The credit crunch, it is reported, has made lenders warier of extending home loans unless buyers stump up big deposits, house prices remain high despite recent stagnation or falls in some areas, developers are wary of building new homes amidst a dearth of buyers with access to credit, and so on in a vicious cycle.
Furthermore, the country is the most underserved in all of the Americas and has limited access to clean water (63% of the population has access to improved water) and a dearth of effective sanitation systems (17% access to improved sanitation).
At the time, there was a dearth of information about where to access materials about surgeries, costs and coverage, where you could find a good doctor.
The reasons given by experts are numerous: lack of access to facilities and coaching, a dearth of sponsorship from corporations and Indian casinos, alcoholism, grinding poverty, a dropout rate of one-third of Indian high school students.
The vast majority live in rural areas, their quality of life worsened by poverty, lack of access to health care, and a dearth of facilities for the disabled.
But Ms. Berman said she thought the dearth of compelling photographs about hydraulic fracturing went beyond the question of access.
That combination of limited access and a dearth of information creates hurdles that turn many consumers off.
Mr. McCain has told reporters that he is convinced that some of the antagonism in Washington between the press and the White House during the Clinton years was a result of restricted access and a dearth of news conferences.
"People eventually get curious, pop their head out, and ask, 'Hey, what are you doing here?' " El Azufre is a self-contained locale, with scant Internet access and a dearth of smartphones.
These include a dearth of oil pipelines leading to otherwise valuable fields in Siberia, and lack of access to natural gas pipelines that could allow the company to make money from its huge reserves of gas.
