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First and foremost, world leaders must commit to phasing out fossil fuels, with the explicit goal of leaving 90% of proven coal reserves, one-third of oil reserves, and
half
of gas reserves in the ground.
From 1990 to 2010, around 70% of Russia’s leading mathematicians and
half
of its theoretical physicists left the country for good.
That argues against American overreaction, which could fuel the kind of self-reinforcing downward spiral in bilateral relations that occurred between Great Britain and Germany prior to the conflagrations of the first
half
of the twentieth century.
The personal-saving rate stood at just 3.7% in August 2012 – up from the 1.5% low of 2005, but
half
the 7.5% average recorded in the last three decades of the twentieth century.
A step was made in this direction in June 2000, when the Community of Democracy, bringing together more than
half
of the member states of the United Nations, was created in Warsaw.
In 2012 – two decades after the government launched a series of economic reforms aimed at opening up the economy – the official poverty rate had reached 22%, less than
half
the rate in 1994.
Given that roughly
half
of current public spending on social programs fails to deliver better outcomes for the poor, simply directing more funds through existing channels is unlikely to have much of an impact.
With the right set of measures, more than
half
a billion people could cross the threshold of consumption required for an economically empowered life, and Indians could gain access to more than 80% of the basic services they need by 2022.
During the late-1990’s Asian financial crisis, China’s four major state-owned banks, which accounted for more than
half
of the country’s banking sector, had a capital-adequacy ratio of only 3.7% (compared to the international standard of 8%) and an NPL ratio of roughly 25%.
Agricultural production accounts for
half
of anthropogenic methane, but wastewater systems, landfills, and coal mining also create the gas.
Despite the enormous cost – more than
half
of the fledgling government’s expenditures in early years went to debt service – the economy shook off the 1780’s depression and entered a growth boom.
Observing the relationship between her father and stepmother, and their affection toward her
half
brothers, she is said to have become embittered and developed a fierce personality.
And, while the personal saving rate rose to 5% of disposable income in the first
half
of 2011 from the rock-bottom 1.2% low hit in mid-2005, this is far short of the nearly 8% norm that prevailed during the last 30 years of the twentieth century.
But Germany is Hungary’s largest economic partner, accounting for more than 30% of exports and more than
half
of foreign direct investment.
This could be accomplished by joining Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and many others who have donated at least
half
of their personal wealth to social causes, including global health.
Although competitiveness within the eurozone would be unaffected, a weaker euro would significantly improve the external balance with the rest of the world, which accounts for about
half
of eurozone trade.
According to the author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, Germany is in the international forefront of fighting climate change: “The clear alternative and the best news from 2012 came from Germany, the one big country that’s taken climate change seriously....There were days last summer when [Germans] generated more than
half
the power that they used from solar panels.”
Annual productivity growth actually slackened in the second
half
of the1990's, from 2.5% to just 1.3% today.
The IMF would have to be able to issue additional SDRs in periods of shortage, as when the Fed provided dollar swaps to ensure adequate dollar liquidity in the second
half
of 2008.
During the Meiji era, in the second
half
of the nineteenth century, it became the first Asian country to modernize.
But what we need now is precisely the type of new analytical thinking that spurred the great advances of economics as a discipline over the last two and a
half
centuries – and that led to major policy breakthroughs during the Great Depression.
So machismo creates people with only
half
the skills that modern life requires.
One reason is the set of ill-designed development strategies that the IMF and the World Bank have implemented in the region for nearly
half
a century.
For example, today America's 5% of the global population represents more than
half
of all Internet users.
Indeed, according to the IMF, Spain should record growing current-account surpluses over the next five years, as exports rise strongly, thus cutting the external debt/export ratio by
half
(to about 150% in 2018), while Portugal’s ratio should fall to about 250%.
Oil and gas account for two-thirds of Russian exports,
half
of state revenues, and 20% of GDP, whereas high-tech exports represent only 7% of its manufactured exports (compared to 28% for the US).
Non-Russians comprised
half
of the Soviet population; they now make up 20% of the Russian Federation and occupy 30% of its territory.
For example, they occupy nearly
half
of the top 20 positions in the United Nations Human Development Index.
In order to lift
half
of the still-vulnerable population into the middle class, Brazil will need 4.2% annual GDP growth, on average, through 2030 – a target that can be met by tripling productivity growth.
True, falling demand for natural resources in China (which accounts for nearly
half
of global demand for base metals) has had a lot to do with the sharp declines in these prices, which have hit many developing and emerging economies in Latin America and Africa hard.
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