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Given the diversity of national policy legacies , some aspects of European minimum standards are likely to require adjustments even in countries that are generally seen to be in the avant-garde of social protection ( Bercusson 1999 ; Falkner 2000 ) . Universities across the country are facing the same challenge of shrinking government support , increased demand for services and increased intensity of competition for faculty and students . Sierra : Some observers have noted that even with the Biosafety Protocol in place , refusing genetically modified imports will be significantly more difficult for developing countries because they have much more to lose in financial aid and other arrangements . We then at about 9:30 or 10 , we had a good breakfast after he came back , we had a fine country breakfast with cereal , Virginia country ham and grits , fruits , pancakes , everything you could think [ 411 ] of , including a pitcher of buttermilk for they had heard that he might want buttermilk in the morning . When it is considered that the laying of this corner-stone took place in the heart of the South , in the " Black Belt , " in the centre of that part of our country that was most devoted to slavery ; that at that time slavery had been abolished only about sixteen years ; that only sixteen years before no Negro could be taught from books without the teacher receiving the condemnation of the law or of public sentiment - - when all this is considered , the scene that was witnessed on that spring day at Tuskegee was a remarkable one . While traveling in Central America , I learned about how a rich country 's policies ( in this case , my country 's ) can cause landlessness ( which means homelessness and hunger ) in an underdeveloped country . I am also facilitating the re-introduction of professional basketball in the country after disputes between Basketball South Africa and the PBL , that resulted in court action , led to the demise of the sport at professional level . Scandinavian countries have very high rates of employment in the public sector , because their welfare states provide universal and high-quality social services for families with children , the sick , the handicapped , and the elderly . Why were we not building , without reference to the Soviet Union , a good society in our own countries ? We now have about 600,000 small farmers in our program in 12 African countries .