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A plurality of Americans surveyed by the GMF, for example, said that illegal immigrants should be allowed to obtain legal status.
For starters, it does not includes the costs of national governments’ gathering of basic administrative data, or of all of the recommended household surveys, because these costs were impossible to obtain.
For example, in Uganda, banks now extend loans to women to buy land; women in the Democratic Republic of Congo can officially register their businesses; and, in Indonesia, women can use alternative forms of collateral to obtain loans.
In Latin America, women entrepreneurs can sometimes obtain loans, though usually less than requested.
This assumes that it can obtain sufficient documentary evidence of the allegations from, say, Snowden or Der Spiegel.
This allows these banks to obtain more debt financing on better terms (from their perspective).
In every modern society, humans exchange money or other valued items for things that they desire and could not otherwise obtain.
The third ingredient – popular mobilization against corruption – has been the most difficult to obtain, as Latin Americans have historically tended to be tolerant of pilfering politicians.
As abhorrent as these methods may be, they seldom lack defenders, who argue that they are needed to obtain information that can save lives.
Consider the official US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks that revealed that State Department employees were asked to obtain “biometrics” on public officials at the United Nations.
For example, Portuguese exports increased by about 5-6% per year over the last years, despite challenging external conditions (Spain is its biggest market) and a credit crunch, which made it difficult for exporters to obtain financing.
Moreover, organizations seeking to release gene-drive organisms should obtain the “free, prior, and informed consent” of potentially affected communities.
According to the organization, “it’s not logistically possible to obtain consent from each and every person affected” by the release of genetically modified mosquitoes.But the reason it is difficult to acquire informed consent from all people affected by gene-drive experiments is the same reason that doing so is absolutely critical.
According to the organization, “it’s not logistically possible to obtain consent from each and every person affected” by the release of genetically modified mosquitoes.
But I always emphasize that our overall trade deficit reflects the fact that the US spends more than it produces, requiring us to obtain the difference through net imports.
As a result, bank credit will be harder to obtain.
Similarly, the most mobile populations of the twenty-first century are helping their countries of origin obtain access to markets, technology, and a political voice in the world.
At the very least, their collusion enables the traffickers to obtain fuel, spare parts, accommodation, and guides.
With the import tariffs on steel just announced, the US will at least obtain some revenue.
Trade barriers erected by foreign governments reduce the ability of US firms to obtain the real income benefits from exporting products made in America.
Given the reluctance of underrepresented countries to sign up for the IMF’s precautionary credit lines, central banks desperate for dollars can obtain them only from the Federal Reserve.
While the government made signing up to Aadhaar voluntary, it is effectively mandatory for anyone who needs to access government services, open a bank account, or obtain a mobile phone contract.
The root of the problem is that Africa’s farmers are too poor to obtain the basic modern inputs—including high-yield seed varieties, fertilizers, and small-scale water management systems—that could enable them to double or triple their output of food and cash crops.
But once cocoa trees stop producing after 30 years or so – or sooner if disease strikes – farmers must obtain permission from the original landowner to replant.
The problem in the eurozone from 2007 on was that some of Europe’s largest banks had borrowed heavily in dollars and, when credit conditions tightened, could not easily obtain the dollars needed to continue funding their operations.
The global public is outraged by the group’s violation of fundamental principles and sensibilities: the prohibition of slavery, the protection of personal integrity, the obligation to protect children, and the right of adolescent girls to obtain an education and choose when and whom to marry.
This attests to the extent to which parts of the financial intermediation process remain over-reliant on Fed experimentation, even as small and medium-size companies still find it difficult to obtain adequate credit at reasonable cost.
Instead, displaced families should quickly be given vouchers so that they can obtain an appropriate home without delay.
Palestinians’ desire to obtain a UN vote on statehood (in whatever form) does not mean that they cannot have direct negotiations with Israel.
As a result, a Kenyan farmer in a remote district can now obtain information about crop prices or transfer funds, without having to travel long distances and wait in lines.
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