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The main contribution of the zones was to experiment with market forces in a limited, and therefore politically acceptable, way before applying their lessons across the country.
This takes time, but China is already applying to the IMF to have the renminbi included in the basket of currencies that determines the value of the Fund’s unit of account, Special Drawing Rights, with a decision likely in late 2015.
In addition, there is rising mistrust of politicians who cannot fulfill promises to halt immigration, accompanied by perceptions of immigrants as law-breakers rather than enterprising people, and mistreatment of refugees aimed at deterring people who want to work from applying for asylum.
Given the lack of experience with this type of assessment, the framework and those applying it should be flexible.
Likewise, in the emerging conception of universities – one that draws heavily from the corporate world – educational “managers,” applying “best practices” (and always ready to move on to the next posting) – retain the most cursory regard for the institution’s life and traditions.
Applying a form of reasoning common to game theory, Kennedy recognized the need to put himself in his opponents’ shoes – and the likelihood that his opponent was doing the same.
And by applying remote sensing technology to river basins, we can determine how much surface water is available and who is consuming what.
Applying such requirements would not reverse the increase in the monetary base, but it would constrain its stimulative effect to the originally intended level.
Applying it would, of course, entail difficult calibration issues.
This is the classic form of adjustment in the international economic system, and past US administrations pursued this method by applying bilateral pressure, and by working through international institutions such as the G7 and the International Monetary Fund.
Instead, exchange rate stability will be assessed according to economic fundamentals and countries' economic policy mix, rather than by rigidly applying mechanical rules.
But the SCAF side is applying a similar strategy: strengthening its hold over the key power ministries.
It is sometimes argued that automatic haircuts should not be part of the European rescue mechanism, given that even the International Monetary Fund often provided its help in previous sovereign-debt crises without applying them.
Some suggest that this is yet another example of Western institutions applying to Africa principles that they don’t apply to themselves.
Now, instead of applying another turn of the screw – and possibly causing the regime to buckle – Obama is easing the pressure.
Countries receiving assistance should be given the option of applying for an anticipated disbursement of EU funds.
A survey by David Evans and Richard Schmalensee describes numerous situations in which applying old assumptions could lead to mistakes by, say, an anti-trust regulator with only an undergraduate degree.
In a world of diverse and changing circumstances, social scientists can do real harm by applying the wrong model.
Royal DSM (which is led by one of the authors) has set a carbon price of €50 ($59) per ton, joining other global companies like Michelin, Danone, and General Motors in applying meaningful carbon prices to “future-proof” their business.
Countries fear that by applying for pre-approval – a process that they are not confident will remain confidential, as promised – they will signal potential economic problems.
Already, major innovations such as Internet search engines, machine translation, and image labeling have relied on applying machine-learning techniques to vast data sets.
The US is better positioned than any other power in this respect, particularly when it comes to applying these advantages in its immediate vicinity.
Spain, Portugal, and Greece had to establish functioning democracies before applying for EU membership.
Action for Dolphins and Life Investigation Agency will argue that Japanese law has erroneously classified dolphins as fish rather than applying the higher standard of protection that Japanese law accords to mammals.
It is unclear, for example, if applying old economic treatments would reverse current trends.
They have found that applying the major banks’ different internal models to the same portfolio of loans can produce very different numbers, meaning that some banks would be carrying significantly less capital than others for the same quantum of assumed risk.
Applying this process to large banks and to financial institutions that are not formally banks – and that do not have insured retail deposits – sounds fine on paper.
This should become a topic of discussion at bilateral and multilateral meetings, not because it would lead to a formal agreement, but because it would focus attention on applying stringent sanctions or undertaking military action, which could then reduce the odds of proliferation.
In theory, the constitutional prohibition could be interpreted as applying only to the future.
This would be different from applying sanctions, which would risk triggering a “ Masada Complex” that might push Israel to further extremes.
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