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But corruption poses the single largest
obstacle
to growth and development in many countries, especially as it diverts resources from the poor.
The latter require an intensification of reform efforts, lest they constitute another
obstacle
to the global economy’s ability to deliver high and inclusive growth on a lasting basis.
Regrettably, the Union’s inability to agree on a common policy has not only weakened its role on the international level, but has also become a major
obstacle
to determined action in the country itself.
America’s hypocrisy – advocating free trade but refusing to abandon subsidies on cotton and other agricultural commodities – had posed an insurmountable
obstacle
to the Doha negotiations.
And with inspiration comes a decline in fear, which now, as in Roosevelt’s time, is the main
obstacle
to economic progress.
The absence of trust between Iran and the West leads directly to the second
obstacle
to a comprehensive agreement: verification and monitoring.
The quality of Arab education is also an
obstacle.
In order to overcome this obstacle, China should engage in local experimentation – a tried-and-tested approach that has long guided the country’s reform efforts – beginning in the regions where the SOE debt problem is the most acute.
Another
obstacle
is the fear that, by allowing SOEs, yet again, to escape market discipline, debt-equity swaps would set a dangerous precedent.
For several months, Russian and Chinese obstruction in the United Nations Security Council was both a real
obstacle
to more effective sanctions and a convenient veil for inaction.
Corruption is a major
obstacle
to economic development, costing billions of dollars a year that could otherwise be used to reduce poverty and promote economic growth.
While not always evident from the headlines, an underlying cause of the eurozone crisis – and now an
obstacle
for growth in the south – has been the divergence in production costs that developed between the peripheral countries, notably the “south” (specifically, Greece, Spain, Italy, and Portugal) and the “north” (for simplicity, Germany) during the first decade after the introduction of the euro.
The real
obstacle
to the Ciorbea cabinet’s measures in this instance, however, is an ingrained chauvinism that exists irrespective of party affiliation.
The legal
obstacle
is not merely an inconvenience; it also represents a valid economic concern about the moral hazard that ECB bailouts present for members’ fiscal policies in the long term.
The US remains the major
obstacle.
The biggest
obstacle
to fighting graft is the weakness of the judiciary, especially at sub-national levels.
One must admit, however, that in Europe the “Nimby” phenomenon (not in my backyard) is a much more serious
obstacle
than it is in the US.
The first
obstacle
– indeed, the issue that stands front and center today – is the ongoing Palestinian civil war, with Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip in defiance of Abu Mazen’s Fatah-led Palestinian Authority.
Facts, however, rarely pose an effective
obstacle
to hardened nativists, which is why governments worried about immigrants prefer to see some jobs go to people in poor countries rather than see poor people come to jobs in rich countries.
It is as if his personality had become the biggest
obstacle
to his determination to break with the past.
Without a doubt, Israel will be a major
obstacle
to reaching an agreement.
“Asia should lose no time in firmly establishing democracy and strengthening human rights,” he wrote in response to Lee.“The biggest
obstacle
is not its cultural heritage, but the resistance of authoritarian rulers and their apologists.”
But when major structural and secular challenges arise, as is the case today, the advanced countries’ institutional architecture acts as a major
obstacle
to effective action.
Either country, or both, could offer Libya successful transition models, erecting an important
obstacle
to military dictatorship or civil war.
Geography alone in this vast and poorly connected country constitutes a formidable
obstacle
to conducting an election according to internationally recognized standards.
Indeed, given stronger economies’ unwillingness to be exploited in this way, the risk of moral hazard is the most significant
obstacle
to pooling debts in the eurozone.
But it is not the only
obstacle.
Putin knows that a pro-Western, pro-NATO Ukraine would present a major
obstacle
to Russian dominance in Eurasia, potentially cutting off Russia’s access to the Black Sea and, most important, providing a model to his opponents at home.
Moreover, many empirical analyses show that real convergence should not be a serious
obstacle
to enlargement.
At the moment, however, gender bias remains a significant
obstacle
to global progress, and it is particularly acute in the workplace.
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