Significant disparities in socio economic indicators evidencing a pattern of serious racial discrimination.

It is an environment that will produce deep disparities in economic performance around the world.

Thus, regional disparities in terms of economic prosperity may never narrow indeed, they could often widen.

Addressing health disparities

Within both India and Pakistan, economic disparities and a sense of social injustice have created fertile ground for conflict.

South Asia is at a critical stage in its historical transformation, when deepening economic disparities could stifle growth itself.

Overall objective The overall objective of the Major Programme is to increase economic growth, create employment, generate income and reduce economic and social disparities through fostering private sector driven entrepreneurship.

In addition to coverage disparities between countries and regions, there are significant inequities within countries clear rural urban disparities as well as coverage and service level disparities between richer and poorer households.

(p) To give appropriate priority to the collection of quantitative and qualitative data relating to disparities in education, including gender disparities

The globalization of the world economy and the liberalization of world trade were accentuating the social and economic disparities between nations more than ever before.

There must be real recognition of the economic disparities and the conditions of inequality that make a mockery of the very idea of free trade.

The Government accorded top priority to education and health nevertheless, poverty remained a major challenge and development initiatives were being realigned in order to reduce socio economic disparities.

Initiatives against terrorism would be in vain if the conditions that caused it and fed it persisted those included foreign occupation, oppression, patent injustice, exclusion, poverty and economic disparities.

But why did these disparities arise in the first place?

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

South Asia is at a critical stage in its historical transformation, when deepening economic disparities could stifle growth itself. If not addressed through direct measures, all of Asia will suffer.

However, decentralization processes alone are not a panacea for people centred development, owing to existing social and economic disparities and the often insufficient transfer of resources to the local level.

Gender disparities in respect of access to technical assistance are significant.

Deeply concerned about the disparities between rich and poor, both within and among countries, and about the adverse implications of these disparities for the promotion of human development throughout the world,

Disparities and inequalities stand in the way of countries' achieving the Goals.

This is part and parcel of globalization enhanced global economic opportunities lead to wider disparities between those who have the skill or luck to take advantage of them and those who do not.

This will cause economic growth to slacken, complicating effective management of China s domestic problems, which range from deep income disparities to the lack of political institutions capable of channeling popular grievances and demands.

Noting further the prevailing industrial gap and disparities between developed and developing countries,

Above all, it means addressing the income disparities in educational opportunity and attainment.

The willingness of the dispossessed to endure the existing disparities was fast diminishing.

These changes hit the poorest the hardest, and global trends mask deep regional disparities.

Some disparities had occurred in the calculation of conversion rates to United States dollars.

17. Recognizes that historical injustices have undeniably contributed to the poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion, economic disparities, instability and insecurity that affect many people in different parts of the world, in particular in developing countries

At the same time, the Saudi leadership is facing significant domestic challenges, including vast economic disparities, inadequate services, growing frustration with the lack of political freedom, and a difficult succession process within the royal family.

While we have managed to reduce gender disparities in education and have succeeded in improving access to sanitation and other basic facilities, great disparities remain in the levels of development both within and among our countries.

Marcos de Azambuja, former secretary general of Brazil s Foreign Ministry, agrees that international life cannot be managed solely or primarily by vast assemblies of nearly 200 states with enormous disparities in their political and economic weight.

The Council had been successful in integrating gender issues into the national plan for social and economic development for 2002 2007, thus enabling women to participate fully in the development process and to eliminate gender disparities.

Again, however, the ability of these institutions to effectively respond to citizens' needs is constrained by contextual factors, such as poverty, ethnic conflicts, and social and economic disparities among various groups and or regions within society.

Indeed, the segregation caused by the land system has enlarged rather than narrowed social disparities.

However, disparities between rural and urban populations persisted, and terrorist activities had undermined development efforts.

The Committee expressed concern about continuing gender disparities regarding educational choices of boys and girls.

Emphasizing that poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion and economic disparities are closely associated with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the persistence of racist attitudes and practices, which in turn generate more poverty,

Emphasizing that poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion and economic disparities are closely associated with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the persistence of racist attitudes and practices which in turn generate more poverty,

The target set by the new five year plan is thus also a policy manifesto to battle these social disparities, which are now a burning issue for the country. But why did these disparities arise in the first place?

Similarly, China has become more uncoordinated, or fragmented, as its income disparities have continued to widen.

In addition, the present methods for evaluating the MDGs hide the growing disparities within disadvantaged populations.

(f) To prevent and eliminate gender and urban rural disparities in school attendance and completion rates

Our collective commitment and efforts are needed to correct the imbalances and disparities in the world.

Thus, regional disparities in terms of economic prosperity may never narrow indeed, they could often widen. Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in the west, might never catch up with Suzhou, a well known manufacturing base near Shanghai.

Poverty and economic disparities between countries, limited job prospects in many rural areas and lack of safe migration channels have contributed to increasing vulnerabilities and risks on the one hand and to possibilities of exploiting them on the other.