Commitment
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In 2008, the US abandoned its
commitment
to the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of global trade negotiations.
These ideas, combined with effective policy practice like that of the US Federal Reserve under Paul Volcker’s chairmanship, led many countries worldwide toward more explicit inflation targeting, in which central banks stabilize inflation expectations by making a credible
commitment
to a predetermined rate of price growth.
Pakistan’s response to its recent political challenges indicates a continued
commitment
to fight for democracy – a
commitment
that could serve as a badly needed model for many other Muslim-majority countries.
The Bank provided upfront long-term zero-interest loans for the purchase of oral polio vaccines in Nigeria and Pakistan, while the other three organizations covered all service and
commitment
charges associated with the loans.
Although these developments provide clear symbols of the world's ongoing
commitment
to protecting human rights, strikingly little is known about the true effectiveness of such treaties in achieving their goals.
This is a tall order – one that can be met only by a long-term
commitment
from policymakers.
If one factor undergirds China’s
commitment
to “reform and opening,” it is the extraordinary macroeconomic changes of the past 30 years.
NATO renewed its
commitment
to this dual strategy at its Warsaw Summit earlier this summer.
China used to have a reform commission within the executive branch; the establishment of the leading group indicates the CCP’s commitment, and that of President Xi Jinping, to comprehensive reform.
Today, NATO leaders will reaffirm their
commitment
to the courageous people of this country: we will help them for as long as it takes.
That is why, at the EU-United States summit held in Prague last year, I proposed an eight-pronged initiative, elements of which have now been fully or partially taken up, including the Conference held in Sarajevo last June where the EU reiterated its
commitment
to the integration process of the Balkans region as whole.
Some observers have dubbed the new facility “EZ loan,” though few countries meeting the qualifying criteria would consider their policy achievements – and their
commitment
to maintaining that record – anything but “easy.”
Will all agree to extend their security
commitment
to the new members?
And if the
commitment
to introduce monetary union and a common currency is broken, the backlash could deal a fatal blow to European integration.
By setting deadlines for these decisions, NATO and EU governments increased the costs of failure and heightened their
commitment.
They will need all the courage and
commitment
they can muster to honor the pledges they have made to the world.
Given that the construction of the infrastructure and systems required to meet African cities’ water needs is likely to take some 20-30 years, governments’ sustained
commitment
is essential.
It is critical that it acts on this
commitment
– and that it puts in place the programs needed to end the region’s persistent marginalization.
The Kremlin is now suggesting that its
commitment
to fulfilling the declaration was conditional on Japan not joining any security alliance against Russia.
It cannot opt out of the US-led sanctions regime; and it cannot exempt the disputed Kurils from its security treaty with the US, especially now that it has been urging the US to provide an explicit
commitment
to defend the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, over which China claims sovereignty.
No Israeli leader since has shown anything like his far-sighted vision, commitment, and capacity to deliver a negotiated two-state solution.
In fact, with a sufficiently strong
commitment
from policymakers and businesses, China could reach its clean-energy goals ahead of schedule.
Finally, China’s deepening
commitment
to sustainability could improve the chances that the United Nations climate conference in Paris in 2015 will produce a global agreement.
Lasting progress will require a similar
commitment
from governments worldwide.
Last week in London, the “gang of four” convened a private meeting with leading think-tank researchers and a worldwide cast of some 30 former foreign and defense ministers, generals, and ambassadors who share their concern and
commitment.
Nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, counter-terrorism, and civil nuclear-energy risk reduction are inextricably connected, and they call for sustained
commitment
around a comprehensive agenda, and detailed argument.
In a country like Russia, half of whose budget revenues are derived from taxes on oil, setting up an oil fund is the equivalent of a
commitment
to balance the budget over the cycle.
In 2009, it is still the first force in the new parliament, with 267 deputies out of a total of 736: the decrease in its membership is also due to the stated
commitment
of the British Conservatives and the Czech right party to defect from the EPP to create their own party, with a stronger right-wing line.
All of this demands a strong
commitment
to better governance and a relentless focus on outcomes.
More than a decade after the launch of the Doha Round of global free-trade talks, this agreement could be a down payment on the
commitment
that WTO members have made to linking trade and development.
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