Those figures are static or in some countries worsening: given the demography (Romani families are usually large), improving schooling is a matter of urgent European self-interest as well as of principle.
"For example products originating in Turkey, Mediterranean countries like Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, or some countries in South and Central America, may benefit from an exemption of customs duties or reduced duties, " he says.
While no clear changes look to be made in the United States or Canada, recent legislation in some countries has made it illegal for car insurance companies to charge different rates for men than for women.
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Sony said the console was "coming holiday 2013" suggesting it will go on sale in at least some countries in or around December.
Water, something we take for granted here in the U.S., is a life-or-death necessity in some disadvantaged countries in the world.
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There are also risks of nationalization in some countries or higher-tax regimes.
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Or at least it does in some countries.
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Polio is a vaccine-preventable disease that has been eradicated in most countries, but it still causes paralysis or death in some parts of the world, including Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Academics get led astray when they argue about the causes for slow growth in some places and rapid place in others, or when they suggest fundamental reasons for why some countries are richer than others.
Fact is, that there are many countries where phone subsidies are not available, or even not allowed by law, even some countries in Europe.
Thus they need to know the rulings of the Shari'a in their situation, including for some Muslims who have gained employment as lawyers or judges in non-Muslim countries, in order to preserve the rights of Muslims, and help them overcome persecution.
More importantly, however, they are a key tool in helping to understand what is going on within countries, why progress is rapid in some and slow or non-existent in others.
He has supervised over 70 research assistants and students, produced in collaboration with co-workers some 360 publications and delivered over 80 lectures to institutions or learned societies in 20 countries.
The plainest are the taxes or bans imposed by some countries on food exports in response to the rapid increase in prices.
In fact, in some countries gas is given away or downright cheap.
As commodity prices have risen, governments in some poor countries have demanded higher royalties or threatened recalcitrant firms with expropriations.
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Either it slows, or in some cases--depending on economic situations in their countries of origin--immigrants in the U.S. may return to their home countries.
But FIG system doesn't seek birth certificates or other independent verification of ages, and in the past some countries have forged their own passports to change the ages of athletes.
Some countries may be unwilling or unable to participate in a coalition that demands a respect for the values and norms of western civilisation.
Policymakers can also try to increase women's control over farming decisions (in some countries, only men may own land or get agricultural credit, for instance).
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For example, in some countries, individual social-security numbers or tax codes are now used by government agencies as unique identification numbers to control access to health care or higher education.
The eastern block contains some countries in desperate trouble, like Hungary or Latvia, he noted, but also many others, like Poland, Slovakia or the Czech Republic, which are in much better shape.
In some countries, that could mean a three-or fourfold increase in public-secstor pay.
At the same time, traditional health practices are the primary health care provider for the inhabitants of many countries, and in some of them, or in remote and rural areas, they even represent the sole provider.
"The camps are dividing on the question of will we push for a vision of a new democratic Middle East, or will we listen to the lobbying of some of the countries in the region, " says Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Today, some 119 countries now have a national broadband plan or policy in place.
This may reflect actual differences in depression rates, but it could also be that people in poorer countries are for some reason less likely to recall or relate episodes of depression from their past, the authors say.
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Through the misuse or simply lack of antibiotics, resistant strains have been allowed to run rampant in some countries.
Some 33% of children in developing countries suffer from moderate or severe growth problems, rising to more than 50% in the lesser-developed countries.
Furthermore, in some countries, Afrodescendant boys and girls find themselves facing late entry or educational failure more frequently.
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