Moreover, large numbers of Palestinians were suffering from increasing poverty.

The urbanization of poverty and the increasing vulnerability of youth

Several delegations supported the UNICEF focus on poverty and the organization's increasing engagement with poverty reduction strategies (PRSs).

Increasing agricultural productivity was considered essential to achieving poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.

Aware of the increasing feminization of poverty and the fact that women are the main actors in organizations combating poverty and social exclusion,

Other priorities of the Government included reducing poverty and increasing wages for the public sector.

The Global Citizen Festival, which stated in 2012, is an extension of the Global Poverty Project, an international advocacy group hoping to end poverty by increasing the number of people actively fighting against it.

Africa is the only continent where rural poverty has been increasing and per capita food production has been declining over the last two decades.

The Committee is also concerned about reports of increasing poverty among older persons, the more so as HKSAR is facing the problem of a rapidly ageing society.

The combination of poverty, unemployment, environmental and health problems, often exacerbated by violent conflicts, is placing increasing numbers of young people in cities at risk.

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.

Since the reforms of the late 1980s, less advanced economies have been facing massive poverty and increasing inequality.

The rate of TB cases in the post war period is increasing when compared to the pre war period, which is directly connected with the poverty of the population.

The Committee is concerned that in the Hong Kong SAR insufficient resources are allocated to reduce poverty and that income disparities are increasing within the population.

Similarly, recent UNDP and World Bank initiatives indicate increasing interest in issues related to combating desertification insofar as it is related to the fight against poverty.

They were the victims of all kinds of violence, ranging from killings, arrests of family members and increasing poverty.

NAM is concerned at increasing global military expenditure, which could otherwise be spent on development, poverty eradication and elimination of diseases, in particular in the developing countries.

Even with Social Security s mildly redistributive effect, poverty and inequality in America are increasing. Privatization will only make matters worse.

The paradox of Africa is the extreme and increasing poverty of its people, who face many problems, including ill health, in a land so richly endowed with natural resources.

The number of women living in poverty was, however, increasing, especially among older women and Traveller women, and more women were living in poverty in Ireland than in any other European country.

In order to address global poverty effectively, world leaders must pursue poverty reduction policies that support inclusive, sustainable economic growth and development in turn increasing the fiscal resources that are available for social spending.

The ESCAP region has the largest number of absolute poor (two thirds of the world's poor) and several countries have increasing poverty levels.

Amid growing recognition that the incidence of poverty was increasing in Pakistan, the Government of Pakistan adopted a comprehensive strategy in November 2001.

Many of the talks yesterday talked about improving the quality of life, and reducing poverty, and essentially increasing life expectancy all around the globe.

The UNRWA Relief and Social Services Programme focused on the most vulnerable refugees, recognizing also the increasing burden of poverty that falls on women.

Increasing globalisation and trade liberalization have multiple impacts on the capacity of developing countries to create employment, livelihood opportunities and to achieve poverty eradication goals.

The Doha negotiations provide a major and unique platform for increasing the contribution of the multilateral trading system to poverty alleviation and human development objectives.

In its economic report on Africa, 2005, entitled, Meeting the challenges of unemployment and poverty in Africa , ECA presented policy recommendations for increasing investment that will lead to employment creation, especially in the private sector, and to poverty reduction.

Noise is increasing in the brain.

Alcohol consumption is increasing every year.

KPS training and mentoring is increasing.

The economy contracted in 2012, and wages declined, despite increases in Germany and some northern countries. Reliable statistics are not yet available, but poverty in Europe s south is increasing for the first time in decades.

Slower economic growth will cause a shortfall of jobs for new entrants to the workforce, thereby increasing the incidence of poverty. Indeed, the number of people living in absolute poverty is likely to increase by 10 million, bringing the total to more than 70 million, or 40 of the population.

Creating jobs to address poverty and strengthen democratic governance in the least developed countries is beneficial to the most developed countries, because social instability and environmental devastation will increase illegal immigration, in turn increasing global stability.

Technology is increasing at a comparable rate.

The gap in technological capabilities is increasing.

The interdependence of States is sharply increasing.

Trends are also following similar patterns use of cannabis is increasing heroin use is stable or decreasing and use of ATS and cocaine is increasing.

The consequences of such policy are a long term decrease of the birth rate in BiH due to the increasing poverty, and we can freely state talk about the feminization of poverty , a term that has become common in our parts as well.

While developing countries continue to mobilize domestic resources and to formulate and implement national development poverty eradication strategies, the international community should respond actively by increasing financial aid.

Poverty alleviation was essential to improve the status of women and could be pursued by increasing official development assistance levels and cancelling debt to heavily indebted poor countries.

The fertility rate is declining and contraceptive use is increasing.

My faith in the next generation is increasing.

The participation of women in sport is increasing.

In this respect, the increasingly fragmented nature of global discourse characterized by underdevelopment, poverty, insecurity and alienation in large parts of the world and increasing concentration of wealth linked to excessive consumption and trends of global environmental degradation have contributed to increasing global tensions and insecurity.