Poverty Alleviation. The Contracting Parties undertake to direct their cooperation activities, wherever possible, towards alleviation of poverty in Sri Lanka. In this regard the Community may support, under development cooperation, measures launched by the Government of Sri Lanka.
Poverty Alleviation. Reduction of income inequality The Gini-coefficient was reduced from 0.60 to 0.58
Poverty Alleviation. Small artisanal miners will greatly benefit from the reactivation of the sub sector.
Poverty Alleviation. Satisfactory progress on the poverty alleviation program agreed with the Association, as indicated by the following:
(a) the Food Stamp Program has been restructured and the number of beneficiaries has been reduced to one million households;
(b) the Xxxx Xxxxxx Program has been restructured;
(c) the Mid-Day Meal Program has been restructured; and
(d) actual expenditures in 1990 and planned expenditures for 1991 for the Food Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx and Mid-Day Meal Programs are maintained within levels agreed with the Association.
1. For the purposes of this Schedule:
(a) the term "eligible expenditures" means expenditures in respect of the reasonable cost of goods and services required during the execution of the Program and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit allocated from time to time to the eligible Categories in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Agreement; and
Poverty Alleviation. Leveraging our strong supply chain, cutting-edge technologies and logistics network, we participate in poverty alleviation efforts in rural areas. We pioneered our rural e-commerce strategy, aiming to make agricultural products in rural areas available online and at the same time, allow authentic products to reach residents in rural areas. We operate China’s trusted online donation platform, through which our customers can purchase products and donate them directly to non-profit organizations and groups in need across China, leveraging our in-house logistics network. To ensure the transparency of the process, we allow customers to track the delivery status of their donations online to make sure their donation reaches the intended recipient.
Poverty Alleviation. In 2020, China attained a complete victory in the fight against poverty. In 2020, by the rural poverty standard of annual per capita income of RMB2,300 (at 2010 constant prices), a total of 5.51 million of the rural population living in poverty were lifted out of poverty. From 2012 to 2020, a total of 98.99 million of rural population living in poverty were lifted out of poverty. In 2020, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in impoverished areas was RMB12,588, up by 8.8% over that of the previous year, or a real increase of 5.6% on a price-adjusted basis. In 2020, China rebuilt approximately 2 million housing units in run-down urban areas. This marks the completion of the last stage of the construction works involved in the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas for 740 thousand registered poor households. In 2021, China is continuing its efforts in poverty alleviation. For counties that have been lifted out of poverty, a five-year transition period applies from the date poverty in their locality was eradicated, during which major assistance policies will remain unchanged for them. Monitoring and assistance mechanisms continue to prevent populations that have been lifted out of poverty from falling back into it again, and efforts will be made to further strengthen poverty alleviation through boosting employment and industry. In recent years, China has continued its innovation-driven development strategy and further enhanced the scientific strength. Significant scientific and technological achievements have continued to emerge. In 2020, China’s expenditure on R&D amounted to 2.40% of GDP (i.e. RMB2,442.6 billion), up by 10.3% over that of the previous year, of which expenditure on basic research was RMB150.4 billion. As at the end of 2020, there were 522 national laboratories in operation and 350 national engineering research centres (national engineering laboratories), 1,636 national enterprise technology centres, 212 business start-ups and innovation initiatives demonstration bases, 1,173 state-level scientific enterprise incubators and 2,386 state- filed co-working spaces. In 2020, a total of 3.639 million patents were granted, up 40.4% over the previous year. By the end of 2020, there were 12.193 million valid patents, of which domestic valid patents were 2.213 million. In 2020, trademark registration reached 5.761 million, down by 10.1% over the previous year. The following table sets forth the R&D expenditure and growth rate f...
