Images of Scarcity

And economics is very interested in scarcity.

It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity.

13. Pollution also contributes to water scarcity.

There is increasing scarcity of land for cropping.

Scarcity of appropriate skills is another factor constraining firms.

Will it be born into a world of abundance or scarcity?

Most of the economic models are built around scarcity and growth.

11. With rapid urbanization, many cities are also facing water scarcity.

38. A scarcity of funds remained an urgent problem for UNITAR.

Poverty among indigenous populations certainly relates to scarcity of material and economic resources.

The worst problem confronting those groups was the scarcity of medicines and food.

Some might assume that bond markets are shielded from the effects of climate change, ecosystem degradation, and water scarcity. With more than 40 trillion of sovereign debt in global markets at any given time, that is a very high risk game.

One specific result was water scarcity, with once abundant sources of water drying up.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

That scarcity led to a crisis in January of this year at the University of Johannesburg.

The scarcity of wage data disaggregated by sex makes a thorough assessment of gender gaps difficult.

This was caused by a rise in population coupled with increasing scarcity of land and water.

UN Water has defined a number of thematic initiatives for its work over the Decade, which include coping with water scarcity and pollution sanitation, safe drinking water and health gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation integrated water resources management transboundary water issues and disaster risk reduction.

We get droughts, increased desertification, crashing food systems, water scarcity, famine, forced migration, political instability, warfare, crisis.

We seized Pharaoh's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember.

We seized Pharaoh's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember.

Land scarcity, high population growth rates and a young population posed further challenges to socio economic development.

Considering the scarcity of resources, investments in these strategic industries are thus preferable because they provide externalities.

Then seized We Pharaoh's people with years of dearth, and scarcity of fruits, that haply they might remember.

Then seized We Pharaoh's people with years of dearth, and scarcity of fruits, that haply they might remember.

Unfortunately, this is an area where data scarcity was identified at national as well as at international level.

In this regard, the Committee notes the scarcity of court decisions in which the Covenant has been invoked.

In many countries there is a scarcity of specific data pertaining to the housing conditions of indigenous peoples.

They also emphasized the problem of the scarcity of equipment, particularly railway rolling stock and cargo handling equipment.

But when the scarcity came when the highs and lows and the droughts came, then people went into starvation.

It is well known that water scarcity and unfair water distribution and control breed both civil and international conflict.

In many communities, scarcity of fresh water is a major concern which can be greatly exacerbated by tourism development.

Nevertheless, the earmarking system and the scarcity of financial resources make relatively small projects the norm under the Fund.

Rapid population growth, unsustainable water use and increasing pollution levels further contribute to water scarcity problems in the region.

The first step will be to re establish the quot lost quot link between resource scarcity and resource prices.

Drylands include all terrestrial regions where water scarcity limits the production of crops, forage, wood and other ecosystem provisioning services.

In particular, the projected intensification of freshwater scarcity as a result of climate change will cause greater stresses in drylands.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), water scarcity would be a major issue in the coming 20 years.

There is a scarcity of employment opportunity in the town, and the food supply in the camp is reportedly inadequate.

AT UNMIL, the scarcity of staff required for receipt and inspection at the mission start up was a major constraint.

The scarcity of available funds for rehabilitation in comparison with those for emergencies was noted with concern by one delegation.

Because of food scarcity, the women make great sacrifices on behalf of their children who are in very precarious health.

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