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A viable plan should neither be difficult to construct, nor prohibitively
expensive.
But this argument is flawed: bio-plastics are very
expensive
and energy-intensive to produce, and still contain large amounts of material derived from oil.
Although the use of big-ticket equipment,
expensive
chemotherapy drugs, and sophisticated and complex procedures such as bone marrow transplantation would not be wise, this is not to say that we should give up entirely on cancer treatment in developing countries.
A second suggestion, to provide meaningful support to refugees, would be expensive; admitting more is not a realistic option for many countries.
Moreover, electrification can help stimulate growth in small- and medium-sized enterprises, which suffer disproportionately when power is
expensive
or unreliable.
The government is now trying to create order from this chaos and merge all social funds into a single, less
expensive
program.
Unfortunately, the test is
expensive
and sophisticated, putting it out of reach for many poor countries.
Building the institutions of a market economy should be the main focus, not alignment with
expensive
EU standards in food production or the environment;The EU should gradually phase out its Common Agricultural Policy, which primarily benefits owners of large farms, and instead develop new instruments of financial assistance for its own poor regions and its new neighbours;Current EU members and successful candidate countries could make available large-scale training programmes in market-relevant disciplines for the young generation in CIS countries;Taking as a model the Stability Pact in the Balkans, the EU could offer concrete incentives, such as economic assistance and the prospect of closer integration, to stimulate parties to end unresolved regional conflicts in the Caucasus, Transdniestria and Central Asia;The main actors providing international assistance - including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, EBRD, the EU itself and the United Nations Development Programme - should ensure a minimum level of co-ordination to avoid duplication and waste.
Under these circumstances, time – measured in human lives – is intolerably expensive, which is why I recently proposed a political solution that involved international military assistance to shore up a new government appointed by the National Assembly.
At the same time, the renminbi is appreciating, making domestic production of export-oriented goods and services even more
expensive.
You could easily rescue the child, but your
expensive
new shoes would be ruined.
The alternative may be too
expensive
for shareholders and citizens alike.
Between January and October 1987, the Fed pushed up the effective federal funds rate by nearly 100 basis points, making it more
expensive
to borrow and purchase shares.
Indeed, in some areas, prices are again under downward pressure, which could worsen if mortgage finance becomes less readily available and more expensive, as is possible.
And boosting net exports will require a weaker dollar to make US products more attractive to foreign buyers and foreign goods more
expensive
to US buyers, implying a loss in Americans’ standard of living.
It also hosts the world’s most
expensive
horseraces and other lavish sporting events.
While CFLs are more
expensive
to buy, they are much cheaper over their lifespan, because they use much less energy (even more so with the cost of CO2 factored into taxes on electricity).
Entrepreneurship, investment, and economic growth suffer when savings are stored outside the financial system, and credit is scarce and
expensive.
Recent debt issues by the Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena and others have shown that financing for banks is
expensive.
The challenges facing US President Barack Obama as he tries to win support for risky and
expensive
policy options from quarrelsome Democrats and obstinate Republicans will create some tortured legislative compromises.
When people acquire
expensive
cars, designer clothing, and opulent houses, they generally seek social recognition.
Theoretically, sterling could stay at the current rate of about $1.60 and improve the trade position if the increased volume of cheaper exports outweighed the value of more
expensive
imports – the so-called J-curve effect.
The information must also be managed and evaluated – and doing this properly can be far more complicated and
expensive
than the effort to collect it.
But mechanical ventilators are far too
expensive
for developing-country health systems, leaving millions of patients in much of the Global South without access to life-saving bubble CPAP.
Leaving aside sex workers who want money because they have
expensive
drug habits, some could get a job in a factory or a fast-food restaurant.
The same corruption of purpose is causing the Canadian government to guarantee a new pipeline to export output from its polluting and
expensive
oil sands to Asia, while under-investing in Canada’s vast renewable energy sources.
Solar power can be produced on the required scale but is too
expensive
under current technologies.
Where are our societies headed if company owners consider that quality is too
expensive
and that workers must be made insecure in order to make them less demanding?
Outsourcing keeps terrorists – and other foreigners who would get
expensive
welfare subsidies – at bay without sacrificing the benefits of globalization.
The Chinese is the most inexpensive, the Spanish is somewhere in the middle, and the German is very
expensive.
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