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You can’t fight the diversion of small
amounts
of money by weak and poor countries while ignoring the massive diversion of public resources into private hands of the sort that marked, say, Russia under Boris Yeltsin.
The bottom line is that China and India are still large economies, growing rapidly, and consuming massive
amounts
of resources.
Fiscal positions are solid and public debt
amounts
to only 32% of the region’s GDP.
The 12-month total
amounts
to 4,859 square kilometers, the highest level since July 2008.
Moreover, its hundreds of billions of trees store massive
amounts
of carbon.
Add to that a sharply depreciating peso (down by more than 50% against the US dollar this year), and the increase in gas prices faced by households and businesses, on average,
amounts
to 1,300% over the last 24 months.
Today, the frontrunner is a device known as a “tokamak,” a magnetic bottle in which the fuel, held at 100-200 million degrees Celsius, fuses, unlocking huge
amounts
of energy.
According to some estimates, Egyptian families spend more than $1 billion on private tutoring to compensate for poor education – a cost that often
amounts
to almost a quarter of household income.
In a country with a huge amount of liquidity – M2 (a common measure of the money supply)
amounts
to double China’s GDP – and still-rising borrowing costs, this makes little sense.
That sparked discussion not only about whether it is true (the Saudis purchase huge
amounts
of military hardware from the US), but also about whether it should have been said out loud.
This form of government support
amounts
to a large implicit subsidy for big banks.
The reason that climate change is a problem now is that over the past two centuries, some countries have been putting large
amounts
of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
This plan for an open society in Southeast Europe would impose costs on EU members, but the
amounts
are small because the whole region is smaller in economic terms than the Netherlands.
It
amounts
to a determination that all the detainees at Guantanamo are guilty of being unlawful combatants without any proceedings or any opportunity for them to defend themselves.
While life expectancy can be calculated based on birth and death records, indices that measure quality of life, like the WHO’s disability-adjusted life year estimates, require considerable
amounts
of information on a wide range of illnesses and disabilities in every country.
Yes, even after finding the likes of Bin Laden on Pakistani soil, the US – the country that has spearheaded the so-called War on Terror – not only continues to deliver billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan, but also supplies it with large
amounts
of lethal weapons.
Sports today are highly competitive, with huge
amounts
of money at stake, but that does not mean it is impossible to be honest.
The EU budget
amounts
to about 1% of GDP, just one-fortieth of total public expenditure.
Muddling through with a weak technocratic-led government
amounts
to waiting for an accident to happen.
Moreover, Italy could barely stabilize its public debt – which now
amounts
to 133% of GDP – even when bond yields were reaching record lows.
Deposits of hot dry rocks are common, and large
amounts
of heat are within reach in many places.
The ERC’s budget
amounts
to no more than 0.5% of total European R&D spending, or 15% of the current Framework Program budget.
For example, changes in financial markets (including the large
amounts
of money in sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds) provide opportunities for new development partnerships, which the New Development Bank can help to catalyze and orchestrate.
Over the past decade the decline
amounts
to 50 to 75 percent respectively.
The European bill
amounts
to just over $100 billion – roughly half of which was paid by the top seven British banks.
There is a fundamental problem with subsidizing inefficient green technology: it is affordable only if it is done in tiny, tokenistic
amounts.
The country is then forced to import considerable
amounts
of electricity from nuclear power plants in France and the Czech Republic.
For India, this uncertainty
amounts
to a serious security challenge, requiring that it transcend the role of silent spectator.
Instead of sinking massive
amounts
of money into poorly performing school systems, Latin American governments would undoubtedly be interested in innovative solutions, such as tablet-based textbooks, that can help teachers provide effective lessons, monitor their students’ progress, and identify remediation strategies.
By committing to purchase large
amounts
of high-quality products that address major national challenges, governments can encourage private, public, or mixed organizations to incur the fixed costs of finding solutions.
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