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Crony capitalism is a system that gives free rein to phenomena such as hidden
connections
between political and economic power, corruption, clientelism, and embezzlement.
Members of parliament had among their privileges the right to allocate 15 telephone
connections
to whomever they deemed worthy.
In the first edition of my book The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone, I reported that, in April 2007, India set a new world record by selling seven million cellphones that month, more telephone
connections
than any country had ever established in one month.
Last year, Georgia elected its new president, Giorgi Margvelashvili, through a peaceful and legitimate process; earlier this summer, the country signed a European Union Association Agreement, implying closer
connections
to the West.
Academic promotions from doctoral status to professorship should be based on such publications, instead of just teaching experience or, worse, political
connections.
Family and social connections, as well as business and educational opportunities, are being transformed.
The French newspaper Libération recently highlighted the extent of pro-Putin
connections
in French academia, think tanks (on both the left and the right), media, and business networks.
Those who voted for Bush may not be as outraged by American involvement in torture, or the misleading information about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and
connections
with Al Qaeda, as those abroad.
To meet this goal, the AfDB estimates that roughly 40% of the continent’s new
connections
– 75 million households – will need to come from off-grid solutions.
By 2020, the number of renewable mini-grid
connections
in these two countries is expected to climb from 12,000 to more than 145,000.
Whether exclusion from these
connections
can deter would-be tyrants and their henchmen is an empirical question.
Prolonged activation of the body’s stress system during early development can damage the formation of the neural
connections
that comprise our brain architecture and set our stress-response system at a hair-trigger level.
Higher-level leaders may have taken up the case against Karma – persuading their counterparts in Xinjiang to resurrect the old antiques case – because he had used his
connections
in Beijing to complain about the treatment of his brothers by officials in Tibet.
Indian engineers and entrepreneurs are one of the main fuels of Silicon's valley's growth; these
connections
helped to fertilize a world-class IT sector within India.
Gleaming new office complexes, with broad bandwidth fiber optic
connections
to the world internet, dot the Southern Indian landscape, creating stupendous economic opportunities for India.
Industrial clusters have been established in many parts of the country, where business
connections
can compensate for rising costs.
But lasting
connections
between leaders and governed can not be created by reducing public debate to simple referendum alternatives.
Smart machines and global
connections
have also boosted income inequality in two other ways: by increasing the size and scope of global markets for top-rated talent in a variety of fields (the so-called winner-take-all effect), and by generating huge excess returns or monopoly rents from the creation and ownership of intellectual property and intangible capital.
Ever-smarter machines and ever-tighter global
connections
are likely to aggravate adverse labor-market trends and growing income inequality, as technology displaces more and more workers.
Geographical proximity, an intense and bloody history of conflict with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, religious and emotional
connections
to Shi'a Iraq, and concerns about the United States and its policies in the region are all threads that tie Iran to its western neighbor.
Putting Asia's Gini Back in its BottleKLONG LUANG, THAILAND – Activists across Asia, inspired partly by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States, have been highlighting what they view as a widening divide between the haves and the have-nots, those with
connections
and those without.
The cat's cradle of
connections
between Russia and the Caucasus are centuries old and impossible to cut.
A closer look at those at the top reveals a disproportionate role for rent-seeking: some have obtained their wealth by exercising monopoly power; others are CEOs who have taken advantage of deficiencies in corporate governance to extract for themselves an excessive share of corporate earnings; and still others have used political
connections
to benefit from government munificence – either excessively high prices for what the government buys (drugs), or excessively low prices for what the government sells (mineral rights).
People today draw natural
connections
between climate change and daily life.
They would bring home skills, technology, and
connections
that are as valuable as the skills that Eto’o, Essien, or Messi bring back to Cameroon, Ghana, or Argentina.
And as Chinese manufacturing moves to less accessible provinces, improved infrastructure
connections
to international markets fits China’s development needs.
But these
connections
are unlikely to develop further in the foreseeable future, given weakening European demand.
According to the US, when it inspects a non-American’s e-mail, it is searching for terrorist connections, and has often shared the findings with its allies.
Israel’s political, cultural, and religious
connections
with the US are strong, and America is the country’s only reliable and constant ally.
Thus, it is absolutely essential for TEN-T to reflect the importance of rail
connections
for the southern European ports.
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