Sentence examples for cost poor from inspiring English sources

Western farm subsidies cost poor countries some $50 billion in lost agricultural exports.

Brown said farm support schemes in the west cost poor families in developing countries $100bn a year in lost income.

Mark Malloch Brown, the head of the United Nations Development Program, estimates that these farm subsidies cost poor countries about $50 billion a year in lost agricultural exports.

Serious literacy deficits cost poor blacks and Hispanics infrastructure and green jobs, which require skills that build upon a solid foundation in math and reading.

But coping with major storms, as well as sea level rise and water shortages, is expected to cost poor countriues trillions of dollars, which they do not have.

But some scholars are asking whether the brain drain may also fuel a vicious downward cycle of underdevelopment -- and cost poor countries the feisty people with the spark and the ability to resist corruption and incompetent governance.

But Estonia's president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, has warned that a Greek default could cost poorer eurozone members 4.2% of their GDP.

Spiraling costs, poor management, disagreements over the complex design and California's troubled economy led to a halt in construction.

Lighting and cooking with that costs poor people the world over $23 billion a year, of which $10 billion is spent in Africa.

Yet many municipal Wi-Fi projects have since been hit by mounting costs, poor coverage and weak demand.

"It's vital that the prime minister and other leaders make real progress this week to tackle tax dodging that costs poor countries billions in vital revenue each year".