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Tell that to the four million people starving to death, to the three million victims of HIV/AIDS, or to the
billions
of people who lack access to clean drinking water.
They examined the best research available and concluded that projects requiring a relatively small investment – getting micro-nutrients to those suffering from malnutrition, providing more resources for HIV/AIDS prevention, making a proper effort to get drinking water to those who lack it – would do far more good than the
billions
of dollars we could spend reducing carbon emissions to combat climate change.
Palestinian Hopes for Barack ObamaRAMALLAH – President-elect Barack Obama’s defiantly positive campaign for change has inspired hope not only in the millions of Americans who voted for him, but also in the
billions
of others worldwide who could not.
(Gabriel knows, of course, that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have donated tens of
billions
already.)
These wealthy groups and individuals gave
billions
of dollars to the candidates in the recent election campaign, and they expect their contributions to yield benefits.
They are just not powerful enough to justify spending
billions
of dollars for laser weapon systems the size of football fields.
Knowing that the government will pick up the pieces if necessary, they will postpone resolving mortgages and pay out
billions
in bonuses and dividends.
But critics point out that this would damage SWIFT and the West, whose banks would lose the hundreds of
billions
of dollars that Russia currently owes them.
The unfunded liability associated with this will total
billions
of pounds.
International banks lent hundreds of
billions
of dollars to Asian banks and corporations, much on a short-term basis.
How, people ask, will governments repay all of the hundreds of
billions
of dollars that they owe?
Indeed, Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group, has calculated that, in the US alone, the pharmaceutical industry has paid out
billions
of dollars as a result of court judgments and financial settlements between pharmaceutical manufacturers and federal and state governments.
With
billions
of people in emerging economies already using mobile phones, digital finance makes this goal achievable.
The biggest grab was in the oil and gas industries, amounting to tens of
billions
of dollars.
Russia's treasury lost
billions
of dollars in this way.
The five countries in trouble will need to place tens of
billions
of euros in new debt and roll over even larger amounts of old debt.
In 2012, after China’s sovereignty dispute with Japan over the Senkaku Islands (which the Japanese first controlled in 1895) flared anew, China once again used trade as a strategic weapon, costing Japan
billions
of dollars.
Given that the new global development targets – like the current Millennium Development Goals, which have focused on health, hunger, and education – could guide the allocation of hundreds of
billions
of aid dollars, choosing the right areas on which to focus is critical.
After all, North Korea’s sudden collapse or a military conflict on the peninsula would undermine regional security, while burdening neighboring countries with millions of refugees and hundreds of
billions
of dollars in reconstruction costs.
Billions
of dollars are flowing into auto, steel, chemical, and high-tech electronics plants, setting the stage for China to be a major exporter of high-end products.
Of course, the
billions
of farmers and villagers worldwide should not be forgotten.
While the original Internet linked computers entirely in the US, today’s Internet connects
billions
of people worldwide.
Greening Financial ReformSEOUL – Trillions of dollars in “green finance” – that is, low-carbon, resource-efficient investment – are needed annually to prevent climate change and natural constraints from stalling the global economy and threatening the livelihoods of
billions
of people.
Of course,
billions
of others around the world share the same dream.
They will not, in the foreseeable future, operate on a scale that can foster a rapid transition away from fossil fuels or provide energy services to
billions
of new consumers.
But the United Nations and national governments spend
billions
of dollars each year trying to help those in need without explicitly considering whether they are achieving the most that they can.
In addition, some of the
billions
spent to subsidize Western farmers should now be spent to help poorer developing countries meet their basic food and energy needs.
With the BoE at liberty to create as many
billions
of pounds as it deemed fit to reflate the City and back the government’s bank nationalization and monetary stabilization drive, Britain escaped the crisis with a single-year recession (2008-2009) amounting to a loss of 5.15% in national income.
In Syria – a Sunni-majority country where, incidentally, a Sunni Muslim caliphate, the Umayyads, once prospered – Iran is spending
billions
of dollars to prop up President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, dominated by members of a minority Shia sect, the Alawites (historically known as Nusayris).
In the United States, for example, the sound of
billions
of dollars flowing into election-campaign coffers is drowning out the voices of individual voters.
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