Unemployment and poverty rates are very high.

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

Also, effective poverty reduction needed high and sustainable growth.

The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

His Government placed high priority on the eradication of poverty.

We only ranked high when it comes to poverty, corruption,

Socially, the current situation is characterised by high unemployment and poverty compounded by high population growth.

The high level of income inequality requires specific poverty reduction efforts.

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

The poverty level of families with disabled members is also high.

Environmental degradation appears to reinforce links between poverty and high fertility.

The poverty level of families with disabled members is also high.

Policies for poverty reduction should therefore promote both a faster rate of growth and a high growth elasticity of poverty.

Hopes were high that he would deliver progress against the extraordinary poverty.

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

Measures aimed at reducing poverty should take into account the linkages between high poverty levels, illiteracy and the potential for corruption.

For some Parties, a high percentage of the population live in absolute poverty.

In Sub Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, poverty and hunger remain stubbornly high.

In addition to the high poverty rate, the inequality gap continued to be wide.

The social and economic picture continues to show high levels of poverty and inequality.

The relatively high poverty level contributes to a lower health status of the population.

A high degree of nutritional deprivation is considered to be an indicator of poverty.

International financial institutions should continue to attach high priority to the eradication of poverty.

Despite differences in the status of women in poverty in rural and urban areas, poverty patterns and women apos s coping mechanisms are similar and the intergenerational transmission of poverty is high.

Currently, the Maghreb countries suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and high prices for basic commodities.

The legacy was poverty, lack of education and an enormously high rate of infant mortality.

These high levels of unemployment and poverty lead to a low level of social integration.

Schools underperform poverty remains high and the resulting high rates of unemployment and crime impose huge financial and social costs on US society.

Despite the global decline in absolute poverty, the goal of redressing disproportionately high poverty levels among women and their insufficient access to economic resources remained elusive.

It is a small country that already faces drought, a high unemployment rate and widespread poverty.

Poverty, landlessness, and lack of access to education and health services lead to high fertility rates.

Because most of those high fertility countries are among the least developed countries where levels of extreme poverty are high, the advantages that can be brought by the demographic bonus can also contribute to the reduction of poverty.

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.

The Millennium Development Goals placed high priority on the mobilization of all efforts aimed at poverty eradication.

The achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of eradicating poverty requires more than just high economic growth.

A high population growth rate was usually an indicator of poverty rather than the cause of it.

Even in the higher income countries, however, a high incidence of poverty persists, particularly in rural areas.

Almost inevitably this entails a reduction in high fertility rates, parallel to development and poverty alleviation initiatives.

Indonesia's high population and rapid industrialisation present serious environmental issues, which are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under resourced governance.

As a consequence, a high percentage of the country's population, 45.8 per cent, is living in poverty, while 15.1 per cent of the total population lives in extreme poverty.

In Egypt and Greece, for example, rising poverty, high unemployment, and financial turmoil could place governments under pressure.

Economic growth by itself is not sufficient, and high growth rates alone will not guarantee significant poverty reduction.

Parties recognized that poverty leads to high dependence on natural resources and the environment resulting in their overexploitation.

Poverty in the developing countries affected mainly women and girls, causing high illiteracy rates and aggravating health conditions.

A session entitled Voices against poverty was added as a special feature of the 2005 high level segment.