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In the absence of government investment, local inhabitants’ loyalty went to Iraqi Baathists who helped improve their lot.
In the absence of generous mutual support, there was an aura of last-ditch desperation when, in March 2015, the European Central Bank announced an ambitious program of purchasing government debt.
There are many reasons for the disparity; but a critical one is the absence in the US of labor laws and union rules that prevent employees and firms from adapting to the new technologies.
The absence of a binding agreement could mean a global hangover, and not just for a day.
In China, by contrast, pervasive corruption, the absence of a free press, and state capitalism mean that princelings’ conduct is unconstrained – and typically shrouded in secrecy.
A much stronger case could be made that it is the absence of effective policies to manage migration that has alienated European voters.
In the absence of these biases, demand for women’s sports – as measured by attendance at matches, television ratings, and so on – would equal demand for men’s sports.
In the absence of effective national and international legislation to curb greenhouse gases, a growing number of city leaders are acting to protect their citizens and economies.
The absence of such a plan in the US (and in Europe) has contributed to the decoupling of financial markets from inclusive economic progress, because it suggests that current trends are politically sustainable.
Sadly, the region’s bitter geopolitical rivalries stand in the way, owing to the absence of an institutional framework to prevent, mitigate, and settle territorial disputes.
The ECB, on the other hand, accepts private assets and, in the absence of federal debt, national debt as collateral.
Perhaps their absence made it easier for those who did attend to vent their anger.
In defiance of both the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (the Espoo convention) and the EBRD loan agreement, the program was undertaken in the absence of any consultation with Ukraine’s European neighbors.
Yet, despite the difficulties that have bedeviled the CFA (and the euro of late) – indeed, despite the absence of viable regional customs unions (except in the East African Community), let alone a single market – Africans retain a strong allegiance to the idea of a currency union.
In the absence of strong national institutions, change in these countries risks significant bloodshed.
In the absence of nuclear-energy revival, most of us will be forced to reduce our direct energy consumption.
For example, a 2016 review of cash transfer programs in Africa found that the absence of stress and shame enhanced confidence in recipients, leading to improved decision-making and productivity.
This has given the debtor countries some breathing room, and, even in the absence of any growth prospects, financial markets have stabilized.
The other great unresolved problem is the absence of proper global governance.
But, in contrast to the Chinese conundrum, which will come to a head in the next few years, the absence of global governance may continue indefinitely.
And, after decades of absence, America has resumed training programs for Indonesia’s military.
In the absence of a compelling counter-narrative, we may be fated to find out just how much pain the victims can withstand.
On the other hand, the second phase of the crisis mercilessly exposed the euro’s Achilles heel: the absence of economic or financial unification within the eurozone.
Economists have long understood that, in the absence of a credible lender of last resort, banks are vulnerable to self-fulfilling confidence crises.
The lesson is that we should not dream of overnight breakthroughs, or allow ourselves to fall into despair in the absence of immediate progress.
France is currently gripped by the massive success of economist Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which analyzes how inequality rises in the absence of exceptional levels of economic growth.
In the absence of detailed and reliable reporting from all countries, the British government commissioned a series of reports on AMR, estimating that by 2050, as many as ten million people could die annually from AMR complications.
In the absence of international competition regulations to prevent predatory pricing and other anti-competitive activities, trade defenses are a second-best option.
In the absence of large-scale immigration, to which Japanese remain unamenable, one relatively simple solution would be to integrate more women into the labor force.
The relative absence of mismatch was one of the reasons why emerging markets did much better when their currencies depreciated in 2008-2009 than in past crises.
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