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Women benefit when flexible work arrangements are introduced and the
barriers
between part-time and full-time work contracts are lowered, as the Netherlands has successfully done.
Countries would be better off with policies that promote ICT: elimination of taxes and tariffs on ICT products and services, removal of non-tariff
barriers
like requiring local data storage, and encouragement of digital innovation and transformation in economic sectors through regulatory and procurement reform.
Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region maintain steep
barriers
against imports from the US.
One possible answer is that there are still technical
barriers
that block the construction and use of such networks.
But scientists and software engineers regularly face such daunting challenges, and, with DNA serving as the reference language of modern biomedical research, the technical
barriers
to constructing disease networks will be short-lived.
Cultural
barriers
are the real stumbling block.
A more likely explanation, however, is that the NASDAQ crashed because it became clear that dominant market positions in high tech_based businesses were not sources of profits unless accompanied by substantial
barriers
to entry for new potential competitors--and that such
barriers
to entry were becoming remarkably hard to create.
Governments find it more politically rewarding to pursue security by erecting administrative or physical
barriers.
Barriers
like geographical distance and low resources, which have long prevented billions of people from getting the care they need, are much easier to overcome in the digital age.
But just one century later, emigration was no longer an option for people whose economic activity had suddenly become obsolete, not least because most countries had imposed tougher
barriers
against migration.
As was amply demonstrated in the last seven decades, reducing tariffs and non-tariff
barriers
would also help – above all in agriculture and services, as envisaged by the Doha Round.
But getting there requires removing old
barriers
and preventing the erection of new ones.
Yet there are major
barriers
to boosting school enrollment – beginning with the persistence of child marriage.
As import
barriers
fall and as Japan's distribution systems become more transparent, converging to OECD standards, the import share of Japan's GDP will rise, improving domestic productivity.
We have already seen qualified US congressional support from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and ranking Republican Orrin Hatch who, while calling the potential agreement “an enticing opportunity,” specifically noted the need to address “unwarranted agricultural barriers” in the EU, including policies on GM organisms and hormones.
Moreover, these trade agreements are often asymmetric--the North insists on the South opening markets and eliminating subsidies, while it maintains trade
barriers
and subsidizes its own farmers.
Today, Chile imposes no
barriers
to the inflow of capital.
Attacks are usually asymmetric; the
barriers
to cyberspace are inconsequential and governments have struggled to enforce the rule of law online.
Intelligent policy should therefore identify and remove any
barriers
unnecessarily depressing birth rates, such as labor-market discrimination, limited parental leave, or inadequate childcare facilities, which make it difficult for women to combine careers with having as many children as they wish.
Other
barriers
standing in the way of capturing the full potential of the Internet of Things include the need for privacy and security protections and long investment cycles in areas such as infrastructure, where it could take many years to retrofit legacy assets.
With few exceptions, gone are the days of dual exchange rates, hyperinflation, and extensive trade
barriers.
Second, Chinese firms increasingly face
barriers
to investing in the US technology sector and to purchasing high-tech components from US and European producers.
Yet leadership can be a challenging aspiration for the continent’s young women, owing to enduring
barriers
to success.
Yet
barriers
to women’s leadership in Africa today remain systemic, widespread, and they begin early.
From limited land rights to the enduring expectation that they perform the majority of unpaid household labor, women in Africa face major economic, legal, and cultural
barriers
to advancement.
But while the
barriers
to women’s leadership are formidable, they are not insurmountable.
Moreover, it is important to remove
barriers
in the labor market.
The removal of
barriers
to women’s participation in economic activity is another important lever for sparking inclusive growth.
If intra-European trade
barriers
are imposed, and companies choose to invest elsewhere to access Europe’s single market, lower-paid jobs in disadvantaged regions may disappear altogether, or wages will fall further.
Companies, investors, governments, and communities confront a series of critical
barriers
to increasing the food availability that the world needs: Local populations’ insecure land ownership; receding water tables, owing to unsustainable extraction rates; inefficient use of pollution-causing inputs like fertilizers and pesticides; the loss of vital ecosystems, affecting the resilience of food production; and certain areas’ inability to cope with extreme weather.
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