The association shares the World Bank's mission of reducing poverty and aims to provide affordable development financing to countries whose credit risk is so prohibitive that they cannot afford to borrow commercially or from the Bank's other programs.

* Council of International Schools, an association of international schools that aims to improve international education

The association aims to enhance cooperation among Southeast Asian community.

Neither an association nor a party, the VAPO was loosely organized in " Kameradschaften " ( comradeships ) and defined itself as a " battle alliance of nationalist groups and persons " with the aims of " reestablishing the NSDAP " and the " seizure of power ".

The basis for recognition and membership in the World Scout Conference includes adherence to the aims and principles of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and independence from political involvement on the part of each member association.

Additional aims of the association are stated as:

While the democratic petty bourgeois want to bring the revolution to an end as quickly as possible, achieving at most the aims already mentioned, it is our interest and our task to make the revolution permanent until all the more or less propertied classes have been driven from their ruling positions, until the proletariat has conquered state power and until the association of the proletarians has progressed sufficiently far – not only in one country but in all the leading countries of the world – that competition between the proletarians of these countries ceases and at least the decisive forces of production are concentrated in the hands of the workers.

The association aims to publicize smaller businesses located in the municipalitys ' centers, which feel threatened by the increasing popularity of larger businesses, such as malls and hypermarkets usually found on the outskirts.

Both the radical right's general association with Germany, and the endorsement of nationalist aims by the leading centrist parties such as the People's Radical Party undermined support for the radical right.

In this correspondence Muir detailed the aims and objectives of the association and suggested a closer unity of action between the two movements.

The International Epidemiological Association ( IEA ) is a worldwide association with more than 2000 members in over 100 different countries, who follow the aims of the Association to facilitate communication amongst those engaged in research and teaching of epidemiology throughout the world, and to encourage its use in all fields of health including social, community and preventative medicine.

A typical membership directory contains profiles of each association member, a products and services guide, advertising from members, and editorial articles about the aims, objectives and activities of the association.

" a ) to utilise the international language Esperanto for the class aims of the worldwide working class ; b ) to promote mutual relations among members in the best and most worthy way possible, in order to instill in them a strong sense of human solidarity ; c ) to instruct, educate and enlighten the members in such a way as to make them the most capable and best of the so-called internationalists ; d ) to serve as an intermediary in relations among organisations using other languages but having aims analogous to those of SAT ; e ) to be an intermediary and supporter in the creation of an Esperanto literature consisting both of translations and original texts, and which reflects the ideal of our association.

Instead, dilution protection law aims to protect sufficiently strong trademarks from losing their singular association in the public mind with a particular product, perhaps imagined if the trademark were to be encountered independently of any product ( e. g., just the word Pepsi spoken, or on a billboard ).

It is beyond a doubt that such a double association would strengthen Germany-and also Russia … The whole policy of reconciliation and appeasement towards France — no matter whether it is pursued by a Stinnes or by General Ludendorff — is hopeless as it aims at political success.

A konfederacja ( Polish for " confederation ") was an ad hoc association formed by Polish-Lithuanian szlachta ( nobility ), clergy, cities, or military forces in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims.

It can also be used to refer to a " body of attendants " and can refer to " a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims ".

Finally, " alliance " was chosen because of its association with the NATO alliance which is much revered in Kosovo for its intervention in the Kosovo War of 1999, and also because of it evokes the idea of working together to achieve one's aims.

Les Amis de Serres: this association aims to promote tourism, the rich history of the village, and maintain the magnificent architectural treasures as well as the environmental quality of life.

The aims and objectives of the association are:

" Sciences Po Forum " ( www. sciencespo-forum. fr ) for instance, is a student research and debate association launched by students in October 2007 at the Institut d ' Etudes Politiques of Strasbourg, which aims at developing an intellectual environment of excellence for all of its students, including incoming students.

It is a website based association for all past students of Hornsby Girls ' High School that aims to facilitate interaction between recent graduates of HGHS and the school.

After further research, he was forced to denounce his law of exercise completely, because he found that practice alone did not strengthen an association, and that time alone did not weaken an association.

Consequently the association of both Janus and god Helernus with Carna-Crane is highlighted in this myth: it was customary on that day eating vetch and lard, which were supposed to strengthen the body.

The introduction of films and television would strengthen this association.

To strengthen the association, thus enabling the individual to vividly remember the event, emotional feeling state and affective attitude contribute to overt rehearsal ( mediator ) of the event to strengthen the memory of the original event which, in turn, determines the formation of a flashbulb memory.

Since November 2004, Kučan has been a member of the Club of Madrid, an association of former democratic statesmen that works to strengthen democratic governance.

