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The key point is that it is possible to increase substantially the
amount
available to fight global warming in the developing world by using the existing allocations of SDRs, with interest payments on them guaranteed by the IMF’s gold reserves.
When a government agency imposes a rent ceiling, it prohibits landlords from charging more than a set
amount.
Monetary policy involves a significant
amount
of art, as well as some science.
Rather, it is an argument for the alternative, namely a Bank of England-style funding-for-lending scheme in which the ECB provides banks with cheap financing for, say, 12 months, if they agree to increase their lending to the private sector by a corresponding
amount.
By reducing the
amount
of funding available to regular firms, especially SMEs, such activities drive up the average interest rate on loans.
Consistent policy and superior technology explain why Japan uses one-tenth the energy that China uses to generate the same
amount
of economic output.
Japan and South Korea were third in the
amount
of grid-connected solar photovoltaic panels added in 2008; the Philippines was second for total geothermal power and third for total biomass power;Indonesia was third for total geothermal power.
They are also the result of government decisions: how much to tax and spend (which determines the
amount
of government savings or deficits), investment regulations, exchange-rate policies, and so forth.
That might sound like a lot, but the Tokyo Fire Department spends about the same
amount
each year, and the Australian Department of Human Services spends $3 billion more (with less staff).
Given Yuan’s position, this pledge could effectively
amount
to official policy.
The
amount
of resources that the back end gets depends on the demand for services identified at the front end.
The answer seems to lie in the concern that North Korea’s demise would
amount
to a victory for the US and a defeat for China.
A single story, true or not, about a small
amount
of aid being misused can often cloud the entire field.
Historically, aid was discussed largely in terms of the total
amount
of money invested.
Fish are more efficient than pork and beef, because they require fewer inputs to yield the same
amount
of protein.
The costs are staggering: thousands of child deaths every day, and annual economic losses estimated at $260 billion – more than double the total
amount
of official development assistance.
Even when America grows at 0.5%, a gap of 3% in a $10 trillion economy means a loss of output of $300 billion--an enormous
amount
by any definition.
Even with the surprisingly strong growth numbers for the first quarter of the year, most forecasters see growth over 2002 as a whole falling short of its long run potential, and by a significant amount, implying that unemployment will rise.
But even without noisome politics, the sheer
amount
of money required to stage the Olympic Games – the building contracts for stadiums, transport infrastructure, and hotels, together with all the other commercial razzmatazz – was bound to produce a culture of bribery and kickbacks.
The
amount
of spending on rice alone by Africans equals the combined national budgets of Ghana and Senegal.
But, because these items
amount
to a pittance of India’s total budget, total spending remains low, especially relative to need.
The threat by US officials to cut off aid to Ecuador, which would
amount
to a measly $12 million in 2014, further evinces a clumsy approach.
Despite a once-unthinkable
amount
of monetary stimulus, global output remains well below potential, with the potential itself at risk of being suppressed.
Payment arrears on food imports
amount
to $2.4 billion, leading to a substantial shortage of staple goods.
Venezuela has defaulted on PDVSA’s suppliers, contractors, and joint-venture partners, causing oil exports to fall by 45% relative to 1997 and production to
amount
to about half what the 2005 plan had projected for 2012.
The US did not offer any clear indication of what it thought should follow such an outcome, apart from some kind of election process, which in a largely sectarian conflict like Syria’s would
amount
to nothing more than an elaborate census.
The event that ultimately seems to have pricked the bubble was the China Securities Regulatory Commission’s June 12 announcement of plans to limit the
amount
that brokerages could lend for stock trading.
For example, the SEC has traditionally thought about adequate equity capital in a regulated business, primarily as the
amount
needed to help compensate customers in the event that individual firms fail.
Over the last two generations, as the world population has doubled to 7.3 billion, the
amount
of fish taken from the oceans each year has grown even faster, from 20 million metric tons in 1950 to 77 million in 2010.
The combustion of fossil fuels, wood, and other biomass increases the
amount
of airborne particles, which, in a somewhat simplified manner, we can describe as “white” or “black.”
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