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In a time of increasing economic and political uncertainty, Erhard's guiding principles are more important than ever.
The increasing mathematization of economics in recent decades has abetted this development.
The specialist MEPs, on the other hand, use their expertise and their steadily increasing powers to exert a good deal of influence on EU legislation.
This positive trend is likely to persist, given that it is based on structural geographic and demographic factors, such as rising exports, improved trade conditions, and steadily increasing domestic consumption.
In fact, foreign direct investment in Africa has been on the rise since the early 2000’s, increasing fivefold in 2000-2010.
Depending on how this power is used (or abused), it can be beneficial (exercising needed oversight and increasing the transparency of policy and policy-making) or destructive (if, for example, hearings degenerate into politically motivated attacks on administration officials and policies).
Increasing their farming income and decision-making power ultimately has a greater impact on children’s health and nutrition.
But policymakers need to concentrate on increasing access to more nutritious foods, such as meat, fruit, and vegetables, which are too expensive for the poor.
This emphasis on the supply side (increasing access to energy fuel) has obscured cheaper and possibly more beneficial actions on the demand side (cutting energy consumption by changing people’s behavior).
While the two countries together consume slightly less than half as much oil as the US, their consumption is increasing faster.
The world’s dependence on Persian Gulf oil means that all countries have an interest in maintaining stability in that region, while improving energy efficiency and increasing the diversity of their overall energy supplies.
The signs of cooperation have been clear: increasing use of Arabic, rather than French, discussions that incorporate real knowledge of Islamic scripture, and recognition that Islam remains distinct from traditional practices.
Feminist interpretations of religious texts – encouraged by increasing numbers of women in prominent religious positions – continue to challenge traditionalists of all stripes.
Here, the main partner is China, which Russia now supplies with fertilizers, seafood, timber, nonferrous metals, and increasing volumes of crude oil.
Insufficient options for construction can be the driving force behind a rising price-to-income ratio, with home prices increasing over the long term even if the city has acquired no new industry, cachet, or talent.
European Union countries and supranational institutions took decisions that helped to address “energy islands” (isolated and inefficient energy markets), while increasing the role of renewables in energy provision.
Financial liberalization was lauded because it enabled capital to flow to where it would be used most productively, increasing national and global growth.
Investors worry about the longer-term consequences of political dysfunction, another year of European economic contraction, disastrously high unemployment, unprecedented – and thus untested – central bank policies, and increasing global tensions.
The first consists in increasing the use of existing tools, such as Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs), which enable actors from rich countries to promote projects that reduce emissions in developing countries.
China’s west and south, however, have become sources of increasing worry.
At the same time, increasing military spending, challenges to maritime security, non-traditional threats ranging from piracy to terrorism, and the destruction wrought by natural disasters are making the region’s security environment more complex.
In Southeast Asia, we are expanding our engagement with the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), increasing bilateral engagement with traditional allies and partners like Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore, and developing our cooperative partnerships with Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Within a year of a large-scale vaccination effort, a new population of unvaccinated dogs will be roaming the streets and increasing the chances of an outbreak.
At the time of that FOMC meeting, the consumer price index was increasing at about 3% per year.
Increasing the rate of inflation is now the stated objective of Fed policy.
On July 21, European leaders attempted – belatedly – to redress this vulnerability by increasing the EFSF’s capacity to allow it to counter the increased Spanish and Italian risk.
The increasing international competitiveness of Chinese firms, together with government policy, has been the main driver of China’s skyrocketing outward FDI.
The Chinese government can play a crucial role by adopting a code of conduct for all Chinese enterprises investing abroad, in line with internationally accepted norms and taking into account the increasing importance of sustainable FDI.
In a democracy like India’s, the politically well-connected benefit from skewed growth, thus increasing the resentment of those left behind.
Even taking into account the increasing demographic differential, which now amounts to about half a percentage point per year, the US economy has grown by about 4.5 percentage points more over these three years on a per capita basis.
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