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Decisive progress on this path cannot be made without an increased awareness that all of us are part of one human family, united by bonds of fraternity and solidarity.
Only if capital were increased substantially – to “shock and awe” levels – would the banks and their executives conclude, without regulatory instruction, that it is not in their or their stockholders’ interest to take on much risk.
The size of advance payments was increased to finance the European Economic Recovery Program in each country, and feasibility studies of large infrastructure projects were suspended.
Moreover, Obama has dramatically increased America’s presence in Asia, including signing a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation with ASEAN and joining the East Asia Summit, and moved quickly and flexibly in response to the revolutions across the Middle East.
Extreme stressors also cause increased activity in brain regions associated with processing fear and threat-related information (which can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder).
Agriculture, predominantly subsistence farming, employs over 60% of the African workforce, implying widespread destruction of livelihoods, to say nothing of increased food insecurity as crops are disrupted.
On the contrary, emissions have increased markedly; as a consequence, last year was the hottest year on record.
In the two years since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, deforestation increased sharply in Indonesia and parts of the Amazon, where much of the world’s largest and most vital tropical forests stand.
Africa’s geographical position, sensitive water resources, unsustainable agricultural methods, and exploitation by foreign and other private companies increased its vulnerability.
Since the G-20’s meeting at Cannes last November, for example, Europe has increased its financial firewalls by €200 billion ($252 billion), restructured Greek debt, taken steps towards strengthening its banks and banking regulations, established rules for fiscal discipline, and implemented a range of labor- and product-market reforms.
If a eurozone breakup is to be avoided, escaping from continued recession will require increased fiscal deficits financed with ECB money.
In part that reflects an aggressive export strategy in Asia's other economies where the collapse of domestic demand brought about export dumping over and above what comes from increased competitiveness.
Yet despite this, Bhutto is finding it hard to convert this changed public mood into increased political support.
As these critical and mutually reinforcing efforts boosted women’s economic standing, they would naturally help to improve women’s social position, reflected in better health outcomes, increased physical security, and greater political representation.
For example, Portuguese exports increased by about 5-6% per year over the last years, despite challenging external conditions (Spain is its biggest market) and a credit crunch, which made it difficult for exporters to obtain financing.
If Greek exports had increased at the same rate as those of Portugal (or Spain), the recession would have ended by now.
Between 2001-2002 and 2007-2008, social-welfare spending in countries with abundant natural resources increased by around 55% in real terms, with spending relative to GDP rising by nearly 3.5 percentage points.
In some countries there were also increased subsidies.
Argentina, for example, increased subsidies for energy and transport to the equivalent of 3% of GDP.
In contrast, spending for other objectives – for example, research and development on new products and processes – increased very little.
Moreover, producers of foodstuffs (such as Argentina and Uruguay), which suffered for decades, are now gaining from notable biogenetic innovations that increased arable land area.
Furthermore, demand for krill products – from fish oil and feed to skin creams and other cosmetics – has increased over the past 20 years.
The increased demand for krill, together with the new catching and processing capabilities, has combined in a way that the Antarctic ecosystem might not be able to withstand.
In the 1960’s, Friedman showed that Keynesian demand management through government spending constantly increased the money supply, accelerating wage and price growth.
Technological progress has also been skill-biased: it has increased the relative demand for workers with the human capital to fill occupations that involve cognitive and abstract tasks, while eliminating middle-skill routine occupations.
Second, the educational attainment levels of the workforce must be increased.
These advances are the result of audacious institutional reforms and the government's sustained and increased investment in social programs.
Increased military activity in areas where NATO and Russia both operate now poses an unacceptably high risk to civilian air traffic.
Indeed, according to the International Monetary Fund, Chinese corporate, government, and household debt has increased by about $23 trillion in the last decade alone, and its debt-to-GDP ratio has risen by around 100 percentage points, to more than 250%.
The cost of sending such help would be around $50 million, and the benefits would be $200 million to $300 million in increased food production next year (and hence less needed in emergency food aid).
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