The best chemical quality of drinking water is found in the Riga District, while the worst is in the Rezekne District.

At the same time, the gap between the length of the working week of men and women is larger in rural areas than the gap among men and women in cities.

Regional variations, however, are considerable.

152. The Community Centres for Life and Peace (CC VIPAZ) are located in marginalized urban and rural areas.

The impact of microcredit lending varies widely between rural areas and urban areas.

The 1991 average of 24.7 per 1,000 conceals wide regional variations.

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

This proportion varied in rural and urban areas, amounting to 82 per cent in the former, compared with 71.5 per cent in the latter.

There are more striking differences within the female population than between men and women life expectancy for women in urban areas was 7 years longer than for women in rural areas.

Similar differences between women and men can also be observed in urban and rural areas.

In all regions of Turkey, including urban areas, there was a difference between the level of school attendance for girls and boys.

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

Differences between urban and rural indigenous dwellers should also be provided.

The security situation and basic human rights conditions remain poor in many parts of the country, especially outside of Kabul.

But there is also this part of the country, kind of in the middle region here.

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

There are, however, wide variations in the per capita energy use in different regions of the world.

This improvement in housing did not occur uniformly and homogenously throughout the country, and considerable differences appeared between regions and localities.

Similar disparities are apparent in urban rural comparisons where access averages 85 in urban areas and 19 in rural areas.

45. The diversity in the telecommunications infrastructure available to countries in the Asia and Pacific region represented one stumbling block for harmonious economic growth in the region.

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.

That was important in view of the great differences between the regions in traditional customs, the status of women, and so forth.

It's interesting to see the enormous diversity within sub Saharan Africa.

These differences have created groups that are marginalized and disregarded.

Because of this, it is difficult for them to obtain better jobs.

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.

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.

Many of these industrial districts are located in labour surplus regions, employing less well trained labour.

The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals has been uneven across regions and there are wide disparities in the realization of specific Goals.

Sanitation projects are under consideration for the least endowed areas of Kinshasa.

Poverty and ethnic and cultural disparities are not confined to rural areas, however.

The level of out of area expenditure at a particular duty station is used to arrive at the out of area expenditure weights for that station and, ultimately the post adjustment.

However, in areas with a history of earthquake activity, faults associated with seismic activity could be identified using satellite imagery.

5. Takes note with concern of the considerable variation in the progress made across countries and regions owing to different baseline conditions in 1990 and the varying rates of progress in relation to the goals

In addition, the differences in age from region to region also appear to be linked to whether legislation prohibiting the practice is in force.

(b) Movement of the out of area index used for post adjustment based on inflation factors in 21 countries

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

Education facilities in the rural areas are considered to be inferior in quality and infrastructure.

45. Normally, an increase in out of area expenditure weights of a duty station with low post adjustment index has the effect of increasing the post adjustment index of the duty station and vice versa.

As the FFM's narrative and numerical estimates show, population densities and distributions vary significantly both within and across districts.

However, mixed results have been seen in South Asia, one of the most active regions in promoting microcredit for women.

The effective regulation of the movement of gold and other precious metals also varies widely from region to region.

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.

Other regions ranged between 15 and 68 , possibly reflecting the presence of some well developed urban areas and some poorly developed rural areas.

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