There was clearly an educational access gap here that was limiting the opportunities, both economic and social, for those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Many of the questions I received after my talk were focused on the income gap and access to digital technologies.
Claims that there is no gap in college access for low-income students are based on a flawed analysis that understates college readiness and overstates enrollment figures.
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The commitment is focused on filling the gap in home access to technology and helps give students in digitally excluded homes the skills training they need to compete in the global market, increase employment opportunities and contribute to their community's economic recovery.
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There is a large funding gap in providing energy access for the poor which has not been properly addressed by existing financial mechanisms and institutions.
Representatives of African countries, ASEAN, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of American States pleaded for debt relief and efforts to narrow the "digital divide" -- the fast-growing gap between nations with access to information technology and those starved of IT.
The industry end of the partnership is working through PowerUp, a coalition of businesses and nonprofit groups formed last year to close the "digital divide, " the gap between those who have access to technology and those less fortunate who do not.
The FAO found that if resources were equalized, if male and female farmers could have equal access to resources, if that gender gap were closed, the productivity of farmers would be 20-30 percent higher and the output would feed 150 million more people.
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Yet there is clearly a huge opportunity, given the gap between the quality of Internet access most Americans enjoy at work (through high-speed direct connections) and at home (through a copper telephone wire).
Local hotel groups have trouble filling the gap, because they cannot get ready access to capital.
For individuals, the healthcare knowledge gap needs to be closed through systematic, expanded access to healthcare education for K-12 children and adults alike, perhaps through online and other channels.
The list of critically important issues for developed countries is daunting: Rates of unemployment are unacceptable, the income gap has never been higher, too many people have no access to health care, educational systems are inadequate, there is a chronic shortage of affordable housing.
It said she went towards a gap in the fencing near a jet wash area in order to access the rear of the premises.
It stated she tripped on a kerb and fell while walking towards a gap in the fencing near a jet wash, in order to access the rear of the premises.
Broadband is not a gap, but a bridge between developed and developing countries, providing access to all of the services of modern society for the well-being of the population in general.
To close the gap, the report suggests that policy-makers work to subsidize Internet access in schools, libraries and workplaces since many minorities access the Internet outside their homes.
Her solicitors said she tripped on a kerb and fell while walking towards a gap in the fencing in a poorly lit area, while trying to access the rear of the premises.
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The partnership for the production of the course seeks to contribute with an amplified access to training in Sexual Education among educators and health professionals, fulfilling an existent gap in Brazil, given its dimensions and specificities.
She has made closing the Middle East's "knowledge divide" -- the gap in knowledge that has grown as a result of people in richer countries having more access to computers, the Internet and education than those in poorer countries -- a top priority over the next few years in the hope that it will unlock the economic potential of the region's population.
"We're exploiting the gap between what you can store in memory, which is a lot, and how frequently you access bandwidth, which is not often, " says Rakesh.
As issues such as climate change and access to affordable medicines in emerging markets hit corporate bottom lines with ever-increasing impact, this out-performance gap will grow.
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