The poorer people could buy tickets for a small amount of money to stand near the stage.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

And so it is very important for the poorer people to have very efficient stoves that protect their forests and that protect their health."

VOA: special.2010.02.01

And,even poorer members of society could enjoy the drink once in a while.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Borlaug and those who followed his lead argued that older methods of sustainable farming could not produce enough food to prevent hunger in poorer areas of the world.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

They felt America's farmers were poorer than they should be.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

In many parts of the world we've seen that if governments introduce social protection programs, measures for example which give family benefits to families with children, particularly poorer families, this can have an important impact in enabling people to keep their children in school and out of the work force."

VOA: special.2010.05.17

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, recommends the bloc pay more than $22 billion a year to poorer countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

But development has been unevenly spread in the country, and the boom has bypassed many of the country's poorer and underdeveloped regions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Most vaccines help prevent disease in children,but reaching children in remote rural areas is often a challenge especially in poorer and war-torn countries.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Dubai's growth has made it an attractive destination for people from poorer areas looking for work.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

He says bigger industrialized economies, which have a larger percentage of votes on the IMF's executive board, would receive more SDRs than poorer countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Health officials in New York say the maternal mortality rate in the United States itself rivals that of poorer developed countries like Singapore and Ireland.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

I think this is essential. Under the deal, the 27-member bloc would contribute to an overall annual aid fund of $74 billion for poorer nations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

India's stance, going into the Copenhagen summit, which begins December 6, is that poorer nations should be exempt from legally binding caps on carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

(Speaking in French) Mr.Sarkozy said admitted into grandes ecoles should come from poorer backgrounds.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said the Group of 20 leading industrialized and developing nations must consider a broader notion of economic growth that includes poorer countries.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

The UN Food agencies are appealing to the richer countries to increase their foreign development aid and to invest in agriculture and economic safety nets in poorer countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Wealthy countries are dependent on poorer countries to provide accurate weather information.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Numerous studies indicate African-Americans and Hispanics receive a poorer quality of health care than non-Hispanic whites, even when they have the same levels of income and health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

The IMF says it has introduced reforms called stand-by arrangements (SBA) that would provide flexibility in lending to poorer countries, but Griffiths says they too would come with preconditions not imposed on wealthier states.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Their task is to find common ground, including on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, promotion and transfer of new more eco-friendly technology and the necessary funding to make this possible, especially for the less developed and poorer nations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The government's diversity drive for the grandes ecoles has prompted a call by a group of academics for the state to level the playing field in other areas, like offering more housing and scholarships to poorer students attending these institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

His advocacy of intensive, high-yield agriculture came under criticism from environmentalists in recent years, but Borlaug and those who followed his lead argued that older methods of sustainable farming could not produce enough food to prevent hunger in poorer regions of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Conference organizer, Dr.Greg Pappas of the American non-governmental organization,or NGO, called Interaction says that while it is too early to tell whether the current outbreak will turn into a global pandemic, poorer countries in particular need to be prepared for the day when one does hit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Dr.Sagir Ahmed of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano was one of the organizers and speakers at a conference on the challenges of diagnosing cancer in Nigeria: is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16