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This means that the rate of innovation will depend, at least in part, on the size and interconnectedness of the pool of minds
contributing
to the cultural evolutionary process.
But areas that used to be frozen are now thawing, releasing methane and thus
contributing
to further warming – and to further thawing, which releases more methane.
Then, too, hesitation seemed to prevail over determination,
contributing
to the failure of the mission.
Soon enough, it was no longer clear what IBM was
contributing
to the arrangement.
Its remorseless expansion is
contributing
to climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and human-rights violations – all to satisfy Western societies’ unhealthy appetite for cheap meat.
For starters, excessively high levels of meat and dairy consumption are
contributing
to nutrition-related health problems like obesity and cardiovascular disease.
They have also aggravated the weakness of external finances,
contributing
to a sharp drop in international reserves that has been contained only by exceptional loans and deposits from abroad.
To be sure, powerful economic forces – including China’s rise, globalization, high inequality, and soaring property prices – have buffeted Hong Kong since 1997, undermining the city’s competitiveness and
contributing
to social discontent.
Muckraking broadsheets in the first half of the last century played cat-and-mouse games with Chinese government censors, ultimately helping to expose the corruption and moral bankruptcy of the Nationalist (KMT) government and
contributing
to the Communist victory in 1949.
Already, bilateral tensions are
contributing
to an economic decoupling that is reverberating across the global economy.
Its new Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts trade
contributing
as much as consumption to GDP growth in the coming years.
Another
contributing
factor may be a basic difference in mentality: many Europeans tend to over-emphasize risk when assessing opportunities.
In this way, European investment is
contributing
to the re-industrialization of the US while simultaneously ensuring high-quality European jobs.
They are
contributing
more to their own development, through domestic public programs supported by smart tax and fiscal policies.
Supporting and
contributing
to an innovative political start-up would be their generation’s defining act.
So expectations outpace reality, with politicians
contributing
to this by promising more than they can deliver--and thus losing the trust of their constituents.
Indeed, empirical research suggests that countries without explicit or implicit access to liquidity tend to hold much higher reserves than the privileged few – only to be blamed by the same privileged few for
contributing
to global imbalances by hoarding excess reserves.
This means that aid must be conditional on binding commitments from the recipients to respect rights, protect human-rights defenders, and ensure that new projects are not causing or
contributing
to abuses against indigenous peoples, such as forced evictions or labor-rights violations.
The lack of transparency that surrounds Pakistan's fight against "terrorism" is
contributing
to a growing public sentiment against the anti-militancy drive, which is largely perceived to be taking place under US pressure.
Indeed, overly buoyant official growth forecasts are a fact of life in almost all of a sample of 33 countries,
contributing
to overly optimistic budget forecasts.
As Trump berates Germany for accumulating surpluses without
contributing
sufficiently to transatlantic defense, the country should be all the more motivated to use its capabilities to strengthen Europe.
Workers in the repetitive and low-digital-skills categories may experience wage stagnation or even reduction,
contributing
to a decline in their share of the total wage bill from 33% to 20%.
Changes in Israel are also
contributing
to the mood swing.
As a result, the government’s popularity has plummeted,
contributing
to the Najib government’s inability to muster public support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the proposed mega-regional trade agreement with the US and ten other Pacific Rim countries.
The “endogenous” factors
contributing
to wide-scale regulatory capture and corporate rentierism can be addressed with stronger antitrust legislation, policies to empower organized labor, revisions to existing trade agreements, and better monitoring, at the international level, of transfer pricing and tax evasion.
Third,
contributing
factors included low interest rates, compressed risk spreads, and global imbalances that accommodated low savings in the US, consumption in excess of output, and a mounting trade deficit.
Instead, they should treat developing countries as full partners, capable not only of conducting high-tech research and development, but also of
contributing
equally to joint ventures.
Households, corporations, financial institutions, and governments are all facing balance-sheet constraints, which it seems plausible to assume, are holding back expenditure and investment, elevating savings, and
contributing
to a broadly deflationary environment.
The German system of vocational training has matched the skills of the country’s workforce to the needs of its firms,
contributing
to low youth unemployment.
As a co-author of A New Growth Path for Europe, a report commissioned by the German government, I am guilty of
contributing
to this cacophony of complementary perspectives on green growth.
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