Sentence examples for poorer sectors from inspiring English sources

The effect of the tax on obesity would not differ between richer and poorer sectors of society – even though obesity is greater in more deprived communities.

Wariness at the lack of a grand strategy eroded support, while poorer sectors balked at the austerity policies of finance minister Netanyahu.

The currency interventions have raised the threat of inflation and asset bubbles, hurt the poorer sectors of the country's economy and depressed domestic consumption.

Israel's middle class and the poorer sectors of society have been squeezed by sharp increases in prices of basics like food, water and gasoline in recent years.

Venezuela's foreign minister, Luis Alfonso Davila, defended the Chávez government, which has tried, he said, to give voice to the poorer sectors that have been locked out of the political process.

Immigrant women are also clearly more likely than men to be employed in poorer sectors.

"Her message has not been concrete and has not reached the poorest sectors".

Instead they are African-Americans and Latinos drawn from the housing projects and other poor sectors of the neighborhood.

But she warned that the long-term impact would be a rolling back of hard-won benefits for poor sectors of society, particularly if the government pushed austerity.

In part, the problem lies with African governments, who have made commitments to spend a higher proportion of their budgets in pro-poor sectors such as health and education, but have often failed to do so.

The governing rightwing People's party has introduced a series of austerity measures to deal with public debt that is nearly 100% of GDP, but many fear that these are hitting the poorest sectors of society disproportionately hard.