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The big problems, of course, are how we take account of past responsibility for the carbon in the atmosphere, how we balance aggregate national emissions and per capita figures – China leads in the first category; the US, Australia, and Canada are the biggest culprits in the second – and how we manage technology transfer from developed to emerging and poor economies.
According to unofficial figures, subsidies already represent 5% of GDP, and only painful adjustments can reduce them.
While growth has been reasonably stable since EMU started, per capita GDP – probably the best measure of economic success available – shows that Europe has lagged other regions, even when the figures are adjusted for workforce size.
Opposition figures have been persecuted, dismissed, kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured in police stations and jails.
Instead, he argues that the revised figures that emerged in 2010 were the result of a conspiracy, and that the Greek officials who released the data should be prosecuted.
These figures give us a glimpse of both cyclical trends and China’s structural rebalancing away from exports and toward domestic consumption.
Why would Chinese officials fiddle with consumption data while allowing the industrial-output figures to register a decline.
The “front” would be a collection of respectable, often unsuspecting academics and cultural and sports figures; the “rear” would be controlled by the KGB.
A Papal EducationPHILADELPHIA – Few public figures have captivated America’s attention quite as much as Pope Francis did when he visited the United States in September.
Maybe the figures for these outlier cities aren’t precise.
The figures have been challenged, but no one disputes that the number is large and that, in some areas, it is having an impact on the survival of other species.
Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment.
In late April 2009, security forces arrested 40 opposition figures, accusing them of trying to topple the government.
And those are just the official figures; the actual numbers are probably much higher, possibly more than double.
But, with terrible figures for teacher truancy in state-run schools – as high as 25%, according to the World Bank – families increasingly turn to the private sector to educate their children.
Thus, despite repeated condemnation by establishment figures within the ummah (the worldwide community of Muslims), some forms of suicide bombing may enjoy the quiet admiration of many.
In Ghana last month, I met ministers who shared with me impressive figures on how much progress the country has made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Recent monthly figures suggest a pick-up in retail sales.
But, in early February, Sanusi revised his statement again, telling a committee of the Nigerian Senate that, after reviewing the figures again, he had concluded that the NNPC had failed to remit $20 billion.
They added up the figures, and in 1921 they presented the bill: Germany “owed” the victors £6.6 billion (85% of its GDP), payable in 30 annual installments.
The latest figures show that 2011 was a very strong year for attracting investment into the Irish economy, with a record 148 new projects – a 30% increase in companies investing in Ireland for the first time – implying an additional 13,000 jobs.
But India's railways still produce other mind-boggling figures: 23 million passengers are transported daily (over eight billion per year, more than the world's entire population) on 12,617 trains connecting 7,172 stations across a 65,000-kilometer (40,000-mile) network.
Indeed, the figures have been repeatedly revised, even over quite short periods of time, casting strong doubt on the validity of the economic models being used.
Indeed, having attracted leading figures from both Labor and Likud, Kadima is now established as the most successful centrist party in Israel’s history.
But opposition figures, former Algerian intelligence officers, and diplomats accused the military of being complicit or even directly responsible for others.
Consider some of the figures provided by the McKinsey Global Institute’s recent report Digital America.
When tempted by self-interest, aspiring leaders should emulate figures known for their honesty and truth-telling, such as Warren Buffett or Winston Churchill.
The proponents of helicopter drops today include some eminent figures, including former US Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and Adair Turner, former head of the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority.
According to IMF figures, Greece’s never-ending crisis has cut per capita GDP (in terms of purchasing power parity) by 10% since 2010, and by 18% since 2007.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and other European Union leaders have said that they will boycott matches held in Ukraine, owing to the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other opposition figures.
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