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Japan’s overseas development assistance in places ranging from Africa to Afghanistan, its participation in global health projects, its support of the United Nations, its naval participation in anti-piracy operations, and its research and development on energy efficiency place it at the forefront in dealing with the new transnational challenges.
Indeed, the efficiency of public spending is doubtful, with scant positive results to show for it.
China’s International Growth AgendaMILAN – For most of the past 35 years, China’s policymakers have set their focus on the domestic economy, with reforms designed to allow the market to provide efficiency and accurate price signals.
There are significant efficiency gains to be had by settling transactions in trading partners’ currencies, without the intermediation of, say, the US dollar.
Many believe that public-sector investment is a good way (perhaps the best way) to use the global economy’s productive resources and increase its efficiency and growth potential.
We are likely to see African technological leapfrogging in government organization (e.g. the efficiency of the payments and settlements systems in Southern Africa), road networks, power grids, air travel, and other parts of the critical economic "plumbing" necessary for a modern economy and for rapid growth in Africa’s living standards.
Lower demand reflects both the current weakness of economic activity, particularly in Europe and China, and, more important, the longer-term changes in technology, which will increase cars’ fuel efficiency and induce the use of solar power and other non-oil energy sources.
Accomplishing all three objectives – quality, quantity, and cost efficiency – simultaneously is difficult, and the likelihood of compromise is great.
Besides being morally inadmissible, this will eventually have negative repercussions on the firm's economic efficiency.”
Others have become entangled in methodological issues – “mistaking beauty for truth,” as Paul Krugman once observed – or have placed too much faith in human rationality and market efficiency.
Joint arms procurement and closer operational cooperation would yield significant efficiency gains, and reduce the burden on EU member states’ budgets.
Cuban officials stress that the purpose of these changes is to increase efficiency, “not to alter the socialist model.”
The agreement will also spur major manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, and Embraer – which are already investing in quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft and efficiency improvements for existing models – to develop cleaner technologies that will allow them to purchase fewer emissions offsets.
Economists, however, privilege efficiency over redundancy – an approach that, despite its obvious merits, also has shortcomings.
But efficiency isn’t everything, and the long-term benefits of an investment are not always clear from the start.
More broadly, efficiency cannot be the sole criterion for organizing the economy.
From a political perspective as well, optimal efficiency is not always desirable.
In a democracy, reconciling conflicts of interest among stakeholders may require that we sacrifice some efficiency.
Determining exactly how much efficiency should be sacrificed, and in which cases, is never easy.
We can enhance the efficiency and legitimacy of globalization by supporting rather than crippling democratic procedures at home.3.Pluralist prosperity.
It must be mined with greater efficiency and with a view to mitigating the environmental impact.
Middle Eastern SWFs, as owners of full and partial SOEs, are often active shareholders – and sometimes even manage companies directly, side-stepping boards in the name of greater decision-making efficiency.
Economic efficiency requires that those who generate emissions pay the cost, and the simplest way of forcing them to do so is through a carbon tax.
Such a tax would increase global efficiency.
We should be concerned about the efficiency losses in markets where restrictions stemming from economic nationalism have so far been imposed.
This has prompted an examination of all aspects of the biomedical research and development process, as companies try to cut costs and improve efficiency and productivity.
The clout of the “big three” automakers in the US is also evident, despite their relatively poor record in terms of efficiency and delivering value to consumers.
This somewhat populist view later gave way to a view of antitrust that focused on efficiency.
Singapore’s humming economy, material comfort, and smooth efficiency seem to confirm the view of many that authoritarianism works better than democracy, at least in some parts of the world.
Without the opportunity for kickbacks, businesses will emphasize efficiency, and markets will once again perform their proper function of selecting winners and losers.
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