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In practice, however, delivering aid has been extremely difficult, owing to ongoing fighting and bureaucratic obstacles put in place by the Syrian government.
The health sector faces fewer obstacles, because it is characterized by immediate threats to human life, easily measurable outcomes, a high degree of sustainability, and a vibrant private sector.
First, franc-zone countries could issue their own currencies – a radical approach that would face serious obstacles.
So, as international agencies invest in computers for developing countries they must identify the obstacles erected by governments to the diffusion of ICTs, as well as the costs for overcoming these obstacles.
Because of a lack of empirical evidence, it is too early to say that these obstacles are binding constraints.
In developing countries, capital controls to prevent financial crises are feared as obstacles to attracting the finance necessary for industrialization, and as potential sources of corruption as financial flows somehow pass through the hands of the Vice Minister of Finance's nephew-in-law.
Yet the pressure for fundamental change – particularly of Article 9, which putatively pledges that Japan will never maintain armed forces – is such that there is a real chance that these obstacles can and will be overcome.
Determined reform policies could overcome these obstacles; but, if Ukraine wants to proceed on the EU path, it must understand that the rule of law is a precondition for substantial integration.
Even in Kosovo, where obstacles remain formidable, progress is being made.
If the "Third Way" is to mean anything, it should focus on ways to overcome political obstacles to widening the market.
Not only is there a danger that such obstacles will frustrate attempts to free the market but, equally, that overcoming political obstacles will destroy the advantages of freeing the market.
The challenge is to overcome such obstacles without incurring those effects.
But regulatory obstacles and unexploited marketplace gaps also prevent private capital from flowing to the poorest countries.
Yet when all this was done, certain stubborn obstacles to equal participation remained.
Removing obstacles to land ownership could improve women’s economic and social prospects faster than almost any other policy option available.
The biggest obstacles to membership are Turkey’s record on human and minority rights and the inordinate power of the military.
Those, like Monti, who want to mount a challenge from the center, however personally impressive they may be, have steep obstacles to overcome, and for good reasons.
Since 1995, there were 26 reforms of migration policies in the EU-15: two-thirds tightened regulations by increasing procedural obstacles faced by visa applicants, reducing the duration of work permits, or making family reunification more difficult.
From birth, girls in Asia face significant obstacles to fulfilling their human potential – especially their potential for leadership.
Negotiators will also have to overcome significant structural obstacles.
Faced with such significant obstacles, it is not surprising that the High-Level Working Group has settled on a more modest measure of success for TTIP negotiations.
Several recent developments could help to minimize obstacles to trilateral cooperation.
The costs of acquiring and using new technologies protected by copyrights pose huge obstacles for developing countries.
The obstacles to growth are well known, and have existed for a long time without being removed.
But it is two other obstacles that render CCBT hopeless.
The US, increasingly confident in its ability to identify and strike back at any cyber assailant, has so far evaded legal obstacles by focusing on deterrence.
And, when the crops are ready, farmers face major obstacles – including inadequate rural road systems and a lack of cold storage facilities – in delivering them to the market.
Yet, instead of supporting farmers, African governments have erected even more obstacles to growth, including excessive taxation, insufficient investment, and coercive policies.
There are obvious obstacles to holding such a referendum, primarily because the US does not have a mandate to dispose of Iraq as it pleases.
The economic and political obstacles that block deep integration cannot be wished away by exhortations.
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