Traduction de «Ralentissement économique mondial » (Français → Anglais) :

A. whereas the number of people suffering from hunger amounted to 925 million in 2010 according to the FAO; whereas, globally, underweight prevalence in children under 5 years old is at 26 percent and more than one third of under-five child deaths are attributable to undernutrition; whereas only half of all developing countries (62 out of 118) are on track to achieve the MDG target; whereas the global economic downturn and rising food and fuel prices have worsened the food situation in many developing countries, especially the least-developed countries, thus partly setting back the last decade's progress on poverty reduction,

A. whereas the number of people suffering from hunger amounted to 925 million in 2010 according to the FAO; whereas, globally, underweight prevalence in children under 5 years old is at 26 percent and more than one third of under-five child deaths are attributable to undernutrition; whereas only half of all developing countries (62 out of 118) are on track to achieve the MDG target; whereas the global economic downturn and rising food and fuel prices have worsened the food situation in many developing countries, especially the least-developed countries, thus partly setting back the last decade’s progress on poverty reduction,

As honourable senators know, some of the growth in the public service in the National Capital Region was directly related to the extraordinary circumstances the government faced in implementing the Economic Action Plan and the stimulus package in order to keep our economy in a healthy condition throughout the world economic downturn.

This backs a recent study done by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development that complimented Canada for its stimulus program and for navigating the troubled waters of the global downturn better than almost any other developed nation.Canada stepped up quickly this time and, by doing so, was able to avoid the worst of the short-term damage from the recession.the current administration can take a bow for the effectiveness of its stimulus program.

Without the ports being a great and integral part of this country, we will not have the economic prosperity that we need in this country to continue during this economic global slowdown.

As far as the economic climate is concerned, the economic slowdown in Europe and across the world requires us to focus more closely on tackling the structural problems facing European industry.