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But it also harbors some
centers
of technological excellence, such as the factories that produce important spare parts for Russian military helicopters.
The necessary investments include large-scale deployment of solar and wind power; broader adoption of electric transport, both public (buses and trains) and private (cars); energy-efficient buildings; and power grids to carry renewable energy across large distances (say, from the North Sea and North Africa to continental Europe, and from California’s Mojave Desert to US population centers).
Private electricity producers, for example, will not invest in large-scale renewable energy generation if the government does not have long-term climate and energy policies or plans for spurring construction of long-distance transmission lines to carry new low-carbon energy sources to population
centers.
One estimate has shown that the combined agriculture research spending by state governments in California, New York, and Florida exceeds the total of the worldwide system of international agricultural research
centers
for tropical countries.
WWII, however, provided more than just a fiscal stimulus; it brought about a structural transformation, as the war effort moved large numbers of people from rural areas to urban
centers
and retrained them with the skills needed for a manufacturing economy, a process which continued with the GI bill.
According to Carr, the use of processing
centers
in Nauru and Papua New Guinea “create a disincentive to people smugglers,” while ensuring a “more orderly process [that] makes sense for Australia.”
There are also now several different league tables – which are generating considerable angst – that rank financial
centers
based largely on surveys of firms.
How badly the financial crisis damaged the reputation and performance of the major Western
centers
is a question increasingly asked in London, and to a lesser extent in New York.
The most striking change in the rankings is the rise of major Asian financial
centers
– and not just Hong Kong and Singapore, but also Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen.
The Chinese have been explicitly promoting their financial centers, and the impact is beginning to be seen.
On the principle that if something is inevitable, it is wise to welcome it, the appropriate response in London and New York is to find ways of collaborating with these new
centers.
But the more important question for the traditional financial
centers
is whether international activity that can move really is moving.
Chinese officials have targeted 2020 as the date by which both Beijing and Shanghai should become leading international financial centers, with deep and liquid financial markets open to the rest of the world.
When a similar issued emerged in the 1970’s – the so-called “recycling of oil surpluses” – banks in Western financial
centers
extended loans to Latin America, communist Poland, and communist Romania.
While the war in Iraq and abuses at American detention
centers
have damaged the cause of human rights in the Middle East and Asia, the third factor in the weakening of human rights – unregulated free trade – has been felt mostly in Latin America.
"Islam, Pakistan, Jihad" became emblazoned on banners at Pakistani army recruitment centers, beards proliferated, promotions went with piety, and few could be seen to miss Friday prayers.
Academic institutions, research centers, and science-related employers must commit to diversifying their bases of recruitment, and improve efforts to recognize and respond to discrimination.
But the weakest assumption about the benefits of a small state
centers
around the pace at which institutions develop.
We do not yet know what combination of black-box computer programs and electronic trading algorithms, interacting across more than 50 market centers, caused this catastrophe.
Other sectors that currently account for a large share of employment in lower-income countries – including apparel, light manufacturing, logistics, and call
centers
– are forecast to undergo increasing automation.
The Bank, which has drawn predominantly upon US-based
centers
of learning, can no longer ply a single model or dictate from a universal template.
A plethora of
centers
for the study of business and government relations have been created, and researchers have produced a large literature on the design, analysis, and evaluation of public-private partnerships.
As it stands, the risks of sea-level rise for Asia’s coastal urban
centers
are still not sufficiently understood, nor have they been adequately integrated into planning processes.
The trauma specialist Paul Stevenson described a demoralization syndrome that he observed during his work at migrant detention
centers
on Nauru, off the Australian coast.
Football chauvinism always contained an edge of violence, for it often included an ethnic, religious, or class component: Protestants versus Catholics (in Scotland);“Jewish” clubs (in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and Budapest), taunted by fans who opposed the “Yids”; posh clubs (like Galatasaray in Istanbul) and resolutely proletarian sides (West Ham in London); clubs that took pride in a strong regional identity (Barcelona); and clubs that were close to the
centers
of power (Real Madrid).
Is it within the scope of the no-fly zone to take out command and control
centers
that might direct aircraft?
Destination countries could also establish urban work and training
centers
for incoming migrants, many of whom will lack the skills required to land city jobs; and they should recognize the qualifications of those who do have expertise, and help them to find work.
Special laws have been enacted in non-Muslim financial
centers
– London, Singapore, and Hong Kong – to facilitate the operation of Islamic banks and associated financial institutions.
Millions of low-skilled workers who left farms in China’s interior to work in coastal manufacturing
centers
are now being forced to return to their villages.
President Bush assured the Israelis that, given the "new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers," Israel does not have to return all the territories it occupied in 1967.
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