected to grow by 50 percent in the next 10 years, primarily in poor countries. (prb.org)
  • Unlike developed countries, developing countries lack rule of law. (wikipedia.org)
  • As this column explains, there is a surprising lack of knowledge about the extent of social mobility in developing countries. (unu.edu)
  • A final reason why there is a lack of understanding of social mobility in developing countries is that we do not know enough about the drivers of mobility . (unu.edu)
  • There are several reasons for this mismatch, including the lack of a common definition for what counts as climate finance, and the fact that not all of the climate finance provided to developing countries flows through the recipient countries' government agencies. (wri.org)
  • And many countries lack systems to track climate finance flows within their borders. (wri.org)
  • While this metric is commonly used across other industries and in developed markets, 2 in this article, we apply it to the utility context and analyse its implications for investment decisions. (deloitte.com)
  • The LTV/CAC framework can be applied to the developing country utility context to quantify, evaluate and prioritise CX investments. (deloitte.com)
  • Two other factors are combining to increase the risk of a liquidity crisis in developing markets: the currency of lending and the shift toward variable interest rates in a context of increasingly complex lending structures and growing reliance on international capital markets. (bangkokpost.com)
  • However, this should not prevent countries from attempting to estimate climate finance flows, by adapting one of the various definitions that have been developed to suit their needs and context. (wri.org)
  • We examine the historical relationship between tobacco manufacturers and tobacco farmers in the United States, where the duration of the relationship has been longest and use information obtained to inform possible end-game strategies for tobacco control advocates working with tobacco farmers in developing countries. (who.int)
  • To achieve this more effectively, utilities in developing countries should focus on the customer experience and invest in it across various stages of the customer journey. (deloitte.com)
  • Availability of national surveillance programs in developed countries has facilitated monitoring of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks of human campylobacteriosis ( 2 , 8 - 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Heterogeneity in peer effects in random dormitory assignment in a developing country ," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization , Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 117-134. (repec.org)
  • Ever since the economic and socio-cultural progress of the country has been exceptional. (mapsofworld.com)
  • Collaborating on strategic opportunities in uranium extraction, conversion, enrichment, and fabrication supports our collective climate, energy security, and economic resilience objectives," affirmed the five countries in their joint statement. (miningweekly.com)
  • He says that immunization against the world's leading killer of children under age five is considered a priority in developing countries, where limited access to effective inoculation has left more than 800,000 children defenseless against infections that, when compounded by HIV/AIDS, most often can mean death. (voanews.com)
  • We have all seen shamefully inadequate housing, and we know that even in our own country there are children that go to bed hungry every night. (calitics.com)
  • By this measure, mobility in a country will be equally high if children of rich parents become poor or children of poor parents become rich. (unu.edu)
  • The data are granular enough for us to assess the social mobility prospects of children born in different neighborhoods of the same country . (unu.edu)
  • A substantial number of children (approximately 20%) who undergo cleft palate repair develop a complex speech production disorder. (medscape.com)
  • If things are not brought under control in less developed countries, it could come back to hurt developed countries later on," she added. (ipsnews.net)
  • The rise in obesity and related diseases in less developed countries can be traced in large part to the rapid nutrition transition in these countries-the shift from a diet of simple and sometimes traditional foods with little variation to a diet more reliant on processed foods, animal-source foods, fat, and sugar. (prb.org)
  • But while all of these trends mimic similar progressions in developed countries at the turn of the 20th century, their development has been radically accelerated in less developed countries. (prb.org)
  • Thus, stressing medical interventions to treat obesity and its consequences will not be practical for most less-developed countries. (prb.org)
  • Classification of any given country differs across sources, and sometimes, these classifications or the specific terminology used is considered disparaging. (wikipedia.org)
  • Furthermore, the sequencing and publication of the complete genome of C. jejuni NCTC 11168 have heralded a renaissance of interest in this organism, offering researchers worldwide, including in developing countries, novel ways to contribute to the understanding the organism's biology ( 13 ) . (cdc.gov)
  • Electric utility companies in developing countries face similar pressures as those in developed countries to improve the customer experience, but often operate under very different technical circumstances, market conditions and policy environments. (deloitte.com)
  • As a result, the dynamic model yields similar consumption-based emissions estimation for many developed countries comparing with the traditional model, but it highlights the dynamics of fast-developing countries. (lu.se)
  • The suggestions come from preliminary data from a study assessing the cost-effectiveness of two interventions - voluntary salt reduction by industry, and taxation on salt - in 19 developing countries. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Sadly, in developing countries, it will take a long time before we are able to see the fine grained data needed to conduct rigorous empirical analysis of patterns of social mobility both across and within countries. (unu.edu)
  • It's made clear, through graphics and data, that the developing world's problems are growing exponentially. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, whose country holds the organization's presidency this year, said on Friday that U.N. data shows that 10 countries account for 90% of patents and 70% of exports of advanced digital production technologies. (yahoo.com)
  • The international project, launched March 6 in Geneva, will give users in more than 115 developing countries access to a wide range of essential legal information for their work and studies that they would not normally be able to obtain. (cornell.edu)
  • In many countries, resources are stretched thin," international policy expert and found of the Difference Group advisory organisation, Dr. Dan Steinbock, told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
  • This type of process can help prompt a transparent and constructive discussion on funding flows and the work by international partners in recipient countries. (wri.org)
  • This conference is an opportunity for building convergence between that work and developing the agroecology agenda in international and national spaces," said Sophia Murphy, Ph.D., IATP executive director. (iatp.org)