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In France, 25% of
dependent
employees work in the government sector, compared with 19% in the old EU and 12% in Germany.
Will Europeans manage to hold on to their sovereignty, or will their self-inflicted disunity render them ever more
dependent
on other powers?
In a country where two-thirds of the population is still
dependent
on agriculture and small holdings are all that a majority of Indians live on, the new law helps those who have often felt exploited and deprived of their livelihoods by the state’s power of eminent domain.
Europeans simply preferred to downplay the security component, because it was outsourced to NATO, and thus
dependent
on the United States.
We need more of this; the future of the global economy is no longer
dependent
on whether we act, but on how long we take to do so.
Rich labor-importing countries and poor labor-exporting countries have a mutually
dependent
relationship; but labor importers can unilaterally tighten or loosen immigration or labor-market regulations, leaving exporters in a constant state of uncertainty.
Long
dependent
on China to finesse its fiscal problems, America may now have to pay a much steeper price to secure external capital.
The third task is to focus on real economic activity, end the recession, sustain growth, and, above all, reform the capitalist system to make it be less
dependent
on finance.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate extreme poverty worldwide by 2030 is entirely
dependent
on continued economic growth through trade, technological innovation, and international cooperation.
As an export-led region, Asia remains heavily
dependent
on end-market demand from consumers in the developed world.
Heavily
dependent
on Western markets, Asia must seek support from a new source of demand.
Securing Europe’s Energy FutureMost Europeans agree that reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is crucial to Europe’s security and prosperity; that energy can be used as a political weapon, as when Russia shut off gas to Ukraine in January 2006; and that Europe is far too
dependent
on energy supplies from undemocratic and unstable countries or regions.
China, for its part, also took advantage of a “demographic dividend”: fertility rates fell, and the labor force grew faster than the
dependent
population, freeing up resources to invest in people and capital.
Because Germany still restricts the immigration of
dependent
workers from eastern EU countries, most of its immigrants come as self-employed or economically inactive people.
Perhaps they became too
dependent
on cheap credit, but they were not alone in this respect.
The equality of national membership (which, at the same time, may be exclusively defined) elevates every member’s status to that of the elite, making it
dependent
on the dignity of the nation as a whole.
Its position in the world economy is marginal – tenuously plugged into global investment flows and
dependent
on northern markets for its commodity exports, tariff preferences, and financial aid.
Since last May, when the Fed announced its intention to begin tapering its asset purchases, capital has become less accessible and more expensive for emerging economies – a shift that has been particularly painful for countries whose large current-account deficits leave them
dependent
on foreign finance.
For Japan, the imperative is to continue to be an engine of development as it builds a post-industrial economy that, given its aging and shrinking population, is increasingly
dependent
on others.
With the world economy remaining
dependent
on fossil fuels well into this century, energy vulnerability will only increase in the foreseeable future.
The supply of e-SDRs would be completely
dependent
on market demand.
Commitments never to raise taxes have left the US
dependent
on debt finance – and, more frightening, on those who are ready to veto refinancing it.
One reason is that they continue to be dependent, directly or indirectly, on exports to advanced industrial countries.
Exporters in Europe and Asia have become excessively
dependent
on selling to the US and other, now-weakened, economies like Spain and the United Kingdom.
Perhaps most important, Europe would face less of an imperative to look eastward in search of opportunities for economic growth, and could become less
dependent
on Russian energy supplies, particularly as the US loosens its ban on exporting its oil and gas resources.
Once again, African readers are being shortchanged, remaining
dependent
on foreign reportage in order to grasp the enormity of what is transpiring.
To assess the risks and options for China and the world, one must understand China’s “Made in the World” production system, which rests on four distinct but mutually
dependent
pillars.
The concern is that countries that are
dependent
on foreign financing could be hit by sudden outflows of international capital, or that currency depreciation following the Fed hike could raise debt-servicing costs for countries and businesses.
With auditing and accountability systems, we can make future investments
dependent
on results, and transform every classroom into a learning hub for every child.
The question is whether we will create isolated, disaffected, and
dependent
populations of immigrants, or a powerful engine of growth and dynamism.
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