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GENERAL LIVING STANDARD [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Corporate Management
  • Sales (Marketing)
OBS

COPE is a national labour union organization made up of 2 regional councils and 39 local unions comprising tens of thousands of members in several provinces across Canada. [The] members are mostly office employees, technical and professional employees and sales representatives both in the private and public sectors.

OBS

The aim and purpose of COPE is to provide to... members the assurance of gaining a measure of dignity and of security and a decent standard of living. [COPE] encourages the full democratic participation of all... members both within... union structures as well as in society in general.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Gestion de l'entreprise
  • Vente
OBS

Le SEPB est une organisation syndicale nationale composée de deux conseils régionaux et de 39 sections locales comprenant plusieurs dizaines de milliers de membres répartis dans les différentes provinces au Canada. [Les] membres sont majoritairement des employées et employés de bureau, des employées et employés techniques, des employées et employés professionnels et des représentantes et représentants à la vente. [Les] membres [sont] aussi bien dans le secteur privé que dans le secteur public.

OBS

Le SEPB a pour but et objectif de procurer aux membres qu'il représente l'assurance d'obtenir une certaine forme de dignité, une certaine mesure de sécurité et un niveau de vie décent. Il encourage ses membres à participer pleinement à la vie démocratique autant à l'intérieur de la structure syndicale que dans la société en général.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
DEF

An economy enjoying sustained economic growth and security.

OBS

Some of the most common criteria for evaluating a country's degree of development are per capita income or gross domestic product(GDP), level of industrialization, general standard of living and the amount of widespread infrastructure. Increasingly other non-economic factors are included in evaluating an economy or country's degree of development, such as the human development index(HDI) which reflects relative degrees of education, literacy and health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Israël a entamé il y a seize ans ses efforts pour être intégré dans l'OCDE afin de passer du statut d'économie émergente à celui d'économie développée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of Old Age
OBS

Canadian Pensioners Concerned Incorporated(CPC) is a national organization with charitable status. CPC works for the establishment of an acceptable and dignified living standard for older citizens of Canada and their families. CPC goals are : to advocate on behalf of older persons, to ensure that systems, legislation and programs that serve to assist and protect seniors are in place and are implemented responsibly; to educate the general public about the needs of older adults.

OBS

Founded in 1969, incorporated in 1971 and in 1976, the name changed from "Pensioners Concerned (Canada) Inc." to "Canadian Pensioners Concerned Inc.".

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Pensioners Concerned
  • Pensioners Concerned (Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council(CSTC) works to : preserve and promote the Carrier Sekani heritage and identity; improve the social and economic independence of Carrier Sekani people; achieve a just resolution of land claims and aboriginal rights issues for Carrier Sekani people; promote better understanding between First Nations people and the general public; advance and improve the standard of living of the Carrier Sekani people; promote self-government for Carrier Sekani people. The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council(CSTC) is a registered non-profit society, incorporated in 1979.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Key term(s)
  • Conseil tribal des Porteurs et des Sékanis

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The process of growth in total and per capita income of developing countries, accompanied by fundamental changes in the structure of their economies.... The main objective of economic development is to raise the living standard and general well-being of the people in the economy.

PHR

foster economic development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le développement économique est considéré comme un phénomène global, qui s'étend nécessairement à toutes les branches de l'activité et se traduit par des mutations structurelles très profondes et ininterrompues. Il [...] se compose de changements continuels, se produisant par étapes successives.

PHR

stimuler le développement économique.

Key term(s)
  • essor économique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Expresión genérica para describir el progreso de una economía.

OBS

[...] puede interpretarse, toscamente, como un equivalente de crecimiento económico; pero es menos precisa.

PHR

fomentar el desarrollo económico.

OBS

Aunque usualmente se le confunde con el simple crecimiento económico, el verdadero desarrollo implica una serie de cambios económicos, sociales y culturales que dan origen al crecimiento.

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Record 6 1980-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
OBS

It is simply not the case that our general living standard can be raised by protecting every domestic industry threatened by cheaper imports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie

Spanish

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