The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals has been uneven across regions and there are wide disparities in the realization of specific Goals.

Addressing health disparities

Existing policies to achieve social cohesion are based on the belief that, if uncorrected, the free play of market forces will lead to wide disparities in income and thus intensify social conflict.

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.

Girls' education has faced multiple challenges arising from emergencies, the prevalence of HIV AIDS, deepening poverty and persistent disparities, while opportunities have been created by partnership initiatives, sectoral reforms and sector wide approaches (SWAps).

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

The fatal divergences that are most frequently cited include differences in growth rates, job creation, and unemployment rates, as well as dramatic disparities in current account balances, all of which may be traceable to wide deviations in unit labor costs.

The representative of Namibia noted the rapid deterioration of the situation of children and women in the country, owing to HIV AIDS, food insecurity, declining capacity to deliver services and the legacy of apartheid, which resulted in wide income disparities.

But why did these disparities arise in the first place?

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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System wide coherence

System wide coherence

More puzzling is the fact that more generous welfare policies do not translate into smaller health disparities.

Significant disparities in smoking, physical exercise, diet, and alcohol consumption afflict many of Western Europe s welfare states.

If China s authorities continue to encourage domestic migration, the problem of regional disparities will eventually be solved.

That pathetic contrast will inevitably lead to even greater inequality, because it will widen the existing disparities.

However, by eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education, it had fulfilled Millennium Development Goal 3.

Thus, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of regional issues particularly inter regional disparities for China s politics.

Though such disparities can, of course, have other causes as well, geography does seem to explain a lot.

This will sustain, if not deepen, global disparities, especially given northern countries unwillingness to allow free international migration.

Eurobonds would not cure disparities in competitiveness eurozone countries would still need to undertake their own structural reforms.

Already large disparities in income and wealth will continue to deepen, amplified by higher inflation and financial repression.

And there are still too many disparities based on gender, location, wealth, disability, and other markers of marginalization.

In addition, various structural problems including large and growing income disparities are causing serious disequilibrium in the economy.