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Some, such as growth monitoring, day care services, preschool activities, or improved hygiene or health services, work directly with children.
Researchers who looked at early childhood development programs in Latin America have concluded that program participation is associated with improved school readiness, a higher probability of on-time primary school enrollment, lower rates of grade repetition and dropout, and improved academic performance overall.
Improved central bank policy is another huge factor.
And if the coalition government’s budget cuts had improved expectations about future output, that greater confidence would have shown up in higher equity prices – but there is no evidence of this, either.
While maintaining stable exchange rates within the EMS initially proved difficult, owing to large differences in national inflation rates and economic-policy priorities, the situation quickly improved, thanks to US President Ronald Reagan.
Turkey’s improved standing in the Middle East can also help the US with democracy assistance in the region.
But that strategy will most likely reinforce the corruption that has been a fixture of Brazilian politics for decades – and which improved little under Lula.
In 2006, China became Japan’s largest trade partner, and the new government formed by the Democratic Party of Japan in 2009 sought improved bilateral relations.
The human-rights situation could undoubtedly be improved – in particular, the treatment of the political opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa – but Isaias Afwerki’s regime in neighboring Eritrea is worse by orders of magnitude.
The Measurement of HopeSEATTLE – The lives of the world’s poorest people have improved more rapidly in the last 15 years than ever before, yet I am optimistic that we will do even better in the next 15 years.
Improved meteorological observations and early-warning systems would also help substantially.
Some of the most promising ways to mitigate climate change are what we call “natural climate solutions”: the conservation, restoration, and improved management of land, in order to increase carbon storage or avoid greenhouse-gas emissions in landscapes worldwide.
Communities also reap secondary benefits – such as rural regeneration, improved food and water security, and coastal resilience – when natural climate solutions are implemented.
When development has taken off, and conditions have improved sufficiently to attract people back to their homelands, the hugely increased diaspora would indeed return, as they have done in India, South Korea, and China.
Legislation is swiftly improved in all the new democracies.
How do we weigh improved health and reduced mortality rates for hundreds of thousands of people against the serious consequences of global warming?
Standards of living in the region have improved dramatically – even if full convergence with Western Europe is far from achieved.
Spain’s economy is greatly improved, experiencing 2.6% growth, but unemployment remains stubbornly – and disturbingly – high, at around 18%.Italy remains the big question, with the IMF forecasting GDP growth of 0.8% this year and next.
Of course, China’s leaders will also need to pursue major fiscal reforms, including improved revenue-sharing between central and local governments.
On the day of the march against violence, next to the editorial in Diario del Sur was a simple, one-question opinion poll: “Do you think that the security [in our department’s capital] has improved since the beginning of the year?”
These investments include energy storage, improved forecasting systems, and smart grids – all of which have benefited from breakthroughs in technology and falling prices.
In the US, economic performance improved only marginally in 2012, with annual GDP rising by 2.3%, up from 1.8% in 2011.
The IMF’s Overlooked RevolutionMexico City – As the turmoil swirling through global financial markets continues, there is a growing realization that global economic problems require global solutions and improved global governance.
As regulation is a form of competition between governments, focusing on improved regulation increasingly looks like the best channel of influence available to OECD countries.
Reforms that have improved energy-policy coordination, or helped to create a banking union, have proven to be far more robust than they may have seemed at first.
Bolivia, too, has not improved socioeconomically with the left in power: it remains among the worst performers with respect to human development (ranked 104th out of 174 countries, according to the United Nations Development Program).
Indicators of equality have not improved substantially, either.
That means investing in teacher training, improved learning outcomes, retention of girls in STEM courses, supporting research earlier in university, helping young researchers through so-called sandwich programs, establishing university-private sector labs on campus, and more.
With the proper resources, midwives will save lives before, during, and after a woman gives birth, and health-care outcomes will be improved across the board.
If France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, manages to obtain sufficient backing in the National Assembly in the June election, perhaps he could do something about reducing France’s structural government spending, while pursuing tax cuts and improved labor-market flexibility.
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