standards of living

Since the reform and opening-up, the public standards of living have been dramatically improved.

It did not suffer the low standards of living typical of the Asian and African colonies, . . .

Research on governance shows that improved standards of living are largely the result of improved governance, and not the other way around.

Instead we appear to be clutching at our past standards of living, hoping for a vigorous but delayed cyclical recovery.

Never before have so many people around the world experienced such a rapid increase in their standards of living and wealth.

Brunei - Thanks to its sizable oil and gas reserves, the citizens of Brunei now enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world.

Good governance delivers a large "development dividend" in the form of higher standards of living and poverty alleviation.

The proposed solution to this "Greenhouse Effect" is, surprise! , more government spending and control, and lower human standards of living.

Welfare benefits will also be improved in rural areas to reduce the gap in standards of living between town and country.

It would take a lot to keep an African child in school with the improving standards of living, technology and lifestyle.

If policymakers choose to buffer their populations against every conceivable risk, their standards of living would almost certainly decline.

Most significantly, China had "coupled" its growth to the west, becoming an export powerhouse to ensure ever rising standards of living.

The colonias were built to meet the demand for cheap housing, with little concern for structural integrity or standards of living.

But they can point out that this pattern also damages the standards of living of ordinary Chinese.

Urbanization is the linchpin to China's development. It raises standards of living and encourages residents to become consumers.

The huge gap in standards of living from one province to the next, or from large cities to rural areas, is astonishing.

Higher standards of living, then, reduce fertility. And lower fertility improves living standards.

This bias leads to an excess of buffers at the expense of our standards of living.

This is the result of higher wages and the resultant standards of living within the Indian IT industry.

Many citizens complain that the policy would dilute national identity and hurt standards of living.

They would ensure that growth, with accompanying improvements in standards of living, was sustainable.

Since then, Brazil, Russia, India and China have seen impressive growth figures and improved standards of living.

If the larger stones, symptoms, the hospitals will be closed in accordance with standards of living in-patient treatment.

The first reason is that relatively small differences in economic growth make big differences to standards of living, in the long run.

In most countries wages are rising steadily, increasing prosperity and raising standards of living.

GDP is a modern term, but the urge to count the nation's produce and compare countries' standards of living predates Adam Smith.

That may not be possible if we wish to maintain today's levels of productivity and standards of living.

And in the search for growth and higher standards of living, countries will continue to use free markets and free trade to power their rise.

Improved governance leads to higher standards of living and poverty alleviation.

The people of South Sudan believe that their economic status and standards of living will improve if they form a new republic.

The challenge today is not merely to improve the material standards of living.

Most poor people coming to the city aspire to higher standards of living and consumption.

Income is needed to raise standards of living and create incentives for local people to conserve the fragile natural environment.

According to Eurostat, standards of living in Romania are among the lowest in the EU.

Not only do we know, empirically, that massive deficits raise interest rates, cut private investment and depress standards of living.

Soviet economic decisions had little impact on western standards of living.

Citizens have huge expectations about rising standards of living.

This, and goods too expensive from the view of other countries, will cause trade to cease, resulting in lower standards of living.

Where sanitation and standards of living have improved, the likelihood of acquiring H. pylori is low but not impossible.

Those who want to go abroad often have higher material standards of living than their peers in the West.

On the one hand, it is a useful calculation to make certain international comparisons with regard to standards of living.

Nationalism has the potential to wreck the world economy by disrupting the trade flows that help us raise our standards of living.

To some extent, the modest uptick in income and standards of living reflects the precipitous growth of the Texas-Mexico border.

We have known for ages that, as standards of living improve, health gets better.

The standards of living for urban and rural people improved with the steady increase of people's income.

Expectations with standards of living is relative.

What this would mean for our standards of living and the strength of society is alarming.

It also means that as China's standards of living rise, they have more purchasing power.

The USA still has one of the highest standards of living in the world.

Over time, a better balanced economy, with higher wages and standards of living, will emerge.

Standards of living here are relatively high.

Standards of living are up but standards for living are down.

We want to get to Western standards of living, but to do it all peacefully.

8, Globalization has helped hundreds of millions of people attain higher standards of living.

Americans enjoy some of the highest standards of living in the world.

Rising populations, rising standards of living are putting more and more pressure on scarce natural resources and weak infrastructure .

These are improvements, moreover, that stay in Africa and raise the standards of living for millions of Africans, not just an elite few.

At a stroke, they will end poor standards of living whilst at the same time massively reducing pollution.

The people in both urban and rural areas have seen their incomes increase and their standards of living improve.

By drawing attention to new ideas it helps enormously to raise standards of living.

And so both sides raise each other's standards of living through the sexual division of labor.

They only know the highest standards of living and economic freedom.

A nation unable to support diversity of its Wildlife is unable to support the standards of living of its people. ---- Tom Lovejoy

singaporeans enjoy one of asia ' s highest standards of living under some of the world ' s strictest laws

Standards of living have gone up dramatically, but the progress has negative aspects as well as the obvious positive ones

Why Agricultural Subsidies Waste Resources and Reduce Standards of Living

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