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Specifically, it has stepped up military cooperation with other Asia-Pacific countries, encouraged other claimants to territory in the South China Sea to shore up their defenses, and supported a more active role in regional security for democratic powers like Australia, India, and even Japan.
By treating eurozone-government bonds as risk-free, permitting commercial banks to hold them without any capital provision, and failing to apply limits on large-scale credit exposure to sovereign debt, the system encouraged undercapitalized banks to increase their bond purchases.
During the pre-crisis boom, homebuyers were encouraged to borrow heavily to finance undiversified investments in a single home, while governments provided guarantees to mortgage investors.
And Chinese and Western companies should be encouraged to invest in one another’s IP.
When the United Kingdom’s coalition government was formed last year, we were encouraged by Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to make this the “greenest government ever.”
One of the important first steps, which the CLG encouraged, was making the UK the first country to establish legally-binding targets for carbon reduction well into the 2020’s.
Making matters worse, national and European leaders have allowed – even encouraged – citizens to believe that integration is inevitable, lowering the stakes for European elections.
A key early test of Abdullah’s kingship will be if he can succeed in freeing the hundreds of political reformers now in prison, especially three respected academics whom he encouraged to make reform proposals, only to be incarcerated by Naif.
Towards the end of the 1990's, the large EU countries encouraged employment of less qualified workers through temporary work contracts.
Competition must be encouraged, as more rural entrepreneurship will strengthen the farming community, with fewer farmers but better farms.
Moreover, the region’s most productive farmers could be identified and encouraged to share their best practices with other farmers.
The US would not have been able to build the first atomic bomb in just four years had Hitler not encouraged so many key scientists to leave Europe.
This is a laudable initiative, and concerned Muslims and non-Muslims alike should be encouraged to help.
The US Treasury welcomed government intervention in exchange rate markets, and encouraged the IMF to support such interventions with mega-billion dollar loans to crisis countries.
The MDGs paved the way for the SDGs, and I have been encouraged by the commitment the global community has shown to sustaining the post-2015 development agenda.
By admitting 1.5 million migrants in just two years, Germany has also placed a massive burden on its welfare state, inadvertently encouraged the Brexiteers, and rallied all of Eastern Europe against it.
The US, the IMF, and others had encouraged Asian countries to increase exchange-rate flexibility.
That means training health workers; establishing community-level support networks, such as mother-to-mother groups; investing in behavioral-change campaigns; and creating a culture in which breastfeeding is welcome and encouraged.
And since a lot of the aid is in the form of loans rather than grants, the poor countries get even deeper into debt as they are encouraged to purchase supplies, products, and technical assistance from the rich countries.
Obviously, cooperation agreements and private investment in this sector should be encouraged.
The Clinton campaign has poured money into several Senate, House of Representatives, gubernatorial, and even state-legislature races, and Clinton field workers and volunteers have been encouraged to help down-ballot candidates in contentious races.
With this in mind, policymakers began to dismantle the economic rules and regulations that had been implemented after the Great Depression, and encouraged vertical and horizontal mergers.
Those who not only tolerated but actively encouraged the excesses of countries like Latvia – by making eventual euro adoption a precondition for European Union membership, and promising that it would produce only growth, prosperity, and discipline – are those who should be chased by the blame game.
At the same time, the Sudanese government must be fully aware that only by adhering to past commitments and by cooperating in helping to prepare, deploy, and maintain the mission will the international community be encouraged to continue its support.
Developing-country firms – often encouraged by their governments, through procurement and fiscal incentives – are increasingly working climate risks into their business strategies.
Publicly, they support the UN’s investigation, but privately they have encouraged, even pressured, the Lebanese government to lower the heat on Syria.
That is why Riyadh has encouraged Hariri to keep lines open to Hezbollah, the leading Shiite force.
The onset of the Cold War may have encouraged this approach.
Life expectancy is rising, but retirement ages often remain in the late 50s, implying that pensioners could be encouraged to become teachers.
In other regions, developing countries that liberalized their economies and encouraged foreign investment grew faster than they otherwise would have.
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