Shortages of most essentials such as electricity, fuel, medicine and food have become common in Zimbabwe.
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On the other, businessmen say that expensive state-run services such as electricity and telecoms undermine their competitiveness.
This is why cloud computing is likened to utilities that we use at our homes, such as electricity or water.
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Rastan, near the dissident bastion of Homs, has been choked off from basic supplies such as electricity, bread and water.
Humanure toilets use the methane released by human waste to create power that is converted into saleable products, such as electricity.
That means technical matters such as electricity, number plates and travel documents.
But reports say basic supplies such as electricity and water are limited.
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Foreign Secretary William Hague has said cyber-attacks could become a major threat to the country's economic welfare and its national infrastructure, such as electricity grids.
There may be shortages in some sectors, such as electricity generation, but there is still much slack to be taken up in the rest of the economy.
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In a recent report updating findings made in September, Gartner Group singled out Japan and Thailand for making substantial headway in remediating Y2K's possible impact on infrastructure, such as electricity and water supplies.
Gil Perez is president and chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks, a wireless broadband access provider for critical infrastructure organizations, such as electricity utilities, oil and gas companies as well as other market players.
Utility networks, such as for electricity, gas, water, and sewage, work the same way.
Few politicians dare touch rigid labour laws or giveaways, such as free electricity to farmers.
Those not harmed, but living in the flood-ravaged area, still face plenty of challenges such as no electricity, a disrupted water supply, damaged roads and faulty communication.
Many council services are vital but other services (such as gas and electricity) are just as essential, and are bought directly by households from private providers.
Economists typically justify regulation when private market participants, such as buyers and sellers of electricity, generate costs such as pollution that the rest of society has to bear.
Voters seem happy with continued state control of industries such as water, electricity and oil.
What the sim should do is capture how interconnected are various infrastructure, such as water and electricity.
But Democratic proposals such as caps on electricity prices, he said, are probably non-starters with the administration.
Basic services such as water and electricity remain luxuries, while 25% of the population lives in poverty.
Acute shortages of essentials such as fuel, electricity, medicines and food are key indicators of a failed economy, according to economic observers.
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Public utilities such as railroads and electricity grids were put in place and became the envy of the world and the foundation of many innovations.
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Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of Africa, is now a net importer of food and facing acute shortages of most essentials such as fuel, electricity and medical drugs.
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The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal for electricity and oil for gasoline, has caused the overwhelming bulk of the man-made increase in carbon in the air, scientists say.
In areas such as telecommunications, electricity transmission, media and banking, the Philippines imposes tighter caps on foreign investment than its peers, according to the World Bank's "Investing Across Borders" survey.
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He didn't elaborate on the possibility of more attacks, but said the prime minister would later hold a meeting to discuss ways to beef up cybersecurity at institutions overseeing infrastructure such as roads and electricity.
With their budgets gutted by austerity programs pushed by the IMF and World Bank and unable or unwilling to tax the rich, city governments cannot provide basic services needed by this swelling urban mass such as water, electricity, and infrastructure.
Comparing the development of broadband to the development of other essential infrastructures such as roads and electricity, the report argues for the involvement of both government and business in enabling societies to benefit from the potential of information and communication technologies.
It is also focusing on infrastructure projects such as water, sewerage and rural electricity, as well as microfinance schemes.
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City officials also move in to provide services such as health care and electricity.
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