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This only underscores the major protection that bin Laden must have received from elements of the Pakistani security establishment to help him elude the US dragnet for nearly a
decade.
Speaking of the lost
decade
of the 1980’s in Africa, Mazrui observed that, despite being endowed with superb climatic conditions, few African countries could feed themselves; likewise, despite being engaged in trade in minerals and cash crops, most countries still wallowed in a state of aid-dependency.
Unfortunately, government borrowing to finance its deficit over the rest of this
decade
is projected to absorb about 5% of GDP.
If this reduction continues after the economy recovers – as seems likely, given the cost-containment incentives in the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) – the US stands to spend $2 trillion less on health care over the coming
decade.
Health Care’s VoyageOne of the most important efforts in health care research over the next
decade
will be to integrate advances in biology, material sciences, and chemical and bioengineering to create a revolutionary new generation of medical devices and drug delivery systems.
For example, a
decade
ago, contracts promising a steady supply of Argentine gas at pre-set prices led Chile to spend billions refitting its power stations.
Having emerged from the position of the sick man of Europe only a
decade
ago, Germany is now willfully, if thoughtlessly, undoing the reforms that had so strengthened its economy.
After a
decade
of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the West would rather stay at home; neither the US nor the United Kingdom – nor most other NATO members – wants to become entangled in another Middle East conflict that cannot be won.
Any re-thinking of EU policy towards Russia should recognize that Russia will remain a global player during the next
decade
but that it is unlikely that Russia will become a liberal democracy.
Because people cannot get justice through the courts, unrest has skyrocketed nationwide in recent years: official statistics record more than 200 protests a day, four times the number a
decade
ago.
In reviewing a
decade
of China’s performance as a donor, the RAND study concluded that Chinese aid deliveries lag behind pledges by a considerable margin.
Many African countries have used the past
decade
to put in place sound and sustainable economic policies that have delivered robust growth and low inflation.
The priority for Africa and the international community must be to ensure that the continent weathers the global financial storm, preserves the significant achievements of the past decade, and continues to make decisive progress in combating poverty.
If the enlarged EU were to attempt on a Europe-wide scale what Germany did for its eastern lands, current EU members would need to transfer roughly 4% of their combined GDP to the new member states for at least a
decade.
The truth is that the EU that has emerged over the last
decade
has been shaped in no small part by the UK.
Procedures, operations, and prescription opioid use aimed at curbing chronic pain have increased dramatically over the last decade, driving up health-care costs, while failing to stem the increase in the prevalence of pain or the number of disability claims.
This can take a
decade
or two.
The last
decade
has been a “golden age” of high growth and low inflation in China.
On the contrary, it could easily become a global economic powerhouse – and within the next
decade.
China has lent to the rest of the world, in net terms, over the last decade, about 30% of its annual GDP but gets pretty much nothing for it.
The Ambiguous “China Threat”SINGAPORE – For more than a decade, China’s geopolitical ambitions, backed by the People’s Liberation Army’s ongoing modernization, have fueled a debate about whether regional security dilemmas and competition – particularly with the United States – will escalate.
While it is difficult to determine China’s long-term strategic intentions, it is clear that the country’s efforts over the last
decade
to acquire advanced weapons systems, platforms, and technologies are gradually shifting regional security paradigms and challenging US strategic primacy.
Countries with command economies and scant experience of democracy are about to become full members of the Union, after a
decade
of rapid transformation.
Later in the decade, Europeans and Americans combined to stop ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Kosovo.
In historical terms, the Syrian crisis, not the Arab Spring, will most likely be regarded as the Middle East’s seminal event in this
decade
– and the crucible of the region’s future.
So, in March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, resulting in a state of near-constant civil war for over a decade; an ineffectual central government in Baghdad; and now the rise of the Islamic State.
Palestinian officials called this the most important development in the Islamic world in a decade, since it implicitly accepts Israel’s right to exist.
As Carmen Reinhart and I predicted a
decade
ago (and as numerous other scholars have since corroborated using our data), periods of 6-8 years of very slow growth are not at all unusual in such circumstances.
Because extremely low interest rates during the past
decade
caused equity prices to rise to unprecedentedly high levels, the shift to higher interest rates will slow and depress share prices.
During the past decade, the Fed also intervened in the long-term market as part of its “unconventional monetary policy” aimed at stimulating the economy.
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