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Given the factors fueling today’s turmoil – Islam’s struggle with modernity, irrational belief in the
efficacy
of force in solving problems, and widespread fear, often stemming from religious differences – addressing the greater Middle East’s myriad problems begins with religious, not political, leaders.
Moreover, with support from the World Health Organization, at least one international platform for clinical trials has been created to assess the safety and
efficacy
of experimental Ebola treatments, as well as to establish scientific and ethical standards of care.
Although the Party’s carrot-and-stick approach has worked since 1989, it is doubtful that it will retain its
efficacy
for another 17 years.
Yet, this year, China decided to withhold such data from India, undermining the
efficacy
of India’s flood early-warning systems – during Asia’s summer monsoon season, no less.
One exciting experience of my time in the Clinton White House was helping spearhead Vice-President Gore’s “Reinventing Government” initiative, where techniques and policies were developed to enhance the efficiency, efficacy, and responsiveness of government agencies.
The standard way to judge the
efficacy
of a vaccine is to conduct a trial in which those who could benefit are randomly assigned to two groups, one of which receives the potentially beneficial vaccine, while the other receives a substance with no active ingredients, known as a placebo.
Without such a trial, the appearance of
efficacy
may be an illusion, because other factors would have led to a lower rate of infection anyway.
At a recent World Health Organization meeting in Geneva, Ripley Ballou, the head of GlaxoSmithKline’s program to develop a vaccine, argued that a randomized controlled trial comparing a potential Ebola vaccine with a vaccine that protects against another virus would be the most ethical way to assess
efficacy.
This raised uncomfortable questions not only about the
efficacy
of austerity, but also about the reliability of economic analysis.
Moreover, in order to maintain the vaccine’s efficacy, a booster needs to be delivered after the initial three doses.
And yet, the
efficacy
of such policy advice remains to be seen.
More recently, skepticism about vaccine safety and
efficacy
has been on the rise in Southern Europe.
The success of economies such as China, which is driving economic development through its SOEs, and the United Arab Emirates, which is driving economic diversification through its sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), has raised potent questions about the
efficacy
of private-sector-led growth.
So the
efficacy
of enhancing property rights by rewriting domestic legislation - changing the formal aspects of the institutional environment - is naturally uncertain.
For many kinds of relevant drugs, there are several options with similar
efficacy
and safety, produced by different companies.
Others question the
efficacy
of market-based approaches to drive sustainability, because markets can never deliver optimal social and environmental outcomes.
As with any therapeutic intervention, the most convincing and direct proof of the preventive
efficacy
of antioxidant supplements requires randomized, controlled clinical trials.
Basic issues concerning the
efficacy
and safety of consuming relatively high doses of antioxidant supplements need to be resolved.
The two major causes of drug failure are lack of
efficacy
in humans and unexpected toxicity.
So it is not surprising that the main areas of collaboration have been in the development of tools and technologies for target validation and the discovery and validation of biomarkers for
efficacy
and toxicity.
Lost in the debate over the
efficacy
of the new and powerful tools that central bankers have added to their arsenal is the harsh reality of anemic economic growth.
Indeed, the
efficacy
of acupuncture without stroke rehabilitation remains uncertain, mainly because of the poor quality of such studies—a problem that has affected most of trials undertaken so far.
This mixed record calls into question the
efficacy
of conventional poverty-reduction policies, often identified with the Washington Consensus, which transformed the discourse on poverty in the 1980’s.
The assumption underlying the
efficacy
of Western sanctions is that the sharp economic deterioration that results from them will turn the Russian public, particularly the financial and political elite, against the Kremlin.
While experimental monetary policy is now widely accepted as standard operating procedure in today’s post-crisis era, its
efficacy
is dubious.
Such global economic and technological forces are widely viewed as beyond the control of countries’ governance structures, raising doubts about the
efficacy
of policy responses.
The apparent crumbling of the post-war global order – and the lack of a clear idea as to what will replace it – compounds concerns about the
efficacy
of international cooperation.
If they dissented from US positions, this did not seriously impair the West’s strategic
efficacy
because American power was more than sufficient to compensate.
Including such information on financial products would give an enormous boost to the efficiency and
efficacy
of our financial products in serving customers’ needs.
In fact, ketamine’s future as a therapy for depression would be uncertain even if its
efficacy
were more strongly established.
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