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The Importance of Being BoringWASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund is an immensely useful organization, able to deliver substantial
amounts
of financial and technical assistance at short notice to almost any place in the world.
Encouraging victims to speak and then giving the defendant the right to filibuster the proceedings by touting his merits as a political leader
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to a formula for infinite delay.
Trump’s presidency
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to the working out of the policy implications of this Schmittian view for domestic and foreign affairs.
Eurozone leaders’ decision on July 21 to allow the European Financial Stability Facility to buy back old debts – limited only by the EFSF’s capacity – already
amounts
to a type of Eurobond.
Instead, it should allow private equity funds, which have accumulated large
amounts
of savings as they await good investment opportunities, to act as AMCs, bidding for the NPLs at a discount.
To label a wealthy critic of extreme inequality as a hypocrite
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to an ad hominem attack and a logical fallacy, intended to silence those whose voices could make a difference.
Trees consume large
amounts
of carbon dioxide as they grow, making them vital tools for absorbing the greenhouse-gas emissions – from cars, factories, power stations, and livestock – that result in climate change.
There are lots of little quizzes you can take to compare your performance after different
amounts
of sleep.
But, as recent experience has shown, a change in such conditions can force countries either to allow currency depreciation or to delay it by purchasing large
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of local currency using the central bank’s foreign-currency reserves.
Annual aid for primary education
amounts
to just $11 per child in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Togo, and Guinea; $10 per child in the Central African Republic and Madagascar; $5 per child in Chad; and a miniscule $4 per child in Nigeria, the country with the largest out-of-school population.
Such a results-oriented approach would help to encourage business philanthropy in education, which currently
amounts
to only one-tenth of that in health.
That is why successful interventions in Spain and Ireland were comprehensive and required large
amounts
of national and European resources to establish a “bad bank” and ensure a system-wide subsequent triage of assets, recapitalization, and consolidation.
Alternatively, they could also maintain the current piecemeal approach, which has essentially committed small
amounts
of public resources and forced the stronger banks to support the weaker ones.
And, using new technology to analyze large
amounts
of data, they should boost the efficiency of social programs, while encouraging the active participation of concerned citizens.
Japan needed real financial risk sharing: charity rarely
amounts
to much.
Yet it is this centralized, one-party system of governance that the US is trying to change, in what
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to the first significant external shock with a prominent national-security dimension that China has faced in the last 40 years.
Moreover, the risk reduction from diversification would allow the megafund to issue large
amounts
of debt as well as equity, further broadening the pool of potential investors.
Fertilizer use in Africa
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to just 13 kilograms per hectare, compared to 90 kilograms in South Asia and 190 kilograms in East Asia.
This
amounts
to 4.2% of their collective GDP.
The conference came at a time when developing countries and emerging markets have demonstrated their ability to absorb huge
amounts
of money productively.
Today, the US Treasury can still borrow unlimited
amounts
at rock-bottom interest rates.
The city built a new golf course on the protected wetlands of the Marapendi Natural Reserve, which will degrade the ecosystem and consume vast
amounts
of water – a preciously scarce resource in Rio.
But this expedient is incompatible with mainstream French politicians’ devotion to the “European project,” which
amounts
to a projection of French soft power; indeed, building Europe lies at the heart of the French establishment’s version of what Charles de Gaulle used to call “a certain idea of France.”
The plaintiffs suggest that this
amounts
to racial segregation.
The process picked up momentum late last year, after hackers leaked thousands of e-mails from a top British research facility showing that some of the world’s most influential climatologists had been trying to disguise flaws in their work, blocking scrutiny, and plotting together to enforce what
amounts
to a party line on climate change.
Earlier this month, the Indian government reacted to the revelations about the baseless nature of the glacier claim by announcing plans to establish what
amounts
to its own “Indian IPCC” to assess the impact of global warming.
To the extent that you are cc’ed, you can also see patterns among your friends or colleagues: Which topics provoke huge
amounts
of stress or argument?
Asserting proprietary rights over academic research, opponents charge,
amounts
to a conflict of interest, very similar to that of a public official who uses her office for private gain, or an attorney who represents clients on both sides of a legal case.
What struck me most during our visit was the substandard education they were receiving, with far too little support from Western aid (which
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to only $2 per pupil annually in Nigeria and $12 per pupil across sub-Saharan Africa).
With the involvement of the AIIB and the New Development Bank, China has developed what
amounts
to a multinational development strategy.
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