Recent months, moreover, have brought particular hardships: high inflation, a patchy monsoon, a slowing economy and vanishing jobs.
Ministers plan to discuss measures to ease the hardship that high fuel prices inflict on agriculture, trucking and fisheries.
Otherwise, this climate of economic hardship, with high food prices and rising unemployment, could become a catalyst for political turmoil of the sort seen elsewhere in the world, with even more serious consequences not only for India but also for the rest of the world.
"Premature action on withdrawing stimulus, as we saw in the 1930s, can prolong the hardship of high unemployment, but delays in formulating strategies to address the large fiscal deficits can undermine confidence, generate market uncertainties and endanger growth prospects," Mr. Rhodes wrote.
Championing the rights of refugees is difficult - at a time of economic hardship and high unemployment in many European countries, there is diminishing sympathy for foreigners.
And the prize comes at a moment of violence and tension on the streets of many European capitals as a young generation endures years of hardship and high unemployment.
This study found a considerable proportion of patients face hardship and high out-of-pocket spending associated with the care and management of CKD in Australia.
The Six Nations community suffers from extensive socioeconomic hardship with high rates of unemployment, low income, and only a small proportion of community members have post-secondary education [ 9].
The China's Fourth National Health Services Survey reports that 38% of patients did not seek outpatient care and 14.9% of which were due to financial hardship or high prices of medical services in 2008, and it is also reported that 21% of patients who should be hospitalized were not, 70.3% of which were due to economic difficulties [ 18].
Pressure is mounting on politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to make sure that both individuals and multinational corporations like Google, Apple and Starbucks pay a fair amount of tax, especially as many voters face increasing economic hardship and higher taxes.
