When the federal government shut down in 1995-1996 because of a budget standoff between Republicans and President Clinton, the GOP faced a huge backlash when Americans were unable to access basic government services, such as obtaining a passport or visiting the national zoo.
Though the current applications, the MicroConsignment Model has provided more and more micro-entrepreneurs with income opportunities and additional villagers are gaining access to basic products that they would likely not otherwise have reasonable access to.
Lack of access to basic services remains the most worrisome malaise, dragging down India's social indicators.
Access to basic phone functions, such as date and time or missed calls.
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Many schools in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited, or no, access to basic services such as drinking water, toilets and electricity.
More cuts are on the way, but, for the moment, children of women on welfare have access to basic health care.
As I reported months ago, there is a law in place to help low-income customers have access to basic telephone service.
Experts agree that maternal deaths could be prevented if women had access to basic medical care during pregnancy, delivery and immediately after childbirth.
MPs are concerned that this could deter people from taking tests or create a group of people without access to basic financial services.
But he has not forgotten his roots -- or the fact that many refugees in Africa continue to lack access to basic sanitation.
This by extension suggests that almost half of the entire population has limited access to basic social services such as health, secure livelihoods and education.
It is a real question whether it benefits or harms society for a commercial entity to control access to basic knowledge and potentially limit its redistribution.
Romania's constitution provides legal guarantees for citizens to have access to basic social services, including education which are free and compulsory up to the age of 16.
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Our first task was, at that time, making sure that people who were in refugee camps in Darfur had access to basic water, food, other necessities of life.
While the enabling environment for true media freedom is improving, the harsh reality is that many in the world still do not have access to basic communication technology.
Various prominent government officials endorsed equitable access to basic education and thus the importance of bilingual education as basic human right as well as a strategy for poverty reduction.
As access to basic utilities winked and sputtered out, the need for vital news, information and simple fellowship kept residents of our Sandy ravaged Eastern seaboard glued to their Smartphones.
Minnesota lawyer and businessman Scott Hillstrom started HealthStore in 1997 after traveling through Kenya and noticing that one of the big problems there was lack of reliable access to basic generic drugs.
But more worrying still, is the consistent failure to achieve the other half of the same MDG goal -- that of halving the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation.
While the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean have made remarkable progress in-terms of access to basic education for all and to the subsequent education level, and their education systems.
There, once you hit the Connect My Glass button, you'll be asked to link your Google account with the service, and grant it access to basic account information, your location and your Google Glass timeline.
Chapeu Mangueira was one of those slums where people lived in shacks, survived on pennies a day, lacked access to basic services and, in general, lived in extreme poverty and marginalized from the rest of society.
The combination of software, broadband networks and powerful, affordable devices is making it possible to put high-quality educational resources into the hands of any teacher or student who has access to basic technology infrastructure and tools.
Consequently Queen Maxima will be allowed to carry on her current charitable works which include helping immigrants to integrate and an important role with the United Nations assisting those who have no access to basic financial services.
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The continued prevalence of illiteracy in the country is due to a number of socio-economic factors including high levels of poverty and the general lack of development, all of which prevents many people from gaining access to basic education.
Recalling the leap of faith that so many of her students and friends took to support her along the way, she knew it was her turn to give back to the nearly three billion women who lack access to basic financial services.
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In the area of human development and social inclusion, the UN will continue to work towards reducing poverty, improving access to basic services in areas such as health, education and social protection, and achieving a more equitable and sustainable local and regional development for improving the socio-economic conditions of all, especially vulnerable groups.
Despite the coordinated efforts of the Member States of UNESCO, millions of young girls and boys are still deprived of basic rights, such as access to education, basic quality of life and dignified work, preventing them from participating fully in their society.
They are also trying to fine-tune their network spending so they can more-or-less break even on providing basic access.
It guarantees Poles access to free basic health care and education until the age of 18 and promises to promote employment.
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