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Even if the summit produces few specific results, it can make a difference if three demands are made of the summiteers:we should insist that the world's politicians recognize the overwhelming scientific evidence that points to the major environmental perils humanity faces;we should press these leaders to invest more public money in basic environmental research and in the development of new technologies to address environmental risks.
Undertaken by politicians, an audit might be viewed as an opportunity to score political points or steer policy in self-serving directions, with delicate information leaked in order to pressure policymakers.
Faster economic growth, rising incomes, and wealth redistribution over the past decade – fueled by sound macroeconomic policies, foreign investment, and rocketing commodity prices – have helped to reduce poverty rates by 13 percentage points, and extreme poverty by five percentage points.
And yet, in his book The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, the American historian Joseph J. Ellis points out that at the time that phrase was written, few in the country had a strong American identity.
Those around retirement age (51-65) saw their share in total income rise by three percentage points in the last ten years, while younger groups, particularly those aged 18-25, lost ground, with their income share falling by five percentage points.
According to a survey published by Research Istanbul on the day of the rally, support for the march was 43%, which is about 17 percentage points higher than the CHP’s approval ratings.
In time, PEER will serve as a conduit to higher education for displaced students worldwide, and it will cater to all education levels, by providing web-based information, points of contact, and much-needed counseling and support.
The increased pace of warming reflects the impact of complex non-linear factors and a variety of “tipping points” that can result in acceleration of the process.
But forecasters are notoriously bad at spotting macroeconomic turning points, and the road ahead is hard to read.
The only group of women that Clinton carried in New Hampshire, where Sanders beat her by 22 percentage points, was those over 65.
Recognizing this, the Fed ended QE at the end of last year and raised its policy rate by 25 basis points.
As Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke points out, monetary finance is essentially equivalent to a broad-based tax cut, with the central bank committing to purchase government debt.
Only 30% of people recently polled by Gallup in 134 countries held a favorable view of the United States under Trump’s leadership, a drop of almost 20 points since Barack Obama’s presidency.
If one accounts for consumer goods expenditure on imports, that 10% appreciation would lower inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), by just 0.5 percentage points in the first two quarters.
percentage points, over two years, all else being equal.
For example, federal spending relative to GDP fell by five percentage points from the mid-1980’s to the late 1990’s in the US, and by an even larger margin in recent decades in Canada – that is, through periods of strong economic growth.
Thirty-one years after the revolution that ousted the Shah and brought Islamic rule to Iran, we are at one of those turning points.
The number of votes cast yesterday for UKIP candidates still points to a hard fight by the government to keep Britain in Europe.
Barack Obama regularly points out that the decision to go to war was deeply flawed;John McCain emphasizes how much things have turned around since early 2007, when US troop numbers were increased and US strategy revised.
Agro-ecology points to solutions, but strong support from governments is needed to scale up existing best practices.
An inadequate diet makes your children grow up physically stunted and impairs their cognitive development, costing 4-8 IQ points on average.
Its members had significant economic, political, and social policymaking experience in the developing world, and despite their differences, they all agreed on certain crucial points.
While a similar initiative failed in Oregon, and Proposition 19 (which called for limited legalization of cannabis) was defeated in California in 2010 (by seven percentage points), the outcome in Colorado and Washington sent a powerful message to the rest of the US.
But significant damage to bilateral ties, let alone a diplomatic rupture, is not in the cards, even if all the evidence points to a state-sanctioned assassination.
No one points out the huge opportunity cost of what could have been and what could still be – albeit barely – if the US took decisive action to save tens of thousands of Syrian lives and possibly tip the balance of the conflict.
They are befriending one another, sharing information, and accumulating status, points, and experiences.
And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.
Meanwhile, the real economy eked out a decidedly subpar recovery, with real GDP growth holding to a 2.3% trajectory – fully two percentage points below the 4.3% norm of past cycles.
As the World Bank-DRC report points out, China can do the same by linking public services to place of residency rather than to place of origin.
Moreover, as he points out, Europe is the world’s second military power, with 21% of the world’s military spending, compared to 5% for China, 3% for Russia, 2% for India, and 1.5% for Brazil.
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