Its mission is to enhance professional, academic, and social contacts among its membership, and to strengthen the ties between the association members living outside of Iran and the University.

This alienated many reformist daimyo, leading them to strengthen their association with the Imperial court

Through positive association, a brand manager can strengthen the company's marketing and gain brand value.

The idea for the creation of a family association was thought up by Prince Vsevolod Ioannovich, Prince Roman Petrovich and Prince Andrei Alexandrovich the heads of the Konstantinovichi, Nikolaevichi and Mihailovichi branches of the Imperial Family in order to strengthen the links between the family and protect it from impostors.

In April, 2000, after twelve years of operations as an independent legal person, the new BSE Council decided to convert to a business association in order to maintain and strengthen its competitive position.

In April, 2000, after twelve years of operations as an independent legal person, the new BSE Council decided to convert to a business association in order to maintain and strengthen its competitive position.

* To strengthen the economy of the Punjab through active association with world economy and to nurture and develop the Sikh Diaspora worldwide.

The mission of the association is to strengthen and support the alumni network ESIEE by developing contacts, friendship and mutual assistance among its members.

The first autocratic Prime Minister of Nepal, Jang Bahadur Kunwar, changed his surname to Rana to strengthen his claim and association with Rana kings in Rajasthan, the claimed origin of his ancestors.

These cells and the bacteria trapped inside them entered a symbiotic relationship, a close association between different types of organisms over an extended time.

The basic relationship of free association continues indefinitely.

The basic relationship of free association continues indefinitely, but certain economic and defense provisions of the Compact expire in 2001, subject to renegotiation.

Unfortunately, RuneQuest did not prosper with its association with Avalon Hill, and the relationship between Chaosium, who held the rights to Glorantha, and Avalon Hill, who held the rights to RuneQuest, finally broke down completely in 1995.

This function would appear to have some relationship with the iconographic association of Hecate with keys, and might also relate to her appearance with two torches, which when positioned on either side of a gate or door illuminated the immediate area and allowed visitors to be identified.

Because of this relationship between the congregations and the association, Unitarian Universalist congregations have a congregational polity of governance.

The association with track length and duration also varies, although longer track tornadoes tend to be stronger .< ref name =" width / length intensity relationship "> In the case of violent tornadoes, only a small portion of the path is of violent intensity, most of the higher intensity from subvortices.

A parasitic relationship is one in which one member of the association benefits while the other is harmed.

Sometimes acquaintance is called ' association ' or the ' using ' relationship.

Recent studies have also shown an association between mid-life obesity and dementia, however the relationship between later life obesity and dementia is less clear.

Robert Graves interpreted the association with war as a relationship with the pre-Olympian war goddess, Athene, who was an orgiastic bride in many local sacred marriages to kings who may have been sacrificed.

Chan have suggested that there is statistical evidence of association relationships between some of the index composite stocks whereas there is no evidence for such a relationship between some index composite others.

Ionic acquired prestige among Greek speakers because of its association with the language used by both Homer and Herodotus and the close linguistic relationship with the Attic dialect as spoken in Athens.

# When sequence detection predates disease, or sequence copy number correlates with severity of disease or pathology, the sequence-disease association is more likely to be a causal relationship.

Seabirds have had a long association with both fisheries and sailors, and both have drawn benefits and disadvantages from the relationship.

Their encounter was highly significant for them both, for it represented the beginning of a relationship that was to last, in parallel with that with of long-time partner Suzanne, for the rest of his life .” In short time their association became “ a very intimate and personal one .”

However, this view has little mathematical basis, as rank correlation coefficients measure a different type of relationship than the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and are best seen as measures of a different type of association, rather than as alternative measure of the population correlation coefficient.

However, confounding variables, such as language deficits, SES disadvantage, or neurodevelopmental delay also need to be considered in this relationship, as they could help explain some of the association between conduct disorder and learning problems.

The liminal character of Janus is though present in the association to the Saturnalia of December, reflecting the strict relationship between the two gods and the rather blurred distinction of their stories and symbols.

An interpersonal relationship is an association between two or more people that may range from fleeting to enduring.

In the 1920s, Gish's association with Duell was something of a tabloid scandal because he had sued her and made the details of their relationship public.

Humans have had a long relationship with ducks, geese and swans ; they are important economically and culturally to humans, and several duck species have benefited from an association with people.

However, the relationship between Spare and his wife was strained ; unlike him, she was " unintellectual and materialistic ", and disliked many of his friends, particularly the younger males, asking him to cease his association with them.

* Archaeological association, in archaeology, the relationship between objects found together

The alternative hypothesis corresponds to the variables having an association or relationship where the structure of this relationship is not specified.