Direct
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In view of the dramatic global changes and the
direct
military threat to Europe posed by Putin's Russia, these alternatives are no alternative at all, and the Greek “problem" looks insignificant.
Daily commute times for low-income formal-sector workers often exceed three hours, and the average
direct
cost of transportation is equivalent to roughly two hours of work at the minimum wage.
He has intimidated the judiciary into ignoring institutional checks on his power, so that constitutionally independent agencies, such as the electoral commission and the central bank, are now under his
direct
control.
In its rush to find partners to help defeat ISIS, and thus to minimize its own
direct
contribution in the conflict, it emboldened parties with conflicting objectives.
The US should have developed a coherent strategy, one based on careful selection of allies and more
direct
US involvement.
Of course, there still has been no
direct
Russian attack on a NATO member state.
The surprise decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to propose a constitutional amendment that would allow
direct
and competitive presidential elections may be a giant step for democracy in Egypt and the Arab World.
Clearly, there is a
direct
link between the trends in trade and commodity prices (see figure).
In the past, the US brought a large open market, foreign
direct
investment, and technology, while China supplied low-cost labor-intensive components in key global manufacturing supply chains.
Depending on policies on both sides, China may also become a foreign
direct
investor in the US economy in a wide range of areas – including infrastructure.
Third, regional and international donors must
direct
more aid to the millions of smallholder farmers who rely on agriculture to make ends meet.
The international community has long agreed that trade wars pose a
direct
threat to the global trading system, and thus should be used only as a measure of last resort (and usually through multilateral institutions).
A combination of massive upfront
direct
financial assistance, enhanced trade preferences, and temporary debt relief is needed.
Not only do they face
direct
threats; they also have the best opportunities to identify and deliver solutions.
Why did the US not follow the more
direct
path of redistribution, of taxing or borrowing and spending on the anxious middle class?
In the US, though, there have been strong political forces arrayed against
direct
redistribution in recent years.
And, while many will remember when a Chinese leadership transition was a political and cultural curiosity that had few
direct
economic implications for the world’s major powers, those days are long gone.
Financial capital and
direct
investment will flow from West to East, the Western economies will be forced to specialize in highly skilled, capital-intensive production that creates fewer jobs, and unskilled immigrants will move to the West.
This can take the form of
direct
compensation or greater provision of free or semi-free public goods (for example, education, retraining, health care, unemployment benefits, and portable pensions).
The question is whether there is an optimal mix of environmental protection and
direct
health interventions on which policymakers can rely to maximize investment returns for both.
Similarly, Article 19 of the Law on the Bank of England permits the Treasury to
direct
the Bank’s monetary policy, if it is “satisfied that the directions are required in the public interest and by extreme economic circumstances.”
Direct
or indirect monetary financing of budget deficits used to rank among the gravest sins that a central bank could commit.
It would be absurd if Ukraine were to slide into a financial crisis because the EU could not agree on how to raise the funds to prevent it.The way to avoid that outcome is to adjust one of the EU’s two instruments for non-eurozone members to meet Ukraine’s needs: The Macro-Financial Assistance scheme, a versatile instrument that can combine loans and
direct
subsidies; or the balance-of-payments assistance facility, which could complement an IMF program to EU countries.
Moreover, the commitments should be made in the context of a donor agreement that bars the aid from being used to make
direct
payments to Russia.
The way to avoid that outcome is to adjust one of the EU’s two instruments for non-eurozone members to meet Ukraine’s needs: The Macro-Financial Assistance scheme, a versatile instrument that can combine loans and
direct
subsidies; or the balance-of-payments assistance facility, which could complement an IMF program to EU countries.
In more recent history, since 1991’s Madrid Conference,
direct
talks between Israelis and Palestinians have taken place in various formats.
Worse,
direct
talks have not only failed to produce the desired results; their continuation has also helped to mask widespread construction of Israeli colonies on Palestinian territory.
Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the PLO and President of the Palestinian Authority, who has vowed not to run for re-election, has chosen to take the path of UN recognition rather than continue with the charade of useless – indeed, harmful –
direct
talks.
Palestinians’ desire to obtain a UN vote on statehood (in whatever form) does not mean that they cannot have
direct
negotiations with Israel.
At any given time, the global livestock population amounts to more than 150 billion, compared to just 7.2 billion humans – meaning that livestock have a larger
direct
ecological footprint than we do.
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