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Nigeria, grappling with a worsening economic crisis, wants to double daily production to four million barrels, to reflect new discoveries that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) claimed in December 2003 had increased reserves to 34 billion barrels.
The good news is that since the 1990’s, the number of poor countries in Africa has fallen from 35 to 21, and the number of converging economies has increased from two to 17.
It would be relatively cheap and simple, involving expanded distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets, more preventive treatment for pregnant women, increased use of the maligned pesticide DDT, and support for poor nations that cannot afford the best new therapies.
Increased oil revenues improve the fiscal positions of most producing economies, and some have taken advantage of global investors’ hardier appetite to issue sovereign debt.
Meanwhile, the number of oil rigs nationwide increased by roughly 50%.
A weaker dollar increases the purchasing power of US trading partners (the so-called Dornbusch effect, named for the late MIT economist Rudi Dornbusch), some of which spills over to increased demand for energy.
This puts a new debate center stage: how to reconcile increased action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with strong economic growth.
But, while it is true that the economy has stagnated for more than two decades, real per capita income has increased faster than in the US and the United Kingdom so far this century.
The number of people infected with HIV in Russia and Ukraine has increased by more than 18 times over the past five years.
Moreover, in a repressive climate, drug users who avoid arrest are more likely to face increased discrimination, reducing their motivation to take measures to protect their own health and the health of those around them.
Similarly, an international survey found that HIV infection among intravenous drug users decreased by 5.8% per year in cities with syringe exchange programs, and increased by 5.9% per year in cities without such programs.
More vigorous antitrust policies, or increased consumer ownership of data, could strengthen competition and, in the process, boost efficiency and improve income distribution.
But taxes increased for two-thirds of households.
But, intended or not, the increased supply of dollars also affects the international value of the dollar.
Moreover, to reduce income inequality and enhance social mobility, Singapore’s government has increased benefits for the socioeconomically disadvantaged and the middle class, including by investing in education and making health care more affordable.
To address this, the political scientists T. Anthony Quinn and R. Michael Alvarez recommend reforming the primary process to “give voters more choices, which in turn can stimulate increased voter turnout.”
Ballooning undisclosed political spending and social-media advertising – by both domestic and foreign entities – has made increased transparency an urgent necessity.
Inflationary expectations, as measured by the rates on certain market instruments, actually fell after the hike, indicating increased confidence that the ECB will keep a lid on price pressures.
The slow growth of the eastern part of the country has pulled down the Germany-wide average, while the enormous demand for public funds in the east has increased public debt.
Greater competition and the adoption of new technologies increased the demand for, and incomes of, highly skilled, talented, and educated workers doing non-routine jobs like consulting.
But, because taxpayers did respond to the improved incentives, real pre-tax incomes rose and tax collection actually increased.
In the 30 years since the Reagan tax cuts were enacted, tax rates have increased substantially, particularly for higher-income taxpayers.
The top rate has increased from 28% to 39.6% on wages and salaries, and to more than 43% on some forms of investment income.
Most importantly, the Nigerians are taking measures to ensure that the fruits of this endowment are invested, so that as the country's natural resources are depleted, its real wealth - fixed and human capital - is increased.
US President Barack Obama recognizes this potential, and has promoted increased strategic cooperation between South Korea and Japan in order to underpin a stronger trilateral security alliance with the US that can balance a rising China.
On the contrary, they have increased throughout the EU since the 1980s.
American democracy’s emphasis on short time horizons is costly, with tax cuts and increased welfare benefits giving rise to chronic fiscal deficits, with future generations forced to foot the bill for years of excessive consumption.
Since the 1950s, worldwide production has increased by a factor of one hundred.
None of this might matter were it not for the fact that extremely low interest rates have fueled increased risk-taking by borrowers and yield-hungry lenders.
While their personal wealth increased, living standards for everyone else either stagnated or, for lower-income groups, declined.
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