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So the question really is, not one of abolition, but of reform – of renegotiating the Bretton Woods agreements of 1944 (as amended) that gave birth to the IMF, and of setting specific and
limited
functions for it in the new articles.
Limited
pension reform has been passed.
What accounted for the
limited
fallout?
Iran’s civilian authorities apparently have
limited
control over the military and the dreaded security services, which seem to answer to no one but themselves.
I know of very few Western countries where small and medium-size companies, as well as middle-income households and those of more
limited
means, have not experienced a significant decline in their access to credit – not just new financing, but also the ability to roll over old credit lines and loans.
All of this implies high barriers to entry for new businesses, which face severely
limited
opportunities to disrupt, spin off, or even leverage major industries.
Its proponents also understood that the war would not be
limited
to weapons, but would need to be a sustained effort, involving, as they put it, the “whole of government,” with civilian agencies marshaled behind military – or paramilitary – objectives.
In the early days of the crisis, it was argued that, given the strength of the regime’s air defenses and ground forces, even these
limited
objectives could not be achieved without fighting an all-out war – and thus causing a net increase in human suffering.
But, given
limited
interregional transfers and labor mobility, this means that the continent has far less ability to absorb disparate shocks through the operation of so-called automatic stabilizers.
Croatia's opposition was for a long time
limited
to NGO's such as the Helsinki Committee, which challenged the government on the slippery terrain of human and minority rights, an area where the parliamentary opposition kept its collective mouths shut.
Although their options were limited, many of them had enough confidence that the reformist candidate would not only get elected, but also make life a little better.
The constituency created by reform is not
limited
to dissidents and democrats.
Short of that doomsday scenario, nuclear weapons are of
limited
use in deterring small-scale provocations.
Nonetheless, the historical record speaks for itself: since 1953, North Korea has not launched a large-scale military assault on South Korea, and has
limited
its threats against Japan to belligerent rhetoric.
Independence was also easier to defend when central bankers’ task was
limited
to keeping inflation low and stable.
Given this narrow remit, the distributional consequences of central banks’ decisions were
limited.
But, given
limited
resources, the international community can only do so much.
In addition, depending on their relationship with their own investors, some institutional investors (for example, mutual fund managers) may capture only a
limited
fraction of the increase in value of their portfolios as a result of governance reforms.
With the EU’s economic policy
limited
to austerity, it’s not hard to see why populism has taken root.
To help guide the process, the Copenhagen Consensus Center asked 62 teams of top economists to determine where
limited
resources could do the most good by 2030.
The effectiveness of available options is limited, and all of them are pregnant with unpredictable political and military consequences.
But, as North Korea is one of the world’s poorest and least globalized states, the effectiveness of sanctions will be
limited.
Yet it revealed, at the same time, the
limited
effect of international protests directed against legitimate governments: the protests aimed at stopping the tests; however, if they were successful, it would have endanger the very progress it has produced.
In other words, demand for imports and exports is not very price-elastic, and there is only
limited
scope for substituting domestically produced alternatives.
The MDGs were effective in part because the number of targets was
limited.
It provides decision-makers and stakeholders insights into how to improve policies to maximize positive outcomes and reduce risks, such as the possibility of low rates of adoption or
limited
institutional capacity for effective implementation.
Monitoring individuals’ private lives is not
limited
to the state and its security services.
In any case, the cash-transfer debate is no longer
limited
to those in northern development circles.
In the UK’s view, “European” operations should be
limited
to humanitarian and peacekeeping objectives.
In Germany’s view, European military intervention should be
limited
to the continent, and should not include combat operations.
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