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

The very high rate of teen pregnancy has resulted in an equally high maternal mortality rate among young women.

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.

22. The Committee expresses its deep concern about the high rate of children under 5 that are chronically malnourished (45 per cent according to government statistics), as well as the high incidence of poverty related diseases.

The central region has the highest rates of poverty (41 per cent) and extreme poverty (57.1 per cent). That region's rate of extreme poverty is the worst in Nicaragua, at 17 times the rate in Managua and three times the rate in the other Pacific departments.

She also expressed concern that despite the high literacy rate, the fertility rate, at 4.3, remained high and the contraceptive prevalence rate, 33 per cent in 1999, was low.

And then it's a high savings rate.

The high literacy rate had resulted in high standards of maternal and childcare.

Based on the research on health conditions by the national experts, published papers, the World Bank poverty study in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the World Health Organization report, it has become fully clear that the poverty rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina is high.

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

Unemployment and poverty rates are very high.

We will have to decide whether to have a low birth rate, or a high death rate.

The success rate of the nerve transfers is very high.

The fertility rate is high, at 6.6 children per woman.

Empirical evidence shows that there is no invariant relationship between the rate of growth and the rate of poverty reduction, and that even in a context of faster growth, complementary policies specifically targeting poverty are required.

Is it sustained economic decline, high and long term unemployment, poverty, rampant inflation, a precipitous fall in the exchange rate, fiscal deficits, high borrowing costs, and political dysfunction? Most would agree that a crisis exists if just some of these misery indices are present.

The high unemployment rate among women was a reflection of Latvia's overall unemployment rate, which stood at 10.6 per cent.

However, the Committee is very concerned that despite decreases in the infant mortality rate, under five mortality rate and maternal mortality rate, these rates remain very high.

The child poverty rate decreased from 17.6 percent in 2000 to 12.9 percent in 2002.

Half of single mothers in the US make less than 25,000 a year. Compared to single parents in other high income countries, American single parents have the highest poverty rate and the weakest income support system.

The population was composed of 42 distinct ethnic groups and spoke 18 different languages and, as a young, developing nation, Benin suffered from poverty, a high HIV AIDS prevalence rate and a lack of basic infrastructure.

Ms. Šimonović expressed concern at the high overall illiteracy rate and asked what steps were being taken to reduce the rate.

The poverty rate rose from 62 per cent in 1992 to 75 per cent in 2003.

When the Government came to power in 2003, the extreme poverty rate was 20.1 per cent.

The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

A significant factor among indigenous female prisoners is the high rate of recidivism.

The Bedouin population has a high rate of unemployment and low socio economic state.

In 2002, the total poverty rate in my country was 46.4 per cent because of decades of neglect.

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

Jordan asserts that the large influx of refugees into its territory caused an increase in the poverty rate in Jordan, which in turn caused an increase in the crime rate.

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Now, the rate is still too high still too many people unnecessarily losing their lives.

The Committee is deeply concerned about the high rate of abortion of the girl foetus.

Although the epidemic appears to have peaked, transmission rate among the vulnerable population remains high.

Given the Gambia's high illiteracy rate, she wondered whether the NGOs had access to radio.

The vacancy rate for professional posts at the Economic Commission for Africa was too high.

With that strategy, we aim, by 2009, to reduce the unemployment rate from 9.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent and to cut the poverty rate by half, to 8.1 percent.

The delegation of Guatemala believes that another fundamental problem is the extreme poverty prevailing in the country as well as the high rate of illiteracy and malnutrition that continue to deprive the Haitian people of their basic economic, social and cultural rights.

Ms. Khan said the high rate of maternal mortality, exacerbated by the lack of access to family planning and reproductive health services and the high rate of clandestine abortions, was indicative of the poor quality of health care available to women.

Our 27 percent obesity rate is high, even for this country, and diabetes comes with it.

Though their loan recipients were high risk by ordinary standards, the default rate was extremely low.

Unemployment remains high, at a rate between 36 and 41 per cent in the Gaza Strip.

The high rate of response from the substantive branches in completing their procurement plans is commendable.

The World Bank avoids this problem by assuming that the poverty rate of any country without such data matches the region s average. But this approach has led to North Korea being assigned essentially the same poverty rate as China, even though the former regularly receives food aid from the latter.

Of particular concern for long term stability is the 70 per cent poverty rate, high unemployment among youths, the poor quality of public service delivery, such as health and education, and the general perception that public institutions are failing to deliver services because of corruption.