National poverty rate ( of population) ____________

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

at the high rate

15. A high rate of economic growth and job creation were crucial to poverty eradication, particularly in countries with rapid population growth.

26. Low rate of activity and high unemployment rate.

However, the socio economic conditions of the Palestinian refugees remained difficult, characterized by a high rate of unemployment, extreme poverty, overcrowding and inadequate infrastructure.

(c) The high rate of abortion

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

COLOMBIA ILLITERACY RATE BY SEX AND POVERTY LEVEL, 1978 1993

And then it's a high savings rate.

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.

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.

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

(c) A high interest rate on house loans

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

Unemployment and poverty rates are very high.

However, despite this campaign the illiteracy rate remained high.

The rate of unemployment among men is very high.

Your department has developed a remarkably high casualty rate.

Of all regions, sub Saharan Africa has the fastest rate of urbanization accompanied by a high rate of infant mortality, low life expectancy, low literacy and a high rate of HIV AIDS infection.

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.

The Committee is concerned at the high maternal mortality rate.

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.

218. The Committee is concerned at the high maternal mortality rate.

Concerning children, the Committee notes that the mortality rate remains high.

The high priority subprogrammes registered a 90 per cent implementation rate.

36. The Committee expressed its concern at the high vacancy rate.

36. The Committee expressed its concern over the high vacancy rate.

Many of these micro institutions claim a high rate of repayment.

The rate of renewal of administrative detention orders was very high.

The StanfordBinet scale doesn't go high enough to rate Judd's I.Q.

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.

The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

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

As a result, it was difficult to reconcile a high vacancy rate in the posts authorized under the programme budget with the high delivery rate of programmed and additional outputs

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

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.

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.

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

High level segment Economic growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s

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