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An interrogation, we were instructed, should begin with polite,
direct
questioning, because a certain number of detainees simply want to unburden themselves.
As the world’s second-largest source of foreign
direct
investment, the EU wields considerable influence, with European investors bringing credibility to projects and regions, thereby serving to attract further investment.
If successful, the case will demonstrate how existing international law can be used to enforce the global norms that are essential for the free flow of information, even though human-rights treaties lack a
direct
mechanism for enforcement.
Such reforms will help us
direct
our efforts (and resources) in ways that lead to improvement in both.
ASEAN foreign
direct
investment (FDI) flows reached US$38 billion in 2005, up by 48% from the previous year.
Technological breakthroughs have made it feasible to transport electricity via high-voltage
direct
current (HVDC) over long distances without incurring great losses (only about 3% per 1,000 kilometers).
Moreover, one of the main consequences of economic openness and globalization at the subnational level has been fierce competition between state governments for foreign
direct
investment, which has been regionally concentrated.
But many free-market economists are inherently suspicious of
direct
support for specific investments, instead harking after the pure and simple market solution – a carbon price set either by taxation or by competition for permits within an emissions trading scheme.
In the real world,
direct
investment support can sometimes be more effective than theoretically appealing carbon prices.
Direct
support for initial deployment – with guaranteed prices for electricity delivered – reduces risk and thus lowers required returns.
In the real world,
direct
regulation can drive technological investment and cost reduction better than price can.
Germany is resisting the risk-sharing elements of such a union: common deposit insurance, a common fund to wind up insolvent banks, and
direct
equity recapitalization of banks by the ESM.
Progress in science – as in any creative discipline – is not a
direct
march to the answer, but a complex, zigzag path, involving many false starts and blind alleys.
In turn, these jihadists gave birth to ISIS, which is a direct, if unanticipated, consequence of the policies pursued by the CIA and its Saudi partners.
But, for all of the talk of inequality and fears that the benefits of growth are not “shared,” World Bank research has shown that when economies grow, poor households’ income rises in
direct
proportion to overall income growth.
Emerging and developing countries, for their part, will need to attract more foreign
direct
investment, boost domestic investment, and expand their capacity to adopt new technologies.
As a result, even after Ebola had been declared a public health emergency and funding had been made available, it remained difficult for many weeks to
direct
resources where they were most needed.
A more
direct
approach to preventing crises in weaker economies would be to create a continuous eligibility scale, akin to the sovereign rating scale (which does not have a large effect on country risk), with countries at different points on the scale having access to different types of precautionary facilities.
Over time, this second set of factors will fuel more
direct
and efficient provision of services to a broader set of consumers, contributing to a reconfiguration of the industry as a whole.
EU members should recognize the risks of so-called
direct
democracy and tighten the criteria for the passage of referenda.
Such RZs can help the resource-rich Afghanistan to replace aid with foreign
direct
investment and export revenues.
One is to rely on centralized mechanisms of
direct
support for research, such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation in the United States.
Another is to decentralize
direct
funding through, say, tax credits.
Unfortunately, the closer one examines the alternatives, including capital injections for banks and
direct
help for home mortgage holders, the clearer it becomes that inflation would be a help, not a hindrance.
Obviously, companies within the same industry are in
direct
competition with each other, and gains in market share by one tend to come at the expense of competitors.
Employees who have a
direct
stake in a company’s profitability are likely to be more motivated and engaged, and turnover is likely to be lower.
The new study endorsed by the G8 heads of state will certainly
direct
welcome new attention to this fact.
Syria is the only Arab country allied with Iran, and, as Iraq’s
direct
neighbor, it is crucial for Iraq’s stabilization.
In December 2015, Macierewicz had Misiewicz
direct
a late-night raid by Polish military police on a NATO counterintelligence center in Warsaw – an episode that culminated in an investigation by the Polish Prosecutor General’s office (which is, however, subordinate to the government).
Indeed, to understand why a political party would seek
direct
control over the military, one need look no further than Russia and Turkey.
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