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It is the
direct
result of a structurally flawed system that strands the needs of schoolchildren between humanitarian aid budgets (98% of which go to food, shelter, and health care) and development aid (which is necessarily long term).
Turkey was able not only to defuse the international tensions surrounding its Arab neighbor, but also to engineer the start of
direct
talks between Syria and Israel.
Turkey, more fearful of the regional repercussions of a nuclear Iran than of any
direct
threat it would pose, went as far as to host a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last August.
If German banks drop out of the refinancing business, the European Central Bank will lose the
direct
control over the German economy that it used to have via its interest-rate policy.
This situation is the
direct
result of a piecemeal and hurried approach to investment in health-care infrastructure.
And, unlike Fukushima, which bore a
direct
impact, Madras was far away from the epicenter of the earthquake that unleashed the tsunami.
Moreover, many state employees (around 5.1 million of them eligible to vote) and their families supported Shafiq, owing either to
direct
instructions from their bosses, or to the perceived threat of creeping MB influence on government bureaucracies.
Likewise, economists have long noted that for countries gorging on capital inflows, there is a big difference between debt instruments and equity-like investments, including both stocks and foreign
direct
investment.
An asset diet rich in equities and
direct
investment and low in debt cannot substitute for other elements of fiscal and financial health.
Whereas Article 5 has become a source of leverage for Trump to use to pressure his allies to spend more, while impressing his domestic supporters, Articles 2 and 3 are practical and
direct.
For example, he has already announced measures to promote foreign
direct
investment in insurance, defense, and telecommunications, including higher infrastructure spending and new tax incentives for savings and investment.
As I argued in my book The Geopolitics of Emotion (which was translated into Norwegian), populism is the
direct
product of a culture of fear.
But science might also offer more
direct
ways of influencing our brains.
Humans have altered the brightness of the Earth – as seen from space – in more
direct
ways.
Thailand’s blue-chip firms gain much from
direct
involvement with the Palace and from social proximity to it.
Even before the recent global financial crisis and subsequent recession, governments around the world provided support to the private sector through
direct
subsidies, tax credits, or loans from development banks in order to bolster growth and support job creation.
In industries where no domestic firms are present, policymakers should aim to attract foreign
direct
investment from the countries being emulated or organize programs for incubating new firms.
In countries with a poor business environment, special economic zones or industrial parks can facilitate firm entry, foreign
direct
investment, and the formation of industrial clusters.
One possible explanation for this tendency, proposed by Schroeder and Powell, is that female leaders can be viewed as
direct
threats to the interests of the generals, because women are more likely to favor, say, reduced military spending and less pugnacious policies.
China experts noted that a next step could be
direct
elections for the chiefs of the Special Economic Zone’s six districts.
But US taxpayers do give nearly a quarter of all the money spent on
direct
development aid by rich countries.
The difference between the US and other countries is not its lack of a BAT, but its strong reliance on
direct
taxation.
Throughout the PLA's history, a chief tactic has always been to launch asymmetrical attacks on an enemy's command and communication centers, thus obviating
direct
confrontations where parity in technological development would determine a clearer definition of victory and defeat.
Roughly 18,000 children died daily as a
direct
or indirect consequence of malnutrition.
During the past four years, Latin America attracted an annual average of $61 billion in foreign
direct
investment, 60% of which went to Brazil and Mexico.
There is no
direct
rail link between Zagreb and Belgrade.
These laws, already approved but not fully implemented, should be the catalyst for a new institutional arrangement within the country, one supposedly premised on a
direct
relationship between leader and people and a progressive hollowing out of democratic institutions.
We know that the destruction of 100% of Syria’s declared chemical weapons would not have happened without direct, hands-on diplomacy and perseverance, just as Syria’s immoral and horrifying civil war will not end without an equal commitment.
Nor is full convertibility the key to attracting higher inflows of foreign
direct
investment (FDI).
What I encountered that day in Ein Kerem was the best of Israel – and a
direct
rebuttal to the frequent accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state.”
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