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The recent market rallies in stocks, commodities, and credit may have gotten ahead of the
improvement
in the real economy.
Other programs may help in indirect ways, but there obviously is much room for
improvement.
There is a large constituency of domestic and international investors who will respond positively and rapidly to any steady
improvement
in India’s institutional environment, which should be an ongoing process.
Significant
improvement
could be achieved by rule changes to accelerate approval of business permits and environmental clearances, simplify labor regulations, and fill judicial vacancies.
Given that GDP does not account for natural and social capital, which often constrain
improvement
in human well-being, better measures of progress are needed.
In the US, despite a slight improvement, uncertainty lingers.
But, above a certain per capita income threshold, that trend reverses itself: at high income levels, economic growth correlates with environmental improvement, leading to the dubious conclusion that it might be possible to achieve sustainable growth without deviating from “business as usual” (maintaining current emissions levels).
China’s recent willingness to reopen a dialogue with envoys of the Dalai Lama, and
improvement
in its relations with Taiwan demonstrate that there is room for creating a more positive environment.
Since 1998, with the rebound of Asian currencies and the strong Yen, there has been a significant
improvement
in China's competitiveness.
It was assumed that the
improvement
in investors’ portfolio performance – reflected in a more than threefold rise in the S&P 500 from its crisis-induced low in March 2009 – would spur a burst of spending by increasingly wealthy consumers.
The hoped-for
improvement
in the fiscal position does not materialize.
In Greece, by contrast, there is no evidence that the many structural reforms imposed by the “troika” (the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund) have led to any real
improvement
on the ground.
But, in contrast to other economies on the eurozone periphery, this
improvement
was achieved entirely through import compression.
More than anything else, Palestinians must come to associate peace and diplomacy with
improvement
in their living conditions.
In short, advocates of cooperation call for an open and explicit bargain: Iran's support for stability during the current transitional phase in Iraq, as well as its commitment to maintain cooperative relations with whatever permanent government emerges in Iraq, in exchange for an
improvement
in Iran's regional and international position.
The gradual
improvement
of its labor force in terms of skills and productivity, together with its relatively strong capacity to absorb high-value foreign investment, will drive economic development; and MNCs’ shift in strategic focus from Western markets to those in the Asia-Pacific region will transform the global value chain.
An international initiative for the renewal and
improvement
of the international control regime, led by both big nuclear powers, is urgently needed to meet these and all other risks of the new nuclear age.
True, the federal tax code is in dire need of improvement, and last year’s reform, especially the reduction in the corporate tax rate, should boost output in the longer term.
After all, with painful deleveraging – spending less and saving more to reduce debts – depressing domestic private and public demand, the only hope of restoring growth is an
improvement
in the trade balance, which requires a much weaker euro.
Immigration thus enables a larger population to enjoy the same standard of living as the smaller population did before – a clear
improvement
in total welfare.
Second, that
improvement
in quality was “captured” by national teams playing in the World Cup thanks to FIFA’s rule requiring players to play only for their national team.
They began to demand
improvement
in roads, sanitation, electricity, public security, and other necessities of rural and urban development – in short, they demanded better governance.
But even in these countries, there is room for
improvement.
Second, that
improvement
in quality was “captured” by national teams thanks to FIFA’s rule requiring players to play only for their national team.
On paper, at least, the United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals, put in place last year, are an
improvement.
In the US, the National Flood Insurance Program of 1968 made it mandatory for those financing construction or
improvement
of structures within Special Flood Hazard Areas to buy flood insurance.
Even the International Monetary Fund’s forecast of a modest
improvement
in 2013 is predicated on the government’s ability to breathe life into a spate of stalled economic reforms.
Despite India’s considerable
improvement
over the past quarter-century – its GHI rating has risen from 32.6 in 1990 to 21.3 in 2013 – the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization believes that 17% of Indians are still too undernourished to lead a productive life.
Reaching a national consensus will be a formidable task for the Constituent Assembly, and meanwhile the Nepali people cannot be expected to wait patiently until a new constitution is drafted to see real
improvement
in their daily lives.
In contrast to his two predecessors – the saintly Nelson Mandela, who emphasized racial healing, and the aristocratic Thabo Mbeki, who reassured financiers with his strong grasp of macroeconomics – Zuma recognizes the pent-up demand for material
improvement
in the lives of his country’s tens of millions of have-nots.
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