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Not surprisingly, Shell is one of 47 major hydrocarbon producers now being investigated by the Filipino government for its role in
contributing
to human-rights violations stemming from climate change.
Human happiness and economic well-being are also being affected by climate change, which may be
contributing
to what could turn out to be a third consecutive year of drought in sub-Saharan Africa – and this amid growing food-security concerns in a world with one billion underfed people.
At the same time, these kinds of leaks should not be naively applauded as somehow
contributing
to better government.
East Asia as a whole will surpass the US in terms of aggregate GDP by 2015, with China
contributing
the highest proportion of the total.
Bush’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the manner in which he conducted the “global war on terror” made matters much worse,
contributing
to a totally unsustainable situation.
Consider biofuels, which are often promoted as a clean, accessible, low-carbon energy source for the transportation sector, thus potentially
contributing
to energy security.
Similarly, Dwight Perkins and Tom Rawski found that from 1978 to 2005, China’s GDP grew by 9.5%, while capital investment grew by 9.6%,
contributing
44.7% to GDP.
Make no mistake: China’s territorial creep is
contributing
to Asian insecurity, fueling political tension, and turning the world’s economically most vibrant continent into a potentially global hot spot.
Since 2003, East Africa has had the eight warmest years on record, which is no doubt
contributing
to the severe famine that now afflicts 13 million people in the Horn of Africa.
These were adopted not only with America’s assent, but at its insistence, at a time (the mid-2000s) when China’s renminbi was greatly undervalued,
contributing
to the loss of millions of US manufacturing jobs.
Similarly, Rwanda’s tuberculosis program has become a model for Africa, and all Rwandan families now have access to insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent malaria,
contributing
to an 87% drop in cases during the last seven years.
Simply put, the Chinese financial sector’s bias in favor of SOEs is
contributing
to some of the biggest risks faced by China’s economy.
Investors’ recognition of these risks may be one driver of capital outflows, meaning that distortionary incentives in the financial system are also
contributing
to the downward pressure on the exchange rate.
The EU would benefit as well, by
contributing
to the stabilization of a highly volatile area.
The average tenure of a G20 political leader has fallen to a record low of 3.7 years, compared to six years in 1946 – a shift that, no doubt, is
contributing
to a rise in short-term thinking by governments.
Such a policy has been successful in the Netherlands, substantially
contributing
to the development and power of the country’s agribusiness.
One last problem is
contributing
to the region’s anxieties: massive migration.
One
contributing
factor was the bolsa familia (family grant), now a decade old.
Some risk factors – moderate hypertension and high cholesterol, for example – have themselves become chronic diseases, requiring medical (and sometimes surgical) treatment and further
contributing
to the rise in illness rates.
According to these projections – which are based on models, new data, and the judgment of the particular institution or forecaster – the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan are
contributing
the most to the uptick in growth.
Despite early errors, Hungary's banking industry is now the most sophisticated among the transition economies and the internationalized part is modernizing its corporate services,
contributing
to the health of companies in the wider economy.
Recipients numbered over 20 million as of early 2004, when 15 billion yuan was budgeted for the program (with the central government
contributing
a full 60%).
On the military front, Germany has beefed up its contribution to NATO measures to bolster defenses in the Baltic region and Central Europe, and it has become increasingly open to
contributing
military forces to interventions in crises outside the alliance’s area.
DONG Energy has invested in Project Better Place Denmark and is
contributing
to the development of a Danish infrastructure for electric vehicles.
Taiwan has been a major supplier of foreign capital flowing into China,
contributing
twice as much as the US and accounting roughly for 20% of China's total inflows.
With a formal claim to the land they are farming, women are also more likely to invest in the fertility of the soil,
contributing
to more productive and sustainable land-use patterns.
It is common nowadays for people to conclude contracts that are so long and convoluted that signatories do not know what they entail (this was a major factor
contributing
to the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, which fueled the global economic crisis and subsequent Great Recession).
We urge other donors and international organizations to join us in
contributing
to the “Moscow Process” as we modernize multilateralism.
Within a year, Hurricane Katrina underscored the plan’s importance,
contributing
to a new annual record for insured economic losses worldwide.
Beyond that, we need to end the policies that are
contributing
to their desperate flight.
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