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The declining ratio of the dependent population (children and the elderly) to the working-age population (16-64 years old) contributed 26.8% to per capita GDP growth in 1982-2000.
Credit terms worsened abruptly, and what was left was the thoroughly overpriced rump of economies that had become excessively dependent on foreign financing.
With insufficient profits to use for investment, nonfinancial corporations will become increasingly dependent on external finance.
Nor has domestic consumption been sufficiently expanded, leaving economic growth overly dependent on exports and foreign investment.
As China becomes an even greater economic power, it will become increasingly dependent on shipping routes for its imports of energy, other inputs, and goods.
One split divides firms dependent upon import protection from those engaged in international trade.
Some firms - particularly companies interested in world markets and dependent upon imports - called for change.
The dictatorship offered him a reprieve, but, true to its nature, one dependent on its whims.
Citizens, it was thought, had to become more self-reliant; government welfare programs were making everyone soft and dependent.
Nonetheless, Spaniards recognize that they have not had it so good for a long time, and recently returned Prime Minister José Maria Aznar to office with both a parliamentary majority no longer dependent on coalition partners and a mandate to modernize Spain even more.
Indeed, the currency of any country that is significantly dependent on commodity exports has suffered.
Each of us is dependent on a vast array of plants, animals, and microbes and the life-giving services they provide.
Europe, dependent as it is on Russian energy supplies, is not prepared for a new Cold War, and its alternative to Russian oil – Iran – is not palatable to the Americans.
The US has a lot of leverage: Pakistan has one of the world’s lowest tax-to-GDP ratios, and is highly dependent on American and other foreign aid.
Even the largest economies are vulnerable, particularly if they are highly dependent on debt finance.
On the fiscal side, the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact were even weakened, and the decisions on adjustment measures and possible sanctions became dependent on short-sighted political considerations.
Palestinians’ access to Egypt was restricted, and much of Gaza’s largely unskilled workforce was dependent on the UN Relief Works Administration, which built and maintained the local refugee camps.
By contrast, 70% of the Gaza population comprised refugees, who lived in difficult conditions in scores of refugee camps and were largely dependent on work in Israel.
With at least 80% of the population dependent on government salaries or grants, the attacks have proved very unpopular.
For starters, domestic politics can pose an obstacle to participation in international treaties, especially when policymakers facing re-election are dependent on the support of interest groups with goals that run counter to the public’s welfare.
To do this, he will have to make his country far less dependent on US military protection, on which it has relied since 1945.
France, for example, will remain dependent on its nuclear-generating capacity, which will continue to account for the largest share of its electricity.
Georgia’s economic success has been largely dependent on direct foreign investment, for which there is hardly any appetite today.
Comparatively, the Hungarians, the Polish and the Bulgarians, whose governments were much more dependent on the Soviets, were better off.
The industrial world is now far more dependent on (mostly foreign) oil than it was then.
Europe can come together on soft-power issues such as trade and climate; but its security and defense is largely dependent on the Franco-German relationship, which has never been more important than it is today.
This has put the EU on guard, because it is more dependent than the US on trade, and especially on the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, which the Trump administration may try to bypass.
Key members of Congress hadn’t been informed, much less consulted; nor had America’s allies, some of whose troops have been dependent on the presence of the US military.
When social organizations are limited and weak, as in Venezuela, this concentration of resources means that concentrated political power can perpetuate itself by reducing huge parts of the economy to dependent clients.
It is over-extended, dependent upon massive daily imports of dollars and oil, and its armed forces are engaged in demanding conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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