In a speech on college affordability last week, for example, Mr. Obama referred to his daughters twice, joking that he often tells them to focus on math and science, and then later noting that paying off his own student loans got in the way of saving for their college education.
This comparison raises questions about arguments framed around affordability (see for example, the Productivity Commission Report 2013) given that Australia has a considerably higher gross domestic product (GDP) per capita than New Zealand (World Bank 2014) and therefore arguably better able to afford to invest in a highly qualified early childhood workforce.
For example, "affordability" of bread, is framed in relation to "consumer behaviour" and "nutritional value and healthiness".
Cloud storage services are widely used by individuals and organizations due to the inherent benefits offered by them; for example, affordability, availability, mobility.
For example, affordability may be associated with the source of funds to meet the costs of receiving care (e.g., household expenditures, borrowing, selling assets).
For LMICs particularly, models that specifically include cost effectiveness and affordability are proposed for assessing, for example, options for breast cancer control (97).
While this can create a problem for affordability of a UHC system (for example, if the public is constantly calling for the latest technology to be adopted), this was addressed in Thailand through careful use of technology assessment to ensure the most cost-effective interventions are adopted [ 11].
Part of the problem remains the affordability of broadband services: in Africa, for example, the average monthly price for broadband is still more than three times that of the average household income.
"There are good reasons to rent temporarily — when you move to a new city, for example – but from an affordability perspective, rents are crazy right now," said Svenja Gudell, chief economist for the company that markets to real estate agents.
Even where health services are available (Harare, Bulawayo, for example) issues related to affordability are major obstacles [ 42– 42].
