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Powerful vested interests – not least the world’s fossil-fuel industries – will no doubt seek to limit progress, and most governments are not yet
focused
on the problem.
They understood that unemployment would rise if the country’s monetary policy were set by a central bank that
focused
single-mindedly on inflation (and also that there would be insufficient attention to financial stability).
The first
focused
on 225,000 of Ethiopia’s most at-risk farmers, and got them what they needed immediately: food.
For example, whereas the Islamists had essentially
focused
on political themes, highlighting participation, inclusiveness, and democratic reforms, the recent election campaigns witnessed a rhetorical shift to economic aspirations.
The best-known means by which Japanese students are ranked is hensachi – literally translated as “standard deviation” – which reflects how far from the statistical mean a typical student admitted to a given institution scores on a test
focused
on memorized formulas and facts.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will amount to a major test for a Japanese education system
focused
on reciting facts and performing formulaic calculations – precisely the areas where humans cannot compete with intelligent machines.
The desire to secure access to Crimea is also why the Russian Army is now
focused
on the strategic port of Mariupol, a gateway on the Sea of Azov, for a land bridge.
Most of the discussion surrounding how to respond to Asia’s tsunami disaster has
focused
on government relief programs and official schemes to implement early warning systems.
Little discussion has
focused
on the promotion of private risk management institutions, notably insurance.
Discussion of early warning systems for tsunamis has
focused
on government programs.
For now, China is
focused
on winning the renminbi’s inclusion, even with a small share, in the SDR currency basket.
When confronting this kind of disorder, committed multilateralists will have to stay
focused
on defending the most critical aspects of the international system.
With the world
focused
on the West, the Atlantic region dominated the last three centuries.
In a world
focused
on the East, however, the main linkages are the Pacific and Indian Oceans and, given today’s close relationship between Asia and Europe, the Mediterranean Sea.
Under these circumstances, the only option left for such a government would be to call a vote – whether a general election or a second referendum –
focused
on the Brexit agreement that the Conservatives negotiate.
Though North never
focused
explicitly on China’s institutional development, his theoretical framework could prove invaluable to the country’s leaders as they navigate the next phase of institutional change.
Turkey is not, after all, interested only in clearing ISIS from its borders; it is also – and perhaps more –
focused
on taking down the Kurds.
Though the Kurds remain
focused
on closing the 80-kilometer (49-mile) gap, largely controlled by ISIS, between their eastern and western territories, they will not shy away from fighting a Turkey that, together with Syrian rebel forces, works to thwart their efforts.
Efforts to address the problem have
focused
on how the target was selected, the candidate drugs’ efficacy in humans, the risk of undesirable side effects, and the efficiency of the discovery process – all to little or no avail.
But his successor, Hu Jintao, has
focused
on the damage that has come from unrestrained growth.
But, rather than risk a full-scale crisis by blocking Italy’s 2019 budget, the European Commission would do better to push for more
focused
structural reforms in 2020, after the coalition parties have met their campaign promises.
In this context, South Korea’s move to involve the WTO – and the risk to China’s international reputation that a formal dispute would imply – may have
focused
Chinese leaders’ minds concerning the risks of escalation.
The welfare state will not vanish from Europe, but it is set to be scaled back – and
focused
on those who actually need help.
Because German banks hold much of the debt owed by peripheral banks and governments, officials have
focused
on this financial link between Germany’s economy and those of troubled eurozone members.
Indeed, the essence of labor unions is that they know the unique problems of a distinct group of workers, bring
focused
expertise on these problems, and thus intelligently represent their interests.
They are also often more
focused
on the plight of actual people than on the promotion of grand principles, preferring concrete progress to abstract victory.
The security debate has understandably often
focused
on the consequences.
Panama, by contrast, took the risk of imagining some key strategic, export-oriented investments, and then
focused
on creating the conditions to make them happen.
Instead, asserting that the US had “erred in supporting China’s entry into the WTO on terms that have proven to be ineffective in securing China’s embrace of an open, market-oriented trade regime,” the USTR
focused
on complaints about Chinese industrial policy, which is largely beyond the WTO’s scope.
Instead of using development funds to serve its own needs, the EU should offer a genuine grand bargain
focused
on the needs of recipient countries.
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