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But, without vastly improved screening practices, prostate cancer screening is unlikely to help – and can even do serious harm.
But Wilson’s solution would likely focus on developing and implementing improved regulations through a multilateral process dominated by democracies.
The government has taken some positive steps: the air quality around Beijing, for example, has improved considerably this winter, thanks to efforts to shut down polluting factories and replace coal with natural gas for household heating.
The Good-Governance TrapROME – Development and improved governance have tended to go hand in hand.
A bankruptcy system that allows entrepreneurs to survive the inevitable failures that accompany innovation, as well as stronger protection of intellectual property and improved access to equity finance, are also needed.
That is why the real test of China’s administrative reforms is whether, through improved bankruptcy mechanisms and regulations that block fraud and market manipulation, they allow – and even facilitate – the effective functioning of market forces.
Some of the targets that they identified – such as increased food security, expanded educational opportunity, and improved health care – were unsurprising.
So far, the trade deficit has improved; but, with sterling down roughly 25% on a trade-weighted basis for four years, the upward part of the J seems a little distant.
If the decisions to be improved are not first properly identified and analyzed, there is a high risk that much of the collection effort could be wasted or misdirected.
Although Silicon Valley created new industries and improved the pace of innovation for a short time, it, too, has run up against diminishing returns.
The system has improved somewhat over the years, but not nearly enough.
If improved confidence in the US economy does not translate into stronger hard data, unmet expectations for economic growth and corporate earnings could cause financial-market sentiment to slump, fueling market volatility and driving down asset prices.
While GDP growth might correlate with improved welfare in developing economies, its continued use as a policy goal in “overdeveloped” economies is counterproductive – and even dangerous.
For example, the Genuine Progress Indicator, which adjusts for income distribution and environmental losses, shows that the United States and several other developed economies have not improved their people’s well-being since the late 1970’s.
Trading platforms are being improved to allow more complex trading.
As the examples above show, conservation and improved livelihoods for the rural poor are feasible, and even mutually reinforcing.
Furthermore, with US support, Colombia’s armed forces have become stronger, owing to modernization of military equipment and doctrine, an increase in the number of soldiers, and improved training.
Atmospherically, at least, relations have, indeed, improved since the US presidential election, and both sides have expressed good will.
Relations with China have improved over the years on both sides of the Atlantic.
But the AfDB is determined to provide opportunities that pay dividends for African communities – in public health, improved sanitation, economic development, and environmental protection.
Obama has also improved relations with Russia and negotiated a major arms-control treaty with the Kremlin.
That tide is turning because of increased mothers' literacy, better health care, and improved medical technologies, families are having fewer children, with much more education invested in each child.
Owing to Putin’s cronyism and incompetent economic stewardship, Russians’ living standards have improved only modestly, the Russian economy is not globally competitive, and the country’s oil and gas fields have not been properly developed.
At the heart of China’s measures are improved public transportation, green trade, and a revision of the energy mix.
They have competitive elections and improved human rights, and a much freer media.
Meanwhile, some countries are focusing on reducing demand, through improved management and innovative agricultural techniques, such as precision and drip irrigation.
Second, the state’s limited administrative capacity must be improved.
The first step is improved education and skills training, which have been proven to raise female labor-force participation.
With the exception of Central America, rising commodity prices have improved the external accounts and fiscal positions of Latin American countries.
They provided many examples of policies that could have improved output growth, employment, financial stability, and income distribution.
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