There remain many other countries with deplorable animal welfare standards.

I thought you had higher standards.

New vehicle emission standards meet the most stringent equivalent European standards, and are higher than in the United States.

There is a need for higher standards than those set by the Kimberley Process.

Quality control will enable higher standards to be set, quickly and at reasonable cost.

Meanwhile, for Brazil s new middle class, higher incomes have meant higher tax payments and thus a growing sense of entitlement to improvements in living standards.

(a) Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development

Lack of labor standards in one part of the world undermines the social welfare of workers in other parts of the world.

Even though new standards would apply to suppliers from all exporting countries, compliance costs usually vary, meaning that those less equipped to meet higher standards could suffer.

Securities issuers and traders were required to release more information, and were subjected to higher transparency standards.

We are also applying higher technical standards and specifications for vehicles to ensure their safety and operating condition.

The prize is higher living standards for Russia s long suffering people and a recovery in the country s international standing.

Mauritians have chosen a path that leads to higher levels of social cohesion, welfare, and economic growth and to a lower level of inequality.

On the positive side, we have broad agreement on higher quality capital and liquidity standards with appropriate phase in arrangements.

Since entering the euro zone in 2001, social welfare expenditures increased at an annual rate that was 3.6 percentage points higher than that of GDP growth.

Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to develop higher aviation safety and security standards in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions,

The US has at long last done some of this in adopting new and much higher standards for automobile fuel efficiency.

For many decades, Californians had rapidly rising living standards, great public K 12 and higher education systems, and unprecedented upward mobility.

Next up is French President Nicolas Sarkozy s anticipated re election bid. France has higher taxes and social welfare benefits than the United Kingdom, Canada, or the US.

Elsewhere, yields have been a little higher around 2 in Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand but still very low by historical standards.

Social welfare and child protection laws guarantee the rights set out by international standards and incorporated into the basic conventions of the International Labour Organization in this area.

Even with the prevalence of dollar indexation across the region, exchange rate appreciation would still help promote cheaper imports and higher living standards.

They know full well that their popularity can be sustained only if they are able to deliver growth, employment, and higher living standards.

Population welfare is an essential component of government's welfare programmes.

UNHCR has encouraged member States, as they transpose the relevant Directives into national law, to adopt standards in line with international law and best practice, including where these are higher than the minimum standards in the Directives.

Predictably, therefore, animal welfare advocates are not and should not be satisfied, even if, as the European Commission s scientific and veterinary advice indicates, the new standards will reduce animal suffering.

In 2012, the growth rate of M2 was about 14 , relatively low by historical standards, but still significantly higher than the nominal GDP growth rate.

The resulting data showed Chinese prices to be 40 higher than previously thought Chinese living standards were then revised downward by roughly the same proportion.

If you are a researcher, I hold you to a higher standard of moral conscience, to remain ethical in your research, and not compromise human welfare in your search for answers.

In countries with pent up demand for higher income and welfare, democratic fervor could lead to large budget deficits, excessive wage demands, and high inflation, ultimately resulting in severe economic crises.

These are the people who are doing the bulk of the site, and they are, in a sense, semi professionals at what they're doing, that the standards we set for ourselves are equal to or higher than professional standards of quality.

The problem is not that governments lack resources to spend, but that higher government spending, taxes, and debt are eroding economic growth and future living standards.

It is realized that application of higher standards will be a challenge for some Customs services, so a capacity building plan and program is being developed.

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Welfare and recreation

Welfare and recreation

There was a central Child Welfare Board and local welfare boards in 75 districts.

Contrary to his predictions, capitalism spawned ever higher standards of living for more than a century, while attempts to implement radically different systems have fallen spectacularly short.

Such negotiations tend to result in deeper market access and higher regulatory standards than negotiations at the multilateral level, and therefore could have implications for developing countries.

If this is more than lip service, and if she really carries out a serious reform of the German welfare state s incentive structure, the result could be higher employment and structural economic growth.

Revolutions tend to confront new governments with steeply rising social demands (for wage increases and higher welfare spending, for example) at a time of capital flight, financial turmoil, and deep disruptions of production.

(c) National initiatives for setting standards and undertaking policy, legislative, regulatory and administrative reforms to strengthen health, education, social welfare and other social service systems, as part of United Nations support to improved governance

The Welfare State, RIP

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Basic health and welfare