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That, in turn, implies that it is accountable and that it has democratic legitimacy – something fundamentally lacking in multilateral agencies such as the World Bank.
Many of the warmongers are to be found in Obama’s own government agencies.
Different national statistical agencies define, and therefore date, such episodes somewhat differently.
For starters, officials in San José merged multiple health-care agencies into one, giving the new body authority over financing decisions and service delivery – everything from vaccinations to complex surgeries.
The new company’s work would be aided by prior agreements among regulatory agencies on the requirements for registration of new products, among intellectual-property holders on waiving royalty rights, and among governments on liability-protection for the company and compensation for the victims of unexpected adverse reactions to new products.
This is a persistent challenge for government agencies: they get hammered whenever something goes wrong.
The notion that a self-appointed set of activists, in conjunction with some governments and international agencies, can determine what a corporation should do by way of CSR contradicts the liberal notion that we should ask for virtue to be pursued, but not in a particular way.
Putin’s regime may be described as a group of clans, consisting of state-dominated corporations, such as Gazprom, Rosneft, Vneshtorgbank, Rosoboronexport, and the Russian Railways, together with the security agencies.
But girls’ advocates – in governments, non-governmental organizations, and development and funding agencies – struggle daily with meeting these needs.
Yet, despite the efforts of international agencies, these vulnerable children will continue to fall through the cracks unless drastic action is taken now.
Only 2% of humanitarian aid currently goes to schools, and aid agencies struggle to cope with emergencies.
The New Climate Economy Report, released by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, on which I serve, underlines the importance of phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies and questions the wisdom of allowing export credit agencies to finance coal projects.
That is why the Office of the US Trade Representative, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), USAID, and other US government agencies are advancing programs like Trade Africa, Power Africa, and Feed the Future to help the continent develop sustainable infrastructure and increase regional integration.
As one of the US agencies leading efforts to build trade capacity in Africa, MCC committed more than $180 million to upgrade the Port of Cotonou, which serves as a gateway for trade not only to Benin, but also to the landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
The groups would operate under a common mandate across all UN agencies, and be led by UN operations directors in each country.
Heads of US intelligence agencies have made clear that they expect further such efforts between now and the midterm congressional elections in November.
The ADB argues that other agencies are responsible for social development.
As a result of MINUSTAH’s efforts – and those of other UN agencies – the security situation has improved considerably, underpinned by a stronger judiciary and a more effective national police force.
That caricature, if ever true, is certainly not true today: the business community's negative reaction to the persecution of Khodorkovsky by the law enforcement agencies has been strong and nearly unanimous.
President Putin, meanwhile, steadfastly refuses to discuss the Yukos affair or the actions of the law enforcement agencies with Russia's business community.
But if the president will not publicly account for the fidelity of Russia's law enforcement agencies to law, who will?
One of the great flaws of Putin's presidency has been to allow law enforcement agencies to evaluate their own actions.
This means rethinking the way aid is delivered and asking hard questions to the elaborate web of international agencies that deliver it, not least about the cost-effectiveness of their operations.
Governments should establish regular contacts among agencies responsible for both the technical and policy dimensions of homeland security.
Indeed, regulatory agencies like the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) arose because common-law fiduciary duties failed to protect distant owners.
But, despite the courageous efforts of aid agencies, conditions may still deteriorate before they improve.
United Nations agencies and their NGO partners, designed to deal with the victims of organized, time-limited, rule-bound interstate conflict, are struggling to cope in the face of chaotic, long-term intra-state conflict.
But these forces are now in disarray, with most uniformed Palestinian security agencies needing to be reorganized after four years of intensive effort by Israel to crush them.
I have often heard business leaders complain that competitive-bidding laws prevent them from just “making a deal” with development agencies.
The Obama administration also decided not to announce sanctions against Chinese entities and individuals allegedly involved in cyber attacks on American companies and government agencies.
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