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Educational institutions can thus work to develop students’
capacity
for caring in tandem with their cognitive abilities.
The mainstream view that people are wholly self-interested economic actors denies our innate
capacity
for reciprocity, fairness, and moral responsibility.
Knowhow is the
capacity
to perform tasks.
The ECB is the only eurozone institution that has the capacity, through its power of seigniorage and profit/loss sharing to all member central banks, to provide Eurobond-like support.
Nowadays, there are many adherents of the “Hubbert’s peak” theory of oil production, which holds that we have reached the upper limits of output capacity, the wells are running dry, and it is all downhill from here.
The one that understandably gets the most attention is the
capacity
to mount a rapid and effective response.
Such a
capacity
will always be necessary, and few doubt its importance.
Indeed, in the United States, lessons from the Katrina experience appear to have strengthened response capacity, as shown by the rapid and effective intervention following Hurricane Sandy.
The dilemma is that any depreciation of sterling increases the level of imported inflation that is not offset by spare
capacity
in the economy.
In other words, the United Kingdom has spare
capacity
– output fell by 6.4% during the recession and has not fully recovered – but not enough of it.
Given
capacity
constraints, particularly in the poor countries, this cost is likely to be high.
The MDG agenda has already stretched statistical capacity; 169 new targets will only make the situation worse.
It provides decision-makers and stakeholders insights into how to improve policies to maximize positive outcomes and reduce risks, such as the possibility of low rates of adoption or limited institutional
capacity
for effective implementation.
The EU has neither the
capacity
nor the authority to conduct any reciprocal surveillance of US missions in Europe, and it does not do so.
If Europe is to overcome its current financial constraints and acquire the military
capacity
and level of coordination needed to fulfill its new role, it must pool and share its resources more effectively.
For these sectors, rapid investment-driven growth in the past decade has produced a mountain of excess capacity, reflected in stagnant prices and the banking sector’s soaring volume of bad loans, as price wars squeeze profitability and stimulate real-estate speculation.
Likewise, cutting fiscal support (via government-directed bank lending) to zombie firms would free up fiscal
capacity
and enable resources to be redirected to new sectors that facilitate services and urban employment; but this would exacerbate – at least at first – today’s demand shortfall.
The French consider Europe to be a kind of superpower – a status that implies a corresponding military
capacity.
But Puerto Rico’s problem is a lack of
capacity
to pay, not a lack of willingness.
And yet it is also clear that both administrative and political problems – not least a populist backlash against the new arrivals – limit the EU’s
capacity
to absorb large numbers of migrants in a short period of time.
Europe must grow up and develop the
capacity
to defend its own interests, because the day is fast approaching when others will be less able and willing to do this for us than they once were.
We should begin by expanding Africans’
capacity
to harness wastewater.
Finally, the destination of EU funds, not their size, affects their
capacity
to deliver economic growth.
Since returning to democratic rule in the 1980s and 1990s, many Latin American countries have been quietly working to strengthen their political systems’ checks and balances, from enhancing the legislature’s authority to analyze budgets and monitor spending to reinforcing the judiciary’s
capacity
to prosecute complex financial crimes.
Google, Facebook, and others were able to take this odd production process, where our attention is the traded commodity, to a different level, thanks to their stupendous
capacity
to personalize our screens.
And it calls for greater support for climate projects, including through
capacity
building and technology transfer from developed to developing countries.
To that end, African states must identify ways to access the necessary funding; design mechanisms to support the implementation of flagship programs; strengthen their institutions’
capacity
to tackle climate risks; and seize opportunities in low-carbon development in the fields of energy, technological innovation, and “green” industries.
Where Islamist parties have been given space for political action, they have shown a
capacity
to take advantage of it, often advocating political participation as a superior alternative to violence.
Yet the Palestinians have displayed a profound
capacity
for resistance.
Another crucial innovation has been the development of the European Stability Mechanism, which, like the International Monetary Fund, has the
capacity
to execute vast financial bailouts, subject to conditionality.
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