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How else, says the US, could China undercut American producers in so many
areas?
During the “Scramble for Africa” (which lasted from roughly the late 1860s until 1905), European powers signed hundreds of bilateral and multilateral agreements that partitioned the largely unexplored continent into protectorates, free-trade areas, and colonies.
Even countries with relatively strong institutions find it difficult to project power in remote
areas.
Allying himself with the Bush administration has increased his unpopularity, especially following missile attacks by the United States in Pakistan’s tribal
areas.
An increase in deadly attacks on army convoys in the Pakistan-Afghanistan tribal
areas
has also pushed the army away from Musharraf.
Nuclear power, satellites, and new energy sources are three high-tech
areas
where cooperation can lead to important breakthroughs.
As I wrote in my chapter, “Some problematic
areas
identified in the Kerner Report have gotten better (participation in politics and government by black Americans – symbolized by the election of a black president), some have stayed the same (education and employment disparities), and some have gotten worse (wealth and income inequality).”
The refugee crisis, for example, demands policy interventions in
areas
as diverse as defense, development aid, European integration, domestic security, and social-welfare policy.
In the past cronyism apparently has been as pervasive in the selection of Korean teams for international sports competitions as in other
areas
of Korean society.
The MDGs set 18 sharp and mostly achievable targets in eight areas, including poverty and hunger, gender equality, education, and child and maternal health.
My think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center, has asked 57 teams of economists to investigate 19 major
areas
and about 50 targets – asking how much each will cost and how much good it will do – by the end of this year, well before the UN decides on its SDGs in late 2015.
Yet the case for India-EU cooperation could not be stronger, since the bulk of the world’s problem
areas
lie between India and Europe (or, as Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt once put it, between the Indus and the Nile).
Likewise, mobile banking provided through cell phones has enabled access to financial services in remote
areas
without bank branches.
Yes, apologists of outsourcing say, rich countries will lose low-skilled jobs in
areas
like textiles to low wage labor in China and elsewhere.
But this is supposedly a good thing, not a bad thing, because America should be specializing in its
areas
of comparative advantage, involving skilled labor and advanced technology.
The EU can play an important role by opening its market and providing funding and technical assistance in crucial
areas.
Yet half of the world’s children live in
areas
where the pneumococcal vaccine is not available through a national immunization program, and only 15% of the children in the world’s poorest countries have access to the rotavirus vaccine.
And for all of the developing world, a re-orientation of the aid effort to mobilize the scientific and technological knowledge needed to conquer unsolved problems of tropical health, agriculture, environment, energy use, and other
areas
that will not be overcome by economic reforms alone.
WWII, however, provided more than just a fiscal stimulus; it brought about a structural transformation, as the war effort moved large numbers of people from rural
areas
to urban centers and retrained them with the skills needed for a manufacturing economy, a process which continued with the GI bill.
These health problems will be concentrated in densely populated
areas
with high PM concentrations, especially cities in China and India.
The proposals cover four broad
areas.
China is aggressively pursuing its territorial claims in the South China Sea – including by militarizing disputed
areas
and pushing its borders far out into international waters – despite an international arbitral ruling invalidating them.
In China, the e-commerce giant Alibaba is leading a massive effort to connect rural
areas
to national and global markets, including through its consumer-to-consumer platform Taobao.
To mitigate risk, people in rural
areas
have always relied on their personal networks for information to help them weather crises, improve productivity, and limit crop losses.
Mobile payment systems are also facilitating remittances from urban to rural areas, an increasingly important component of rural livelihoods.Of course, the mere existence of this technology will not end hunger.
Mobile payment systems are also facilitating remittances from urban to rural areas, an increasingly important component of rural livelihoods.
Aside from
areas
of particular concern (oil, arms, guerrillas, drugs), the US needs Latin America dearly nowadays because resistance to it is springing up everywhere, and with greater virulence than at any time since World War II’s end.
America’s need for STEM workers is reflected in many
areas.
Firms seem nervous about the future in both
areas.
Changes in four key
areas
could prove particularly valuable.
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