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The two cannot really be compared: One is a safe choice, but not likely to have a huge impact; the other is riskier, but ultimately may be more worthwhile.
As the world’s largest currency issuer, China’s broad money supply (M2) is 1.5 times larger than that of the United States, with an M2/GDP ratio of about 200%,
compared
to about 80% in the US.
Compared
to a century ago, more people spend less time laboring to ensure their physical existence.
Between 1980 and 2002, average annual per capita income growth in the rich world (defined as the “old” OECD members) was almost 2%,
compared
to just 0.1% in the 42 least developed countries.
As a result, returns on assets are likely to decline
compared
to the recent past; with prices already widely believed to be in bubble territory, a downward correction seems likely.
But the fact is that the dismal state of urban water management – exemplified by the fact that 36% of the water in South African cities is either lost due to leakage or not paid for,
compared
to 3.7% in Tokyo and 8% in Phnom Penh – remains a leading reason for the shutdown.
More importantly, East Asia’s economies are expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.1%,
compared
to 3.2% in the US.
Real-estate investment now accounts for 15% of China’s GDP,
compared
to less than 5% in 2000; when related industries like steel and cement are taken into account, that figure rises to one-third of China’s GDP.
Compared
to Le Pen and her team, Europe’s leaders seem woefully underprepared.
The cost for six months, regardless of how many courses a person takes, is $2,890 (including books and a mentor) – a bargain,
compared
to most state universities.
The WEF’s findings show that the Middle East and North Africa suffer from the widest gender gap, with women reaching only 40% of parity in the workplace, on average,
compared
with nearly 80% in North America.
The Known Knowns of Climate ChangePOTSDAM – The philosopher Daniel Dennett once
compared
science to the construction of a huge pyramid.
The media understandably tend to focus on the latter – like the much higher sea-level rise predictions
compared
to the previous IPCC report of 2007.
From the first quarter of 2008 through the second quarter of 2012, annualized growth in real consumption spending has averaged a mere 0.7% – all the more extraordinary when
compared
with the pre-crisis trend of 3.6% in the decade ending in 2007.
During the late-1990’s Asian financial crisis, China’s four major state-owned banks, which accounted for more than half of the country’s banking sector, had a capital-adequacy ratio of only 3.7%
(compared
to the international standard of 8%) and an NPL ratio of roughly 25%.
A World Bank study estimates that the costs of implementing the measures likely to be covered by a Trade Facilitation agreement would be relatively modest – $7-11 million in the countries studied, spread out over a number of years – especially when
compared
to the expected benefits.
In some countries, women still have limited property rights
compared
to men; in others, husbands have the right to forbid their wives from working.
Compared
to manufacturing, they have much smaller resource and carbon footprints.
Oil and gas account for two-thirds of Russian exports, half of state revenues, and 20% of GDP, whereas high-tech exports represent only 7% of its manufactured exports
(compared
to 28% for the US).
As a result, only 2.9% of bachelors or first degrees held by European women are ICT-based,
compared
to 9.5% for men.
Today, only 0.5% of Brazil’s workforce is foreign-born,
compared
to more than 5% in the early 1900s.
More than three quarters of sub-Saharan Africans have no access to electricity,
compared
to fewer than 14% of Latin Americans and East Asians.
But China’s current-account surplus is actually less than the combined figure for Japan and Germany; as a percentage of GDP, it is 5%,
compared
to Germany’s 5.2%.
Igan and Mishra find “spending an extra dollar is almost twice as effective in switching a legislator’s position if the lobbyist is connected to the legislator
compared
to the case where the lobbyist is unconnected.”
Compared
to public opinion in 1960, that’s certainly an enormous progress.
Compared
to the crooks and demagogues who preceded him in office (not long ago, one was filmed stashing millions in cash behind the altar of a local monastery), President Mauricio Macri and his team of well-trained technocrats are a massive improvement.
India’s high-tech exports are only 5% of its total exports
compared
to 30% for China.
New reactors being built today incorporate significantly enhanced safety features, both active and passive,
compared
to the Fukushima generation of reactors.
His 63-65% approval rating prior to the annexation of Crimea appeared high by Western standards, but was low
compared
to his previous record – and dangerously close to levels that would threaten his leadership.
If anything, Libya probably should be
compared
to Bosnia.
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