Major Programme E Poverty Reduction through Productive Activities

Resources were thus available for major debt reduction operations.

13. Poverty reduction is a major objective of the International Development Strategy.

Myanmar had become a major partner in subregional programmes aimed at supply reduction in border areas, demand reduction and law enforcement.

A major concern in the region is therefore the reduction of this inequality.

The linkage between NAPs and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PSRPs) constitutes a major challenge.

83. Government expenditure on basic social services is a major instrument for the reduction of poverty.

Data reduction and analysis, theoretical investigations and the publication of results in major refereed journals are also major activities of the group in this field.

The result has been a significant reduction in the stockpiles of weapons of the major military Powers.

The finding was that one of the major and most pressing goals set for 2015, the reduction of extreme poverty, would not be achieved without major readjustments.

27. The tax system has made a major contribution towards the reduction of disparities in income and wealth.

According to the Police Commissioner, in 2004, the British Virgin Islands saw an 8 per cent reduction in major crime.

Poverty reduction strategies normally include provisions for the involvement of major stakeholders in annual assessments and for public progress reports.

On account of the increases for security related requirements and the negative growth operational budget, most major programmes show a reduction.

Accordingly, these Major Programmes together show a reduction of 2 per cent or by 1,885,600, if compared with the biennium 2004 2005.

Accordingly, these Major Programmes together show a reduction of 2 per cent or by 1,820,240, if compared with the biennium 2004 2005.

The reduction of agricultural subsidies (which will, nevertheless, continue to some extent) by major developed countries is likely to be more critical than the reduction of tariff rates for developing country exporters competing with developed countries.

It specifies legally binding targets for greenhouse gas reduction by industrialized countries, and is a step towards managing major environmental problems attending globalization.

Moreover, he explained that in the past year the operational requirements had changed because there had been a major reduction in the caseload.

There are many disaster reduction challenges confronting Southern Africa, the major hazards of concern being drought, epidemics, cyclones and storms, floods and armed conflict.

The alarming IDU and related HIV AIDS problems in countries surrounding Afghanistan have led to a major expansion of the UNODC demand reduction portfolio.

Supply Division, through a major restructuring exercise that will be in line with the MTSP focus areas, will have a net reduction of one post.

Reflecting the no growth regular budget, apart from increases for security related requirements and the negative growth operational budget, most major programmes show a reduction.

As noted earlier, current projections do not foresee any major reduction in these numbers over the coming decades unless a dedicated policy push makes it happen.

(b) Arab countries Poverty reduction is a major challenge of the North African subregion and the Arab LDCs, which depend heavily on the creation of employment opportunities.

His delegation had noted the 2 per cent reduction across the board in Major Programmes C to F, covering activities from which many Member States derived benefits.

This reduction could be attributed to a decline in contribution levels from several major donors, combined with the effects of the strength of the United States dollar.

The Subcommittee recognized that the provision of affordable modern energy services constituted a major challenge to poverty reduction and sustainable development in rural as well as urban areas.

By the same token, any further reduction of the ceiling would increase the gap between the capacity to pay of the major contributor and its level of assessment.

The second major and long term strategy to sustain reduction of reliance on DDT is premised on the fact that the use of a single intervention is not sustainable.

As yet, however, these are small in scale and localized and it is unlikely that such schemes will have a major impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

In Brazil, the Ministry of Health and UNDCP have incorporated a demand reduction component into a major HIV AIDS prevention programme funded in part by a World Bank loan.

I cannot fail to mention a major achievement in a different region the agreement on mutual armed forces reduction along the border between China, Russia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

A number of NGOs have also executed major projects aimed at supply reduction (alternative development projects to reduce the economic dependence of peasant farming communities on illicit narcotic crops).

While ensuring that relief assistance is properly delivered, attention should also be given to disaster prevention and reduction, including helping the affected countries develop medium and long term plans for disaster reduction and establishing national and regional mechanisms for the monitoring, prevention and assessment of major disasters.

Subprogramme 13.3 Demand reduction prevention and reduction of drug abuse

A similar rapid assessment survey of drug abuse conducted in four major cities in Ecuador provided the authorities with the information required to design better targeted national demand reduction programmes.

A volume adjustment reduction of 13,877,400 for project activities is in accordance with estimated delivery, reflecting a slowdown in programming and delays in project implementation for a few major projects.

29. As a result of these deliberations, major areas for action have been identified that need to be addressed in national and regional approaches towards El Niño related disaster reduction.

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