Backward
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Even many of the more
backward
parts of China have been growing at a pace that would be a marvel, were it not for the fact that other parts of the country are growing even more rapidly.
Looking
backward
gets us no closer to what we want; on the contrary, it is a surefire way to miss the challenges – and miss out on the opportunities – that lie before us.
Already radically different levels of education, resource endowment and skilled labor mean that, with WTO entry, the already privileged coastal areas of China will continue to advance disproportionately over more
backward
inland areas.
Belindia Has SpokenSANTIAGO – Forty years ago, the Brazilian economist Edmar Bacha named his country Belindia: a combination of prosperous and modern Belgium and poor and
backward
India.
The fact that most of the perpetrators of the attacks were identified as Saudis highlighted the country’s
backward
realities and provoked mounting international pressures for change.
For many years, Europeans viewed the EU as a catalyst for economic growth and greater “cohesion” through policies that primarily benefited Europe’s poorer countries and more
backward
regions.
Only such “reverse engineering,” starting at the end and working
backward
– and legitimized and monitored by strict international mechanisms – might yet save the prospects for an Israeli/Palestinian peace from ruin.
The Age of AdaptationGENEVA – The world needs to stop looking
backward.
Demographically, Russia is in a dramatic nose-dive; it remains economically and socially backward; its infrastructure is underdeveloped, as are its investments in education and vocational training.
Turning
backward
and inward to the original six EU members is unlikely to meet such concerns, and augurs poorly for the liberalization of labor markets that Europe’s economies need to get moving.
Ceausescu took aim, then fell
backward
when the bear, inadequately sedated, reared on its hind legs as if to attack.
After all, civil resistance has succeeded in poor,
backward
countries, like India, and failed in rich, educated ones, like the Gulf states.
But while this might seem like a step
backward
for China’s market-oriented reforms, there are good reasons to boost oversight, at least for now.
When Islamists speak of political or social reform, they are typically looking backward, hoping to resurrect a time when core European principles – from gender equality to gay marriage – were repudiated.
All of this could lead to a standstill, which, in the current environment, would be tantamount to going backward, threatening not only European integration’s future prospects, but also its past accomplishments.
Exemptions from excise taxes are numerous and complex, including businesses with total annual revenues of less than 10 million rupees and firms located in certain troubled or
backward
areas.
Palestine as a Failed StateEvery week, it seems, brings another
backward
step for Palestine.
Investment (especially in infrastructure in
backward
areas and social investments) should not bear the brunt of the expenditure squeeze, because today’s investment is also tomorrow’s growth in production capacity; and the production of more goods tomorrow would reduce inflation.
Great leap backward: A new “Cultural Revolution” erupts, as the clique in power ruthlessly seeks to suppress dissent within and outside the establishment.
Dependence on commodity exports creates few linkages with the domestic economy, leaving many sectors uncompetitive or technologically
backward.
Paul Krugman and Anthony J. Venables outlined these
backward
and forward linkages in a well-known article more than two decades ago.
Through the BRI, China is building ties to some of the world’s most authoritarian, financially opaque, and economically
backward
countries.
Individualistic Protestants were free-thinking, industrious, and devoted to making the best of themselves (materially, as much as spiritually), whereas Catholics were
backward
and not infrequently lazy.
After all, many Chinese, and especially the current leadership, still vividly remember growing up in a poor,
backward
country.
This would drastically increase the costs of research and development and deepen the risks of damaging systemic disruptions – a costly step
backward
after decades of globalization.
In the ongoing debt negotiations between Argentina and private creditors, one creditor group has proposed moving backward, and is pressuring Argentina to remove this innovative feature in the future.
It is imperative that the international community supports the rejection of such a fateful step
backward.
What is undeniable, however, is that the proposed move
backward
will exacerbate the collective-action problems in sovereign-debt workouts, increase political and ideological tensions over sovereign debt, and make pragmatic and viable solutions to sovereign insolvency much more elusive.
After years of bending over
backward
to appease China, Modi has received yet another Chinese encroachment on Indian territory.
They will do everything they can to undercut Europe’s ability to respond to common challenges, thereby dragging the entire continent
backward.
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