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That would mean further humiliation for ordinary people, who bear the
brunt
of corruption, as government officials and their crony capitalists continued to siphon off public funds.
We cannot afford such a strategy, especially as the poor would bear the
brunt
of the resulting climate change.
It has become fashionable among politicians to preach the virtues of pain and suffering, no doubt because those bearing the
brunt
of it are those with little voice – the poor and future generations.
If there is pain to be borne, the
brunt
of it should be felt by those responsible for the crisis, and those who benefited most from the bubble that preceded it.
Even today, the world's bias toward short-term cross-border lending has not been addressed by Washington or by Basle, and the victims of this crisis continue to receive the
brunt
of the blame.
And, with the eurozone’s most debt-burdened economies bearing the
brunt
of these shifts, Italy is sitting directly atop the fault.
Yes, America mismanaged its economy; but, no, the US did not somehow manage to impose the
brunt
of the global fallout on Europe.
Their fears are shared by subsistence farmers and indigenous people worldwide – the people bearing the
brunt
of climate shocks, though they played no part in causing them.
Small farmers, predominantly in developing countries, will bear the
brunt
of climate change.
South America's Growing Financial StormCAMBRIDGE: The international financial crisis continues, with South America feeling the
brunt
of the storm.
In almost all countries, the state still shoulders the
brunt
of the burden of education funding.
Last year in Kosovo, America bore the
brunt
of the military campaign.
The success of the world’s development goals hinges on our ability to reach the poorest and most marginalized populations, who continue to bear the
brunt
of death and disability worldwide.
Climate injustice must be redressed, as developing countries bear the
brunt
of the impact and face massive adaptation costs.
Female journalists have had to bear the
brunt
of digital attacks, which can rapidly escalate into threats of sexual violence.
And, since 2008, this same group has borne the
brunt
of austerity.
Some governments have responded to the migration crisis with beggar-thy-neighbor policies, forcing adjacent countries to bear the
brunt
of the burden, and consequently, a core component of European integration – the border-free Schengen Area – is under threat.
While illicit drugs are moved through all Central Asian countries, Tajikistan bears the
brunt
of the scourge due to its location at the northern border of Afghanistan.
By reinstating sanctions, Trump is all but begging the Iranian people – who will bear the
brunt
of the sanctions’ pain – to rise up against their government.
But it is Pakistan’s neighbors that are bearing the
brunt
of its state-sponsored terrorism.
Moreover, they can offer valuable insights on financial instability as they have borne the
brunt
of recent crises.
In the meantime, those who are bearing the
brunt
of the transition costs – the unemployed and the young – need support, and those of us who are more fortunate should bear the costs.
Desperate to sustain their political and economic momentum, most have taken a wide variety of steps to prevent their economies from feeling the full
brunt
of the commodity price hikes.
Typically, it is minority groups (ethnic, religious, linguistic, or regional) that bear the
brunt
of illiberal policies and practices.
In a 1991 paper, Allan Drazen and Alberto Alesina suggested that economic stabilization might be delayed because two contending groups are trapped in a war of attrition; all understand that adjustment is necessary but expect the other group to bear the
brunt
of the cost.
And if that were not enough, Mexican capital and currency markets will bear the
brunt
of the pain from unstable US monetary and fiscal policy.
The countries likely to bear the
brunt
of such massive diversion of waters are those located farthest downstream on rivers like the Brahmaputra and Mekong – Bangladesh, whose very future is threatened by climate and environmental change, and Vietnam, a rice bowl of Asia.
Now is the time for Georgian, Russian, Abkazian, and Ossetian civilians who are bearing the
brunt
of the conflict to come together to stop imperial chess games that kill thousands of people and leave thousands more displaced and emotionally wounded.
Of course, it is not the tycoons who will bear the
brunt
of the economic crisis.
The last time that happened, in the 1970s, lower-income people bore the
brunt
of the pain.
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