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Yet we continue to see, particularly in the European Union, obstacles being placed in the way of those best positioned to invent new products, services, or ways of doing business.
Third, world leaders should vow to remove all obstacles to a legally binding universal agreement at the global climate conference in Paris in December 2015.
The situation is not much better in Tunisia, where, according to Freedom House’s 2015 report, “criminal defamation remains one of the biggest obstacles to independent reporting.”
The government need not address all obstacles to investment and innovation at once.
However, Mousavi will face many obstacles in the months leading up to the June 12 vote, and he will succeed only if allowed to by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Jerusalem’s contested status has implications for the entire region, and has been one of the main obstacles in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
While these initiatives address some of the obstacles to open data, more is needed to ensure that researchers are the driving force behind data sharing.The Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning Center, a global center for adolescent research at the Population Council that I direct, is building the world’s largest Adolescent Data Hub, a unique global portal where researchers, organizations, and others can share and access high-quality quantitative data on more than a million individuals.
To prevent arbitrage tending to undo central bank interventions, countries (in particular small countries) need obstacles to the unwanted movement of funds in and out of their currency.
But doing so will require overcoming three related obstacles: Iraqi leaders’ military inexperience; corruption and cronyism; and ambiguity regarding the extent of external support.
That means economic diversification, which can be achieved only by reducing the size of government and removing the obstacles that stymie the private sector.
Lack of vision and initiative from both Russia and the EU also imposed major obstacles to establishing long-term stability in this beautiful corner of the Baltic.
After the euro, reform in these areas still faces the traditional obstacles.
In some countries, including the United States, there are major political obstacles to taking even modest steps.
The continued prevalence of hunger in India, does not reflect insurmountable obstacles.
The program may stimulate some productive credit intermediation, but it will not make a significant dent in what will remain one of the major obstacles to robust economic recovery.
While the obstacles are not yet sufficiently serious to derail the ongoing recovery, only a fool would gloss over them.
Just as a car’s ABS makes it easier for a driver to slow down or change course to avoid dangerous obstacles, Dubai’s state-led development apparatus can realign its attraction and branding activities in accordance with its growth goals and changing circumstances in the Middle East and beyond.
On the other hand, if the government fails to fix its structural problem – under-developed indigenous human capital – it will essentially be driving a more dangerous car, one in which it will become difficult or impossible to avoid obstacles without the wheels locking up.
Structural reforms that increase labor-market flexibility and reduce red tape and related obstacles to new business formation must also be implemented.
So, interest-group politics commonly produce substantial obstacles to reform of corporate governance.
The country seems to be caught in a permanent, uneasy tug-of-war between the past and the future, between change and the actors who seek to place obstacles in its path.
But there remain significant obstacles to such cooperation – not least the North’s obscure and often-unpredictable politics, exemplified by the recent execution of its leader Kim Jong-un’s once-powerful uncle, Jang Song-thaek.
So tackling any obstacles that could inhibit the effective application of these additional resources is a priority.
In economic terms, China has no choice: it must remove the structural obstacles that stand in the way of rapid growth over the next decade or two.
This includes reframing obstacles to development and envisioning positive outcomes.
To be sure, obstacles remain.
The process of reducing interest rates – anchored on a solid tax policy and enabled by the removal of institutional obstacles (such as the rule of remuneration of savings accounts) – was extended to the second half of 2012, leading to a real annual rate under 2%.
This attractive solution must overcome two obstacles.
Getting to “Yes” on Missile DefenseWASHINGTON, DC – The recent visit by Dmitry Rogozin, Special Envoy of the Russian President for Missile-Defense Cooperation with NATO, to the US State Department highlights one of the many obstacles to Russian-US cooperation on ballistic missile defense (BMD).
African nations must do their part by continuing to address corruption, eliminate red tape and reduce obstacles to private-sector growth.
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