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Drought and desertification have exacerbated poverty – the country’s per capita GDP is just $765, placing it 168th worldwide – and extremely perilous living conditions are reflected in the world’s seventh-highest child-mortality rates: 123 of every 1,000 children will not make it to their fifth birthday.
As it stands, the Silk Road Fund is unilateral, placing it in the same category as the China Development Bank and the state-owned investment conglomerate CITIC.
Europe is now placing a large bet on an increase in public-sector investment, using a combination of EU-level funding and national investment programs, perhaps augmented by a modification of the EU’s fiscal rules.
Facing hyperinflation and a complete loss of market confidence, the government sought to buy credibility by placing monetary policy on automatic pilot.
The French government is no longer placing all its bets on big, state-led projects, as it did in the 1970s heyday of massive investment in high-speed trains and Airbus.
In the thirteenth century, Minamoto Sanetomo became the third Shogun of Japan of the Kamakura Period, thus placing him at the top of samurai society at the age of 12.Actual power, however, was wielded by Hojo Masako, the first Shogun’s daughter-in-law, and other members of the Hojo clan, including her father, Hojo Tokimasa.
Placing those efforts under de facto German leadership is not optimal, but it may be the best possible outcome, given the circumstances.
Similarly, equity incentives should be subject to substantial limitations aimed at preventing executives from placing excessive weight on their firm’s short-term stock price.
Placing Polandunder his thumb was Stalin's central demand, and in one ofhistory's most infamous episodes, Churchill and Roosevelt grantedhim total victory.
The naval blockade and the possibility of a US invasion strengthened the credibility of American deterrence, placing the psychological burden on the Soviets.
As the Scandinavian experience has shown, state ownership need not be an obstacle to productivity growth, provided that public assets are professionally and transparently managed, for example, by placing them in the portfolios of pension funds.
One candidate for the Senate in the recent US elections, Erskine Bowles of North Carolina (a former chief of staff to President Clinton) was judged bold and foolhardy not for proposing redistributive tax increases, but simply for placing a higher priority on the federal government paying for prescription medicines than on a further cut in the highest marginal tax rate.
Placing unrealistic demands on a Syrian peace process is a sure route to failure.
This is essential to placing Greece, finally, in a position to repay its debts and fulfill its obligations to its citizens.
The West is no longer the Promised Land, placing at risk Europe’s ability to compete globally.
Halappanavar, an expectant mother, died after her doctors, citing Ireland’s legal prohibition of abortion, refused to remove her 17-week-old fetus, despite allegedly acknowledging that the fetus was not viable and placing Halappanavar in an intensive-care unit as her condition deteriorated.
Efficiency soared, placing Brazil's crop yields on par with those of developed economies.
And, under the current circumstances, Schengen is placing that fundamental right and benefit at risk.
I assist her in walking, placing her in a chair, and getting into our car.
In September 1971, Richard Nixon blindsided US trading partners by imposing a 10% surcharge on imports and placing an embargo on exports of essential foodstuffs to Japan.
But, in response to foreign and domestic pressure, China will have to rebalance its economy, placing less weight on manufacturing and exports and more on services and domestic spending.
Just when Macron was placing his hopes in Merkel’s power to lead at the European level, her grip on domestic power was slipping.
In order to make progress, the youth-led movements that drove the Arab Spring must translate their shared principles into effective political structures, and choose leaders who are capable of placing the search for consensus ahead of personal ambition.
There is strong evidence for encouraging greater attention to mental and physical health, and for placing a high priority on reducing unemployment.
Alternatively, leaders who throw their weight around without regard to the effects on their soft power may find others placing obstacles in the way of their hard power.
Quotas get action: they “open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,” according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.
As in a Venn diagram, Obama is placing the US at that central point where all the different ellipses overlap.
Moreover, there are substantial policy differences between the two parties, with Liberals placing political reform at the top of their agenda, in order to establish an electoral system that would suit them better.
By placing enormous emphasis on “sustainable development,” these objectives strengthen global efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Placing Kudrin in charge of Russia’s Center for Strategic Research advances Putin’s claim that he is prepared to lead the economic modernization effort that Russia so badly needs.
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