Poverty Alleviation Poverty alleviation is a high priority of the Government of Pakistan.

Unemployment and poverty rates are very high.

The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

The high level of income inequality requires specific poverty reduction efforts.

Hopes were high that he would deliver progress against the extraordinary poverty.

Many non Annex I Parties reported that poverty reduction is the overriding developing priority due to their high levels of poverty.

In Sub Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, poverty and hunger remain stubbornly high.

In addition to the high poverty rate, the inequality gap continued to be wide.

The social and economic picture continues to show high levels of poverty and inequality.

Schools underperform poverty remains high and the resulting high rates of unemployment and crime impose huge financial and social costs on US society.

Currently, the Maghreb countries suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and high prices for basic commodities.

Because most of those high fertility countries are among the least developed countries where levels of extreme poverty are high, the advantages that can be brought by the demographic bonus can also contribute to the reduction of poverty.

Despite the global decline in absolute poverty, the goal of redressing disproportionately high poverty levels among women and their insufficient access to economic resources remained elusive.

It is a small country that already faces drought, a high unemployment rate and widespread poverty.

The Committee expresses its concern at the high and increasing number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the State party, especially in rural areas.

The Millennium Development Goals placed high priority on the mobilization of all efforts aimed at poverty eradication.

As a consequence, a high percentage of the country's population, 45.8 per cent, is living in poverty, while 15.1 per cent of the total population lives in extreme poverty.

Indonesia's high population and rapid industrialisation present serious environmental issues, which are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under resourced governance.

In Egypt and Greece, for example, rising poverty, high unemployment, and financial turmoil could place governments under pressure.

Economic growth by itself is not sufficient, and high growth rates alone will not guarantee significant poverty reduction.

Parties recognized that poverty leads to high dependence on natural resources and the environment resulting in their overexploitation.

In this context, it is important to remember that rapid economic growth and high and sustained levels of employment facilitate poverty reduction and are critical to attaining poverty eradication objectives.

The ILO World Social Security Report found high or very high vulnerability, in terms of poverty and labor market informality, in 58 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia.

Finally, high finance allows for portfolio diversification, so that individual investors can seek high expected returns without being forced to assume large, idiosyncratic risks of bankruptcy and poverty.

We only ranked high when it comes to poverty, corruption, lack of freedom of speech, lack of political activism.

The high vulnerability and the lack of empowerment and representation of women are other key dimensions when fighting poverty.

South East Europe and the CIS countries have a high share of people living in poverty, with the incidence remaining high in seven low income countries in that region.

The result, however, is that everybody loses. Schools underperform poverty remains high and the resulting high rates of unemployment and crime impose huge financial and social costs on US society.

Initial conditions are so low that only high and sustained growth levels may have a noticeable impact on poverty reduction.

Using the map, we can see that poverty rates are high in the northern and central parts of the country.

Poverty in the Caribbean was generally characterized by large income disparities and was linked to a high rate of unemployment.

Nevertheless, the rate of poverty remains intolerably high and it is not likely that the continent will attain Millennium Development Goal 1 of reducing poverty by half by 2015 at current rates of growth.

Additionally, poverty, religion, tradition, and conflict make the rate of child marriage in Sub Saharan Africa very high in some regions.

Widespread poverty, illiteracy, discrimination against women, corruption, lack of accountability, and high levels of youth unemployment continue to cause serious concern.

If the global poverty reduction target is met, it will be due to high growth in emerging countries such as China or India rather than to a decline in absolute poverty in the neediest countries.

Despite the economic growth resulting from reforms undertaken by Hosni Mubarak s regime in recent years, unemployment and poverty remained at high levels.

Argentina s high levels of social exclusion and poverty remain unsolved problems that must be addressed if long term growth is to be sustained.

One reason is that Africa s recent growth rates, while high by international standards, remain too low to have a substantial impact on poverty.

The situation of the refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory was dismal, characterized by high unemployment, extreme poverty, overcrowded shelters and inadequate infrastructure.

Tonga's performance on the Human Development Index and the Human Poverty Index reflects a high level of expenditure in health and education, stagnant population growth and sustained high levels of investment in the social sector.

He would welcome further information on how high oil prices would affect the achievement of the Goals and on the importance of such needs assessments for the establishment of realistic Poverty Reduction Strategy Action Plans and combating poverty.

UNRWA also continues to provide emergency support to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory, where poverty rates are as high as 70 per cent.

Experience in Nigeria had shown that national efforts and resources were not enough to tackle poverty and maintain a high quality health care programme.

The number of young women engaging in prostitution, especially among internally displaced persons, is rising because of the high level of unemployment and poverty.

The decline in world cocoa prices, combined with increased prices for imports, had depressed incomes and living standards in the country, which also had a high per capita debt and a high rate of extreme poverty.