Addressing the Widening Gap

The gap between the developed and developing countries is widening.

The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

And you see the female line since 1984, the gap is widening.

The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world was widening.

They also have the potential for widening the gap between rich and poor.

The gap between the more advanced developing economies and the weaker ones is widening.

33. Technological advances, especially in communication, information and biotechnology, are widening the gap between countries.

However, notwithstanding these efforts, the gap in the capability for sound management of chemicals is widening.

The phenomenon of globalization had led to a widening of the development gap between North and South.

Indeed, the application of rigid solutions has contributed rather to a further widening of the gap between countries.

The widening gap between rich and poor nations and within States had great potential for social and political instability.

26. The widening gap between rich and poor has led to dissatisfaction among a large section of the population.

However, politics were local and there was a widening gap between what citizens demanded and what Governments could deliver.

Whereas markets have become global, Governments remain local, however, and in key respects the capability gap between them is widening.

This gap in science and technology capacity between the developed countries and a majority of developing countries is generally still widening.

Paper submitted by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety on the strategic approach to international chemicals management addressing the widening gap

The gap between the developed and developing world is widening, and we are all greatly concerned about increased poverty in many developing countries.

The gap between the current reality and the hopes of reconciliation, peace and prosperity engendered by the 1993 peace process was unfortunately widening.

As a result of the adverse effects of globalization and the widening technology gap, developing countries were becoming more marginalized in the world economy.

However, despite such increases, the Secretary General reports that the gap between male and female literacy rates in Asia and Africa appears to be widening.

A major concern after the withdrawal of UNAMSIL would be a widening information gap, as currently there is no clear cut Government public information policy.

We urgently need to move from rhetoric to action, because the gap between the haves and the have nots is widening dramatically instead of narrowing.

The IFCS Forum IV meeting recommended that a process to strengthen efforts to address the widening capacity gap between developed and developing countries should be developed.

At the same time, paradoxically, explosive HIV growth continues in most regions of the world, and the prevention gap is widening between rich and poor countries.

It is also recognized that the world is now at a crossroads, marked by the progressive widening of the gap between the richest countries and the poorest.

Globalization in its current form has been partly blamed for the widening gap between rich and poor countries, as measured by the inequality of average incomes across countries.

12. Malta remains particularly concerned at the ever widening demographic gap in the Mediterranean between the relatively affluent and ageing North and an economically disadvantaged and youthful South.

13. Official development assistance, far from increasing, had been falling, widening the gap between rich and poor countries and jeopardizing the world apos s stability, security and peace.

The widening gap between national savings and domestic investment affirms the widely held view that inflows of external resources are most critical to achieving accelerated investment and growth.

The widening knowledge and technology gap between nations and peoples as a result of the rapid rate of technological development, the knowledge revolution, and scientific progress and its applications

Our world today is witnessing rapid and successive developments, often marked by an increase of tensions and the widening of the development gap between the North and the South.

Fourth Session of the IFCS, Bangkok, Thailand, 1 7 November 2003, Final Report, Executive Summary, Addressing the Widening Gap Among Countries in Following Chemical Safety Policies, IFCS ForumIV 16w.

It was therefore urgent to close the widening gap between different regions of the developing world by establishing everywhere the infrastructure needed for the growth of the private sector.

The world needs cooperation, solidarity and mutual assistance to bridge the widening, deepening gap between wealth and power on the one hand and suffering, poverty and death on the other.

The secretariat has the honour to circulate, in the annex to the present note, the IFCS paper on addressing the widening gap, for consideration by the Committee at its third session.

The ever widening gap between North and South and the great disparity between rich and poor had become a major factor that bred new conflicts and wars and undermined regional stability.

46. Such problems required immediate follow up, taking into account the fact that the growth of mass migration was inseparable from the widening development gap between the North and the South.

As a result of the widening gap with regard to access to technology, our countries have fallen behind in their efforts to advance and to ensure the well being of their people.

The activities of UNIDO should be seen as part of the global effort to bridge the widening gap between rich and poor with a view to reversing the negative effects of globalization.

While the world economy appeared to improve continuously, the number of LDCs was increasing and the gap between developing and developed countries widening, owing to an unjust system of world economic relations.

In contrast, government employees average weekly earnings rose by 1.2 per cent from 600.57 in 1995 to 607.73 in 1996, widening the gap between the wages in the government and private sectors.

Deeply concerned at the inadequacy of measures to narrow the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, which adversely affects the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly in the developing countries,

The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (Forum IV) considered the issue of the widening gap between developed countries and developing countries in their ability to pursue chemical safety policies.

Conscious that there exists a connection between the growing problem of racism and racial discrimination and global social and economic developments, including the widening gap between rich and poor within and between countries,