Not how to spend, but how to live . . .

And they all treat learning, not as some sort of academic, analytical activity, but as that's something that's productive, something you make, something that you can do, perhaps earn a living from.

They recognize that, while their supporters may be devout Muslims, they also need to earn a living empty hotels and beaches would be economically disastrous.

Do you know what Tom does for a living?

We need to turn rural areas into vibrant and economically stable communities that provide opportunities for young people to earn a living, build their capacities, and start a family.

Livelihoods destroyed by the tsunami have not been restored.

The region has not recovered the livelihoods lost as a result of the nuclear accident.

When people don't have to worry about making a living, people will get along better.

I said, I don't know if it's the right decision or not, but I would like you to come to lunch tomorrow and tell the uncle what it's like to walk down the street, what people say to you, what you do for a living.

Hafez Omar, a Palestinian activist and artist, tweeted This is the first time since 1936 that the Palestinians have protested for the sake of the cost of living!

In a country that has been a battlefield for so long, the main means of survival is still petty trading.

The vast region and the diversified methods of earning a living contributed to illegal possession of arms.

For a time, I actually dreamed of becoming a political reporter, chasing lawmakers down the corridors of power for a living.

Mahmood Ali Balogun I think filmmaking in Nigeria, for those who work in it, is a kind of subsistence filmmaking what they do to make a living.

Facilitating the reorientation of national and regional agricultural research programming to take desertification affected livelihoods better into account

Attitudes still persist that a woman's place is the home while earning a livelihood is a man's job.

When China develops to a certain level, we don't have to struggle that hard, we don't have to only focus on making a living everyday, and neglect other things.

He was the first well known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

But in contrast to this, in the developing world, far away, the aspiration of the average family there was to have food for the day.

The Williams Treaties concerned however lands in close proximity of urbanization and protection of these rights for subsistence were not an issue.

They are to stay alive, to earn a living, to not become HIV positive.

Except for making us vomit, what purpose do they serve?

In the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, when a group of children leave their homes every morning to go to school, another group of children come out onto the streets, to work for a livelihood.

However, the Kahoku Shimpo also reports that nearly half of people in coastal settlements feel that earning a livelihood has gotten tougher since the disaster.

That what we do for a living now, all of us, I think, is find something worth changing, and then assemble tribes that assemble tribes that spread the idea and spread the idea.

It is often due to an uneven share of responsibility that women have in running the household, caring for children and even earning a living for the family as war widows.

The recovery process represents a shift in focus from saving lives to restoring livelihoods, building resilience and reducing vulnerability.

It is important that, from the outset, the goal is to reduce risk while simultaneously creating sustainable livelihood options.

That situation had severe psychological effects on the Palestinian population and prevented the Palestinians living in the occupied territories from earning a decent living.

Israeli actions target entire communities, preventing people from practising their livelihoods, from attending schools and universities or visiting health and social institutions.

The continued practice of laying landmines in fields and forests, and the lack of mine clearance, has had a negative impact upon the freedom of movement of civilians and their economic right to earn a living.

Another important thematic area to be covered involves the enhancement of rural community livelihoods through efficient agro supply chains.

Despite efforts to diversify, most households in rural areas still depend on land and natural resources for their basic subsistence.

They're amazing creatures that really change how you view the world because they're not that different from us They're trying to make a living, they're trying to raise their offspring, they're trying to get on and survive in the world.

The transformation of grasslands into deserts due to deforestation, encroachment into forests for subsistence farming, overgrazing, and loss of biodiversity and soil threaten the entire continent.

Imagine the obstacles 500 million young people entering the workforce over the next 10 years young people with little opportunity to earn a living will face.

The livelihood component includes learning processes concerning skills development involving existing alternative sources of income such as abaca fibre production, handicraft making and cash crop production.

The Framework for Action listed among key activities the development of early warning systems that are people centred and take into account the demographic, gender, cultural and livelihood characteristics of the target audiences.

This is a major concern because human smugglers and traffickers often prey on women seeking asylum or livelihoods in other countries.

As part of this project, which began implementation in 2003, an integrated basic education cum livelihood development module for children and adults has been prepared.

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The flexibility with which this mechanism was used made it possible to raise resources in the sectors of shelter, livelihoods, microinfrastructure and the environment, thereby allowing for the implementation of recovery plans and programmes without delay.

That is why Haiti needs the private sector now more than ever to help rebuild both the country and the livelihoods of poor rural people.

Some favor a permanent expansion of the East Asian Summit.

The number of people and assets affected by disasters is also on the rise, with dramatic consequences for lives, livelihoods and hard won development gains.