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Instead of discussing how ineffective public transport and polluted air was making life worse for
billions
of people, the talk centered on carbon trading, emissions trajectories, and the industrialization of China.
Ugandan military officers, including members of Museveni’s family, have also been accused of looting
billions
of dollars’ worth of gold, diamonds, and other natural resources from Congo’s eastern provinces.
Yes, global growth has raised
billions
of people out of poverty.
No, the CEOs at Davos were licking their lips at the tax legislation that Trump and congressional Republicans recently pushed through, which will deliver hundreds of
billions
of dollars to large corporations and the wealthy people who own and run them – people like Trump himself.
No one knows precisely the Mexican drug cartels’ annual profits, but they certainly amount to
billions
of dollars.
Imposing
billions
of dollars of fines on the most conspicuous wealth creators is not the way to go.
Unfortunately, right now, tens of
billions
of chickens are being forced to live this way; indeed, mankind’s realm is full of unnecessarily suffering animals.
And other Chinese Internet and financial giants such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Hony Capital, as well as state-owned companies such as the China Film Group, have invested tens of
billions
of dollars in US film ventures.
China-Africa trade alone increased from $10 billion in 2000 to $107 billion in 2008, and
billions
of dollars are being invested in oil production, mining, transportation, electricity generation and transmission, telecommunications, and other infrastructure.
Now, India’s Satyam, audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, is found to be missing
billions
in cash.
So we must redouble our efforts to shift our economies to a post-carbon world, while still allowing the
billions
of people without adequate food, water, and education to improve their lives.
The issue, again, is shareholder value, with shareholders worrying that
billions
of dollars are disappearing from the company.
In Ukraine, for example,
billions
of dollars of Russian gas supplies go unpaid every year.
Ending Rogue FishingLONDON – Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally, feeding
billions
of people worldwide.
Eliminating rogue fishing will help replenish marine life and secure food and livelihoods for
billions
of people.
According to research commissioned by my think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center, reviving the moribund Doha Development Round of global free-trade talks would lift the incomes of
billions
of people worldwide, while reducing the number of people in poverty by an astonishing 145 million in 15 years.
Strangely, it is all but forgotten – particularly by the Chinese – that for two decades Japan has watched China’s rise quietly from the sidelines (even supportively, to the extent that Japanese investors have poured in
billions
of dollars in the three decades since Deng Xiaoping opened the economy).
As a result, the United States and Europe often spend tens or even hundreds of
billions
of dollars to send troops or bombers to quell uprisings or target “failed states,” but do not send one-tenth or even one-hundredth of that amount to address the underlying crises of water scarcity and under-development.
In the hands of a capable entrepreneur, a technological breakthrough can be worth
billions
of dollars, owing to regulatory protections and the winner-take-all nature of global markets.
Rather than investing hundreds of
billions
of dollars in short-term, ineffective cuts in CO2 emissions, we should be investing tens of
billions
in research, leaving our children and grandchildren with cheaper and cleaner energy.
Meeting the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the WBG’s own goal of taking development finance from “from
billions
to trillions,” requires maximizing the potential of the latest capital increase.
Globally, such subsidies, like those offered by the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy, run into the hundreds of
billions
of dollars, draining budgets and often doing nothing for the poor.
A timeworn commitment to economic growth at all cost is no answer to the question of how development can be balanced against the limits of our planet and the fact that
billions
of people live in poverty.
Before investing hundreds of
billions
of dollars more in failing military operations, the Obama administration should re-think its policy and lay out a viable strategy to US citizens and the world.
Japan, not wishing to be left out of the great infrastructure game in Myanmar, is investing
billions
in port reconstruction.
They stood to lose billions, and many financial-sector employees stood to lose their jobs.
More realistically, large corporations are sitting on hundreds of
billions
of dollars – indeed, trillions if aggregated across the advanced economies – because they already have too much capacity.
Paris and the Fate of the EarthPRINCETON – The lives of
billions
of people, for centuries to come, will be at stake when world leaders and government negotiators meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris at the end of the month.
As a result, vast areas of our planet, currently home to
billions
of people, could become uninhabitable.
Anything less, however, would be a crime against
billions
of people, living and yet to be born, and against the entire natural environment of our planet.
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