Environment
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When put in the service of sustainable development, such a model will often involve projecting the impact of interventions on livelihoods and the
environment
over several decades.
In such an economically insecure global environment, riddled with protectionist booby traps, a free-trade pact between the world’s two largest trading blocs, accounting for roughly 40% of global GDP, has never been more important.
The new government needs to reverse this trend and improve the
environment
for doing business.
There is a large constituency of domestic and international investors who will respond positively and rapidly to any steady improvement in India’s institutional environment, which should be an ongoing process.
They provide a platform for local researchers and innovators to recognize opportunities that an outsider may never see, and to develop and evaluate their ideas in the precise
environment
for which they are designed.
Social media have undoubtedly played a part in the rise of the populist politics that thrives in such an
environment.
Indeed, unlike in 2002, when the FARC could make impossible demands on the government, today’s
environment
favors the state, forcing the rebels to keep their demands realistic.
The poor international
environment
hit Brazil’s economy mainly via foreign trade, aggressive competition in the Brazilian market, and echoes of the negative expectations prevailing in advanced countries.
With these initiatives, Brazil’s government has sought to ensure that annual growth remains above 4% for many years, regardless of the challenges – which will certainly persist in 2013 – posed by the international
environment.
But pursuit of perfection should not be allowed to impede progress, especially in an
environment
in which American and British regulators, in particular, are already struggling against a fierce headwind of lobbying by financial firms and threats by them to relocate, much like today’s corporate-tax optimizers.
This was not an issue in the disinflationary
environment
of the last decade, but it is becoming more of one, which is probably what prompted World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s proposal to restore a role for gold.
The vast majority of the UK’s trade is with the EU, not with the US; and this, like the UK’s geographical location and security environment, is not going to change.
The outcomes of these meetings will shape this generation’s legacy for both the natural
environment
and economic growth and development.
Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to act now to preserve our natural
environment
and curb climate change.
Finally, firms that become more oriented toward short-term performance may be reacting to their real environment, not to their financial
environment.
The fourth problem is that European countries’ fiscal policies do not emphasize creativity and innovation, which benefits not only from a conducive regulatory environment, but also from high-quality education and infrastructure.
China’s recent willingness to reopen a dialogue with envoys of the Dalai Lama, and improvement in its relations with Taiwan demonstrate that there is room for creating a more positive
environment.
Coming to Grips with Man-Made Climate ChangeCAMBRIDGE: This month the United States Government issued a path-breaking report on the impact of long-term climate change on America's society and
environment.
The new report, "Climate Change Impacts on the United States" (available on the website www.gcrio.org) is a remarkable accomplishment, even though it is really only one step in a long-term effort to understand the interactions of climate, environment, and human society.
As a temporary strategy, this cushions the impact on demand of a more difficult external
environment.
Yet these are temporary remedies that cushion the unfavorable external and domestic environment, they go no further than that.
If so, the outlook for Colombia is more favorable in 2010 and 2011, when growth should be close to 3%, thanks to inflows of foreign investment, improvements in security, and a better business
environment.
In an
environment
of excess debt and inadequate savings, wealth effects have done very little to ameliorate the balance-sheet recession that clobbered US households when the property and credit bubbles burst.
And investors must account for the interests of host countries, local communities, and the
environment
– an approach that is both good and good business.
The agreement’s focus should be the business environment, allowing the forces of creative destruction to lay down the foundation for a sustainable recovery.
In addition to the long-term challenges of poverty, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and UN reform, the new Secretary-General will inherit a long list of hotspots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea, and others.
First, politicians, or central bankers, should not be blamed for imported inflation, just as we should not give them credit for low inflation when the global
environment
is benign.
In other words, small shops may be more than capable of holding their own against big retailers if they adapt to the new
environment.
In this environment, when human-rights defenders speak out, they often come under threat.
More than 100 civil-society organizations from around the world have launched a campaign to urge development finance institutions and their shareholder governments to respect human rights in their projects, promote an
environment
for safe participation in development processes, and ensure that their investments do not put human-rights defenders at risk.
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