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And data on job satisfaction provide
direct
evidence: among large Western countries, workers in continental Europe report the lowest levels.
If one looks at foreign
direct
investment, it is clear that the two sides of the Atlantic are closely integrated.
This raises the prospect of a
direct
conflict with other powers, not least Russia.
In the absence of nuclear-energy revival, most of us will be forced to reduce our
direct
energy consumption.
The BoE has made some recent efforts to address consumers, but its
direct
reach is inevitably modest.
Foreign
direct
investment (FDI) in Vietnam grew by 40% in 2005, led by investors from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Over the past decade, China has committed $140 billion in loans to the region, and Xi has pledged $250 billion in
direct
investment by 2019.
The head of a Rajput organization, the Karni Sena, claimed to be her
direct
descendent.
(When confronted with the view that she was fictional, he replied, “I am 37th in her
direct
line of descent.
Abdullah’s succession in 2005 posed a
direct
challenge to the Sudeiri brothers’ authority.
It distinguishes between anonymous files from random samples and established for scientific purposes, which may contain data about a person’s origins, and files that are not anonymous, which have
direct
consequences for the people concerned – and for which it is strictly forbidden to register any information about ethnic origins.
After all, Foshan is not a special economic zone; it is not under the
direct
control of the central or a provincial government; and it is not rich in natural resources.
A Middle East with a brutal, unfettered terrorist state at its center would be a
direct
threat to neighboring Europe’s safety.
Of course, representative government does sometimes become unresponsive, particularly between elections, but
direct
democracy is not the solution.
As the European Council on Foreign Relations has pointed out, insurgent parties already play a
direct
role in the governance of eight of the EU’s 28 countries.
Beyond holding a series of
direct
meetings with the Afghan Taliban, Russia has hosted three rounds of trilateral Afghanistan-related discussions with Pakistan and China in Moscow.
They are technically savvy organizations with the ability (more or less) to protect users and detect abusers; they have a
direct
(though impersonal) relationship with their users; and they compete for users’ business, so that, unlike governments, they will suffer if they perform badly.
Japan has already surpassed the US as one of India’s largest sources of foreign
direct
investment, accounting for inflows totaling $2.2 billion last year.
With the help of a major agency that rates corporate social responsibility, we were able to provide investors with solid information – and an accountability process – about the portfolio’s
direct
impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.
Increased policy credibility will boost inflows of foreign
direct
investment (FDI), while EU structural funds will support further institution building, infrastructure investment, and environmental protection.
Given the short-term net costs of premature euroization, the most compelling alternative is an independent monetary policy based on
direct
inflation targeting (DIT).
On January 9, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan will vote for independence from the North, taking with them up to three-quarters of the country’s known oil reserves and placing millions of civilians in the
direct
path of war.
The decision to go to war against Iraq for a second time, and then to occupy the country in March 2003, transformed this hegemony into
direct
US responsibility for the future of the Middle East.
The US will have to find agreement with its allies and enter into
direct
talks with all the other players to try and achieve a new regional consensus.
In their stead must come, on the one hand,
direct
talks, security guarantees, and support in political and economic integration.
A new Middle East policy will thus have to concentrate primarily on four aspects: 1) a comprehensive offer to Syria to detach the country from Iran and settle open conflicts; 2) an offer to Iran for
direct
talks about the perspective of a full normalization of relations; 3) a decisive and realistic initiative to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict 4) a regional security architecture that centers on stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan.
The first cost is a
direct
accounting loss: the interest rate will inevitably increase when more bonds are issued.
The second feature of the digital information age – a
direct
byproduct of democratization – is information socialization.
The scale and urgency of this issue for developing countries was recognized by every member of the Advisory Group, which included heads of government, finance ministers, leading figures from the private sector, and policy experts, most of them with
direct
and serious experience in public finance and policy.
So, how will the European Union distinguish between “good” current-account deficits – a government creates a favorable business climate, generating inflows of foreign
direct
investment – and “bad” current-account deficits?
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