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But this agenda cannot continue using traditional thinking and tools to account for countries that are no longer
defined
as “developing” or “most in need” because they passed a certain threshold in terms of average per-capita income.
Committing Germany to that objective is precisely what Merkel has
defined
as her political goal for the rest of her term in office.
Some of it is committed by non-state actors, and some of it by state actors; but all of it is committed in the context of division and conflict
defined
by differences of religious faith.
France, after all, has long been
defined
by a strong egalitarian impulse.
And, even in these sectors, competitiveness must be
defined
in a much broader sense than that given simply by comparing cost statistics.
Indeed, the World Bank estimates that in the second half of 2010, the rise in food prices drove 44 million people in developing countries into extreme poverty
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as income below $1.25 per day).
Virtue is
defined
by good accounting rules.
Similarly, the quantitative easing (QE) that has
defined
many major central banks’ monetary policy in recent years does not involve buying or selling foreign assets.
Cuba is a “country,” with the attributes of statehood as
defined
by international law.
The First Industrial Revolution occurred with the invention of the steam engine and mechanical production; the second was
defined
by electrification and mass production; and the third was the digital revolution, which began in the 1960s with the invention of computers, semiconductors, and the Internet.
The current moment of American weakness coincides with a substantially changed international political environment,
defined
largely by the limits of US power, Europe’s ineffectiveness, and the emergence of new global giants like China and India.
Citizens want powers to be clearly
defined
and decisions to be taken openly in a way that they can understand.
Already, 25-30% of bonds in these markets have been issued by companies at a higher risk of default
(defined
as having an interest-coverage ratio of less than 1.5).
Price stability was
defined
as an annual increase in the price level of below two percent over the medium term.
Such a framework embraces realism about areas of contention
defined
by significant conflicting national interests and values.
How European countries fare in the future is a question that can be answered only collectively, not on the basis of some individually
defined
national interest, as in the nineteenth century.
Congressional Republicans say they want revenue-neutral, efficiency-enhancing tax reform, which is properly
defined
as lowering marginal tax rates but simultaneously eliminating distortionary deductions, thereby keeping revenues and the budget deficit stable.
Naturally, the platform would focus on projects with
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cash flows and contractual terms (which could include associated risk-mitigation strategies) guaranteed for 20-30 years.
The victory of black and yellow has, moreover,
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the alternative: red, dark red, and green.
Where individuals were the central actors in the characteristic rituals of dominance and homage in European feudalism, in Hindu society the relationships were always
defined
in terms of caste groups.
Self-determination is generally
defined
as the right of a people to form its own state.
In fact, the number of poor people
(defined
as those living on less than $1.25 per capita per day at 2005 purchasing power parity) in South Asia increased from 549 million in 1981 to 595 million in 2005, and from 420 million to 455 million in India, where almost three-quarters of the region’s poor reside.
Hizbollah’s leader Mohammed Fadlallah
defined
the initiative as one of Arab submission, while Syria demanded a guarantee of its interests in the Golan Heights.
The FDP’s departure from negotiations with the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Greens marks the end of a willingness to forge stable coalition governments that has
defined
German politics since the last days of Konrad Adenauer’s postwar chancellorship.
But if poverty is
defined
principally in terms of the money income needed to avoid hunger, how can announcements such as these be reconciled?
If traditional media outlets allow themselves to be
defined
by the fake-news debate, they, too, will be overwhelmed.
Financial markets’ public purpose is
defined
by their wider impact – their externalities, which can be negative.
The problematic features of the British-drafted Indian Penal Code include the prohibition of “sedition,”
defined
loosely as speech or actions promoting “disaffection against the government established by law”; the criminalization of homosexual acts; and the uneven prosecution of adultery.
Because the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the ECB have
defined
success exclusively in terms of achieving their inflation target, they are now in a quandary.
In its social meaning, however, a predisposition is often
defined
as equivalent to having the disease.
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