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Anticipating such an outcome, the new shareholders might try to hide revenues, rather than invest in the company, further impeding efficiency gains and creating a vicious cycle of public distrust in private ownership.
And, by not privatizing the majority stakes, the government may also fail to enhance economic efficiency.
But, as the share of losers has grown alongside the emergence of a postindustrial economy, this model has reached its limits, with the growing amount of redistribution undermining economic efficiency.
And that points to another piece of the solution: improved labor-market efficiency.
On the fiscal front, the shift from a complex system of state-level indirect taxes to a national goods and services tax (a type of value-added tax) will improve efficiency and raise revenue.
Sustainable long-term growth – based on efficiency improvements, productivity gains, and innovation – is possible only with an effective institutional framework, and that requires fundamental changes to the political and regulatory systems.
With major reforms only half-complete, there are significant opportunities for stable growth based on efficiency and productivity gains, rather than merely on consumption.
Coal and gas replaced oil in power plants and major programs to improve energy efficiency were launched.
Today, Danish power plants are among the world’s most efficient with efficiency rates around 45%.
This elevated power plant efficiency to 94%.
In the short run, increased efficiency reduces the cost of a good or service, so people consume more of it.
Otherwise, outsourcing merely reduces demand for domestic labor, just like other efficiency gains.
The problem, of course, is that producers of new goods and services do not create jobs at exactly the same rate as efficiency gains or imports reduce the demand for labor.
Following the Internet boom of the late 1990's, job creation slowed, while efficiency improvements continued to reduce the labor required by the "old" goods and services.
But, apart from a few industries, such as toys and bicycles, far fewer jobs are lost to imports than to efficiency improvements.
Provided this capacity remains in good repair, job "losses" - through improvements in the efficiency of domestic production or through outsourcing to low-wage countries - will enhance standards of living.
The EU should thus quickly implement a targeted program of social support for the “energy poor,” coupled with financial support for investment in energy efficiency.
Even a slight improvement in Ukraine’s energy efficiency would contribute more to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions than the vast sums currently being spent to develop renewable energy sources.
It does so with remarkable efficiency.
The efficiency of the initial American military invasion of Iraq in 2003 created admiration in the eyes of some foreigners.
Policymakers now need a new approach that resists excessive concentration, which may create efficiency gains, but also allows firms to hoard profits and invest less.
While subsidies need not be eliminated completely, they should be targeted at smaller-scale farmers or other high-need workers and redesigned so that they, too, provide incentives for water conservation and efficiency.
Since becoming prime minister in 2014, he has led an enthusiastic campaign to expand digital governance, hailing its efficiency and extolling its capacity to transform the country.
Modi’s objectives extend far beyond efficiency.
It needs a stronger regulatory framework to ensure that its markets maximize efficiency and social welfare.
Over the past decade Europe has made important progress in restoring macroeconomic stability, but it has been less successful in enacting the micro-level reforms that are necessary to deregulate markets and improve their efficiency.
So it has become much harder to break the back of special interests in order to liberalize markets and improve economic efficiency.
In Bangladesh, the central bank’s efforts to support economic development include low-cost refinancing for banks lending to projects that meet goals for renewables, energy efficiency, or waste management.
In China, switching to climate-friendly refrigerants and boosting the energy efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration could lead to the equivalent in emissions savings of eight Three Gorges hydroelectric dams.
A big loser here is energy efficiency.
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