Fraction
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Unfortunately, at the moment, only a
fraction
of international emergency funding goes directly to local agencies.
An “alternative” to Doha, whereby other high-income countries would follow the European Union’s offer of duty-free access to products from Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) and African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) small countries, would involve only a tiny
fraction
of global gains from trade reform.
If no job materialized, the individual would be held responsible for repaying only a
fraction
of the loan, with the balance absorbed by the company, which thus bears a share of the risk.
In Canada, such a system of government insurance and private provision of services delivers strong health outcomes at a
fraction
of the cost of the US system.
It still may be possible to sell off vacant apartments for a
fraction
of their construction cost.
The proposal would also have required that money-market funds hold back a
fraction
of some redemptions, thereby making investors take some risk that funds might not have complete transactional liquidity if their investments weakened.
While these investments were a small
fraction
of the overall need, the impact on health outcomes has been significant.
Thus far, only a
fraction
of the funding needed for even basic care has been raised.
Indeed, a report that Cyprus might sell a small
fraction
– some €400 million ($520 million) – of its gold reserves triggered a 13% fall in gold prices in April.
And the budgetary costs are but a
fraction
of the costs to the economy as a whole.
One cannot help but wonder: were there alternative ways of spending a
fraction
of the war’s $1-$2 trillion in costs that would have better strengthened security, boosted prosperity, and promoted democracy?
This is not only far below the rates of Asia’s economic superstars; it is also a
fraction
of Mexico’s own growth performance during the decades that preceded the debt crisis of 1982 (3.6% per year between 1960 and 1981).
The only country that still comes close is North Korea, although it would have to struggle mightily to harness a
fraction
of the technological sophistication on display in Beijing last week.
But claims by Bush that America cannot afford to do anything about global warming ring hollow: other advanced industrial countries with comparable standards of living emit only a
fraction
of what the US emits per dollar of GDP.
The message is not just that STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education is necessary, but also that this achievement by a private company cost just a
fraction
of NASA's budget in money and time.
Studies like one by the World Health Organization's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health show that with an $11 trillion dollar annual national income, America could finance the control of AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and many other killer diseases for a small
fraction
of the money it wastes in Iraq.
A government insurance program would pay these people a fraction, say, half, the difference between their old pay and their pay in a new job for a specified period, such as two years.
Last summer there was little doubt that the coming parliamentary elections would make the Luzhkov/Primakov Fatherland-All Russia party (OVR) the biggest
fraction
in the Duma.
The bulk of Mexican workers remain employed in “informal” firms – especially firms in which employees are not on salaried contracts – where productivity is a
fraction
of the level in large, modern firms that are integrated into the world economy.
Many children display cross-gender behavior or express a wish to be of the opposite sex, but when given the option of sex reassignment, only a tiny
fraction
undergo the full procedure.
They bought the old bonds at a
fraction
of their face value, and then used litigation to try to force Argentina to pay 100 cents on the dollar.
Italy spent a
fraction
of what many other advanced economies marshaled (as a share of GDP) to bail out banks after the 2008 crisis.
Governments can offer a menu of new bonds worth some
fraction
of the value of their existing obligations.
Bondholders can be given a choice between par bonds with a face value equal to their existing bonds but a longer maturity and lower interest rate, and discount bonds with a shorter maturity and higher interest rate but a face value that is a
fraction
of existing bonds’ face value.
Sound infection control costs only a mere
fraction
of even basic medical technologies.
Committing the political will, and a small
fraction
of the world’s financial resources, to biodiversity conservation – and the scientific research that underpins it – would bring indispensable long-term benefits, including a healthy planet for our children.
So, instead of becoming the principal reserve asset of the global system, the proportion of SDRs in global reserves shrank to a tiny fraction, rendering the SDR the monetary equivalent of Esperanto.
But the fruits of globalization and rapid growth have not been evenly shared – the rich become super-rich, even as a large
fraction
of the population remains destitute.
But the Bank does not yet have sufficient funds to meet these countries’ urgent needs, and has had to ration assistance to a small
fraction
of the flows that could be effectively and reliably used.
In the 1920’s, Germany ended up having to pay only a small
fraction
of its reparation bill, but the long time it took to get to that point prevented the full recovery of Europe, made Germany itself the most conspicuous victim of the Great Depression, and bred widespread resentment, with dire political consequences.
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