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The origin of the universal banking system goes back to a situation facing the 19th century Germany that was in some ways similar to that confronting the transition economies today: the financial needs of the rapidly growing heavy industries which -- in the face of the underdeveloped capital markets in Germany-- could only be met by commercial banks, many of which were founded by industrial leaders themselves.
Backed by adequate financing, political will, and the engagement of stakeholders, the convention can help address the water challenges that we are all facing.
Addressing the needs of aging populations is the biggest challenge facing health-care companies and payers.
Since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, the Western Balkans have made much progress in facing down the nationalist and reactionary forces that gave rise to that brutal ethnic conflict.
Facing that challenge is our common calling; indeed, tackling it together is the only sustainable solution.
The choice facing President Batlle is to be either a Kerenski or a Thatcher.
With Abe, Park, and Xi each facing daunting domestic challenges, a rare convergence in each country of self-interest and national interest may be creating a chance for improved relations.
Households, corporations, financial institutions, and governments are all facing balance-sheet constraints, which it seems plausible to assume, are holding back expenditure and investment, elevating savings, and contributing to a broadly deflationary environment.
Here, the answer also seems to be yes, suggesting that we are also facing another type of secular stagnation – call it “secular stagnation two” (SS2) – that is dictated by our unwillingness or inability to implement the right policy mix.
Always marginalized in the world economic system, these countries are facing even more neglect than usual.
Our willingness to spend money seems to be much greater for war than for peaceful and preventative solutions to the great problems facing humanity, and especially facing the poorest of the poor.
For starters, they should be working to remove the language barriers facing Syrian children.
SEATTLE – The recent pledge of $350 million by African leaders and the international community to help the more than 13 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa underscores the need for continued attention and funding to prevent this tragedy from claiming and scarring even more lives.
Georgia has taken the path that lambs (small countries) normally choose when facing wolves (major powers), brandishing law as a weapon.
Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia currently facing war crimes charges at a special court in The Hague, is alleged to have used diamonds to fund rebels in Sierra Leone’s civil war.
The World Without AmericaNEW YORK – Let me posit a radical idea: The most critical threat facing the United States now and for the foreseeable future is not a rising China, a reckless North Korea, a nuclear Iran, modern terrorism, or climate change.
Although all of these constitute potential or actual threats, the biggest challenges facing the US are its burgeoning debt, crumbling infrastructure, second-rate primary and secondary schools, outdated immigration system, and slow economic growth – in short, the domestic foundations of American power.
But the EU banking union remains incomplete, Greece and the Italian banking sector are facing challenges, and the aftershocks of the euro crisis could still undermine the EU’s stability – or even threaten the common currency.
But if the US retaliated against a Russian nuclear strike, it would risk facing a Russian counterstrike on its own territories or forces.
It is this prospect of a massive enlargement that defines the central challenge facing the EU: how to strengthen its institutions to be able to handle a Union whose membership will expand from 15 to 27 countries - perhaps more.
The Future of Economic ConvergenceWASHINGTON, DC – The world is now facing what observers are calling a “synchronized” growth upswing.
The list, dominated by intellectuals who in the 1990’s had called for freedom of speech and political participation, appeared with the statement: “This is the time when China is facing the most problems in its unprecedented transformation, and when it most needs public intellectuals to be on the scene and to speak out.”
The first task facing South Korea's government is to bring the US on board for a policy of increasing "Koreanization" of affairs on the peninsula.
South Africa, the continent’s strongest economy, is now facing the difficult task of tackling its deep-rooted corruption.
And yet Europe is facing a calamity.
Moscow is also interested in retaining multiple centers of power in Europe: facing only the EU, benevolent as it may be, is the sort of non-choice most Russians want to avoid.
But who else entered the White House facing both an economic and a national-security crisis?
After all, Hong Kong is facing a clear and present danger that the property bubble will end in tears for many.
They specialize in food preparation, retail, construction, repairs, Internet cafes, and myriad other activities that can be carried out at home and sold to neighbors (often through a window facing the street).
“Well, my dear and old country, here we are again facing a heavy test,” he said.
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