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They have merely concluded that politics will not bring miracles, and that the most they can expect is to keep external threats to a
minimum.
Bendjedid, whose memoirs were recently published (he died in October), gave Algeria its first relatively democratic constitution, lifting the ban on political parties and guaranteeing a
minimum
of basic rights, including freedom of speech, assembly, and conscience.
Hence, for fear of alienating Germans, Merkel has consistently done the
minimum
to hold the eurozone together.
The main actors fall into three categories: open revisionists, like Russia and the Islamic State; those ready to fight to protect a
minimum
of order, such as the United States, France, and Great Britain; and ambivalent states – including key regional players in the Middle East, such as Turkey and Iran – whose actions fail to match their rhetoric.
China, India, and Brazil are stakeholders in the world system, which means that they, too, need a
minimum
of order.
At a minimum, it should be harder to buy back shares than to issue true dividend payments.
Like cars on a highway, some may drive more slowly than others, but there are
minimum
and maximum speeds and all must go with the flow of traffic.
The third component is the post-welfare state, which is now part of the French model of citizenship and guarantees all full-time employees one of the highest
minimum
wages in the world and high employer-paid benefits.
And, on the revenue side, Europe needs a
minimum
of fiscal homogeneity, at least in terms of corporate taxation, in order to avoid a race to the bottom.
For many years, the government has maintained an implicit
minimum
growth target of 8% per year, which was considered necessary to create ten million new jobs annually.
In Nigeria, young people spearheaded the Not Too Young to Run campaign, which led to a constitutional amendment lowering the
minimum
age for candidates.
Mutual and other private-sector funds require
minimum
terms for investments, and such mandatory lock-up periods should be applied to capital inflows as well.
Provisions for a
minimum
of A$15 are also in preparation, in order to insulate Australia’s market from the fire-sale prices of A$5 or less for which emissions-reduction credits from developing countries can be bought.
When the two sides are anxious to avoid provoking each other, such activities are kept to a minimum, but it would seem that China has taken a conscious decision in recent months to keep the Indians on their toes.
In France, the so-called Posted Workers Directive (which allows employers to pay seconded workers no more than the
minimum
rate in the host country) may not be implemented.
The pooled financing should start with a
minimum
of $15 billion per year, and rise sharply thereafter, as key, high-return technology breakthroughs come into view.
The danger in this is that cherry-picking certain rights to enforce secular norms will not just undermine the overall project of human rights, which aims to unite the world’s peoples and improve lives through a shared understanding of the
minimum
conditions necessary to advance the “inherent dignity” and equality of “all members of the human family.”
The eurozone, too, must resolve its internal contradictions, either by disbanding or by introducing “a
minimum
set of institutions and policies” that allow the monetary union to function properly.
And by providing assurances about the safety or effectiveness of new products and services, and setting
minimum
mandated standards, regulation gives consumers the confidence to try something new.
Sarkozy correctly assumed that managers of publicly-traded firms, much like politicians, are public figures who should be held to a
minimum
ethical standard of behavior.
In 1973, an ILO convention called for a worldwide
minimum
working age of 15.
Several more countries have laws that set the
minimum
work age between 12 and 16, but the ILO cautions that few countries "have what could be considered a comprehensive prohibition of dangerous work for young children," and that even fewer have "measures to protect young persons from moral degradation."
There was an elaborate gradation and hierarchy among the middle-ranking and even untouchable castes, which governed interaction between them and kept inter-caste socialization to a
minimum.
The proposals include a
minimum
corporate tax agreed by developed countries, and mechanisms to prevent multinationals from shifting their profits to subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions.
Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary, Andy Puzder, is a fast-food chain owner who opposes raising the
minimum
wage to livable levels or expanding overtime pay; indeed, his company has run afoul of overtime laws.
At a minimum, the Fed might develop a “portfolio” of analogies, test them for fitness, and distill their lessons, as President John F. Kennedy famously did when weighing his options during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
Treatment of TB requires a
minimum
of three drugs administered over at least six months.
Building the institutions of a market economy should be the main focus, not alignment with expensive EU standards in food production or the environment;The EU should gradually phase out its Common Agricultural Policy, which primarily benefits owners of large farms, and instead develop new instruments of financial assistance for its own poor regions and its new neighbours;Current EU members and successful candidate countries could make available large-scale training programmes in market-relevant disciplines for the young generation in CIS countries;Taking as a model the Stability Pact in the Balkans, the EU could offer concrete incentives, such as economic assistance and the prospect of closer integration, to stimulate parties to end unresolved regional conflicts in the Caucasus, Transdniestria and Central Asia;The main actors providing international assistance - including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, EBRD, the EU itself and the United Nations Development Programme - should ensure a
minimum
level of co-ordination to avoid duplication and waste.
Since last year alone,
minimum
wages in nine of twelve coastal provinces (including Beijing) rose by an average of more than 21%.
In order to accomplish this with a
minimum
of fuss he muzzled the press and electronic media.
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