The disparity between women living in Lima and those in rural areas is smaller today than it was ten years ago.

The development dilemma being faced in the CARICOM region in particular can be summarized in critical development gaps, such as the human development gap, the technology gap and the trade and terms of trade gaps.

The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world was widening.

Efforts have been made to address educational disparities between regions in the country, especially relating to ethnic children.

It further recommends that the State party develop an adequate monitoring system to ensure that budgetary allocations effectively reach the most vulnerable groups and reduce regional disparities, in particular between rural and urban areas and eastern and western provinces.

However, significant regional disparities continue to exist.

GEOSS would also identify gaps in the acquisition of Earth observation data and facilitate the bridging of such gaps.

On the other hand, globalization is developing in a very unbalanced way and is accompanied by an increase in the gap between developed countries and regions and the rest of the world.

The geographical, macro geographical difference is not so big.

Nevertheless, poverty and the income gap between regions remain an obstacle to the implementation of the CEDAW Convention.

There's a about a tenfold difference there, log scale up the side.

The pattern of inequality with respect to global malnutrition resembles that of acute poverty, with malnutrition being more severe among the indigenous population and in rural areas.

If information was to play a constructive role, it must keep up with the latest developments in ICT and not use them to widen the gap between developed and developing countries.

And, thirdly, geographic disparities became more pronounced, with humanitarian needs highest in the Gaza Strip and in the northern and southern areas of the West Bank.

And there's a lot of infrastructure things, and general human resources are there.

There's language gaps, there's ethnicity and racial gaps, there's age gaps, there's gender gaps, there's sexuality gaps, there's wealth and money gaps, there's education gaps, there's also religious gaps.

Poverty in the Caribbean was generally characterized by large income disparities and was linked to a high rate of unemployment.

However, the increasing trend is reported in urban areas and the gap between rich and poor has widened.

Again, quite big differences.

Beyond the Gender Gap

In an age of rising inequality, at least some countries have narrowed their wealth and income gaps. Brazil is the recent pacesetter, markedly expanding public education and systematically attacking remaining pockets of poverty through targeted transfer programs.

These different government programmes would contribute to bridging the gaps between SMEs and large firms, as well as between local and foreign firms.

355. Increased school attendance by girls has produced a fairly rapid reduction in the gaps which still exist between the levels of schooling of girls and boys.

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Salary and Earning Gaps

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On page 33 of the report, it is stated that data on progress in enrolment in primary schools conceals large disparities between boys and girls, between urban and rural areas and between regions.

Through this process it has been possible during the current administration to reduce the disparities between geographical areas A and C by 8.47 percentage points, from 15.9 per cent in 2000 to 7.43 per cent in 2004 while the disparity between areas A and B decreased by 4.52 percentage points, since in 2000 it was 7.98 per cent and fell to 3.45 per cent in 2004.

The Qriental Huadicheng Wetland Hot Spring tourist area is located at No.1, Linghai section, Binhai Highway, Dayou Economic Development Zone, Jinzhou City. It is 50 km away from Linghai downtown area and 70 km from Panjin City.

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And that gap continues to widen.

The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

Earning differentials equal pay for work of equal value

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It notes the existence of interregional and urban rural disparities, in particular with regard to the availability of resources and infrastructure, which may lead to discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights provided for in the Convention.

It notes the existence of interregional and urban rural disparities, in particular with regard to the availability of resources and infrastructure, which may lead to discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights provided for in the Convention.

It was therefore urgent to close the widening gap between different regions of the developing world by establishing everywhere the infrastructure needed for the growth of the private sector.

The reviews and evaluations all reinforce the priority the region gives to disparity reduction and disaggregated assessment and analysis of the situation of children.

(e) Whether there is a governance or regulatory gap, and if so, how it should be addressed

In the government sector, the unadjusted pay gap is 15 , and the adjusted pay gap was 3 in 2000.

However, there are gaps and discrepancies which should be removed.

Poverty and inequality continue to grow unchecked in many countries, and inequality grows, in particular, between countries and between regions.

Between 1975 1980 and 1990 1995, life expectancy for women increased by 7.8 years, and the gap between urban and rural areas remained virtually the same.

(c) Asia and the Pacific There is a wide disparity in economic performance among developing countries in the region.