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Some of the targets that they identified – such as increased food security, expanded educational opportunity, and improved health care – were unsurprising.
Theoretically, sterling could stay at the current rate of about $1.60 and improve the trade position if the increased volume of cheaper exports outweighed the value of more expensive imports – the so-called J-curve effect.
At the same time, his government raised taxes, increased social expenditures, and strengthened collective bargaining in a deal with the unions.
Inequality has not fallen; but, contrary to what some critics claim, it has not increased either.
Output fell and unemployment increased dramatically.
Directing credit in order to increase supply of goods need not be inflationary; on the contrary, the increased supply of domestically produced goods may be an effective instrument for combating inflation.
This increased domestic focus at the expense of foreign investments is compounded by a contraction in assets under management during times of crisis.
Private investment in the mid-1990’s, moreover, increased output of natural gas.
As a result, revenues increased, despite his government’s nationalist and statist policies, which drove away investment and hindered access to new markets.
Since 2005, Bolivian exports have increased six-fold, along with fiscal revenue.
It is an agenda for improved partnerships, reduced transaction costs, and increased efficiency.
One of the reasons for these groups’ increased appeal is the de facto cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, which has led some in Gaza to charge that Hamas has been neutralized as a resistance force.
But if there really is a “democracy deficit,” as populists claim, the increased use of referendums is no cure for it.
But while traditional “innovation nations” such as the US, the United Kingdom, and France have experienced large declines in male labor-force participation, participation rates have actually increased in “trading nations” such as Holland and Germany.
For starters, Leviathan – that is, the state’s monopoly on the legitimate use of force – has reduced conflict and increased personal security.
And Venezuela’s murder boom came despite an 8-fold increase in oil prices in the intervening period, which massively increased the country’s exports and fiscal revenues.
More than two-thirds thought extreme poverty has increased.
And they are placing a high priority on investments in critical areas, including education, basic health care, and increased agricultural productivity – the building blocks of a self-sufficient and prosperous future.
Adherence to the NPT has increased steadily, reaching a stage of near universal acceptance.
For example, life expectancy has increased over time thanks to the progress of medicine and hygiene and to the increased quality and diversity of goods (for example, safer food).
The fact that most Europeans are satisfied with limited political and military involvement outside of Europe makes increased defense cooperation even less likely.
And while it would be nice if one could magically bring about productivity increases, the island’s real problems call not so much for supply-side reforms as for increased demand.
UN member states have acknowledged migration’s many benefits, including its role in stabilizing global labor markets, spreading knowledge and ideas, creating diasporas that spur increased trade and investment, and sustaining economies worldwide through remittances, which pay for family members’ health care, education, and housing back home.
For example, countries’ national interest in maintaining their sovereignty, controlling their borders, and enforcing their domestic laws must be balanced against migrants’ human rights, their legitimate desire to improve their lives, and societies’ need for immigrants and increased diversity.
Is it really sensible for transition economies to divert scarce budget resources towards increased defense spending?
In fact, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 15) on sustainable ecosystems acknowledges many developing societies’ close relationship with nature when it calls for increased “capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities.”
More generally, we should be supporting scientists working on new adaptive-management methods, and the private sector should be given incentives to invest in greater sustainable sourcing and increased supply- and production-chain transparency.
Until now, European countries with fiscal leeway have insisted on spending and investment cuts that, together with tax increases, have reduced economic activity and increased unemployment, ultimately compromising tax collection – and thus fiscal consolidation.
The government’s macroeconomic stabilization efforts, coupled with policies that increased the country’s growth potential, allowed the interest rate to fall over the last decade.
In his meeting with the CEOs of major oil and gas companies, Francis told them, “Our desire to ensure energy for all must not lead to the undesired effect of a spiral of extreme climate changes due to a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, harsher environments, and increased levels of poverty.”
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