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The National People’s Congress has discussed using a
portion
of China’s foreign-exchange reserves to finance infrastructure projects in developing countries.
For example, Indonesia is seeking to establish a Green Corridor in Kalimantan (the Indonesian
portion
of the island of Borneo), where deforestation is not only fueling greenhouse-gas emissions, but also diminishing river flows, making it difficult in some months to transport goods by barge.
The export
portion
increased the most – by nearly six-fold, from 6% in 1980 to a pre-crisis peak of 35% in 2007 – as new capacity and infrastructure, low-cost labor, and accession to the World Trade Organization made China the world’s greatest beneficiary of accelerating globalization and surging trade flows.
And, while a flagging economy may explain a small
portion
of the drop in US carbon emissions, the EIA emphasizes that the major explanation is natural gas.
For example, in large countries like the United States or China, which account for a significant
portion
of world demand, the world price of oil is likely to be high when the country is growing strongly and citizens have lots of income, whereas the price is likely to be low when the country is doing poorly.
The trouble is that many hospitals and doctors rely on drug sales for a large
portion
of their revenues, which creates a powerful incentive to find ways to circumvent the rules.
And, as US marketing campaigns focus on first-generation consumers – those raised on Big Macs abroad, without knowledge of the associated health risks – some members of minority groups now spend a substantial
portion
of their disposable income at fast-food restaurants.
His decision to give away a large
portion
of his fortune has made him immensely popular.
Given large potential revenues – in 2008, the CBO estimated that one proposal would yield $145 billion in 2012 and more in subsequent years – it would make sense to dedicate a
portion
to cushioning the impact of higher energy prices on the poor, while applying the rest to the fiscal balance.
Thus, an economic policy that tackles America’s debt and deficit makes up the main
portion
of the Strategy.
Based on these data revisions, a heftier
portion
of this wealth accumulation came the old-fashioned way, by consuming less income.
In Mexico, a recent report published by the magazine Nexos estimated organized crime’s total “rent” at $8 billion per year – a small
portion
of total profits, but enough to buy off underpaid cops, bribe corrupt public officials, and influence local economies.
And investors were also reassured by the fact that the world’s second most powerful economy, China, had a vested interest in a relatively strong, stable dollar, owing to the fact that a large
portion
of its massive stock of foreign-exchange reserves was held in dollars.
But do they know that Bo’s administration borrowed the equivalent of more than 50% of local GDP to finance the construction binge, and that a large
portion
of the debt will go unpaid?
More recently, Ecuador continued payments on the small
portion
of debt that it considered acceptable after defaulting on its international debts in 2008 (under circumstances far less extreme than Greece’s).
Circumcision has been an integral part of the cultural identity and religious faith of a large
portion
of the world for thousands of years.
To them, an independent India, freed after nearly 1,000 years of alien rule (first Muslim, then British) and rid of a sizable
portion
of its Muslim population by Partition, is obliged to embody and assert the triumphant indigenous identity of the 82% of the population who consider themselves Hindu.
China’s claim to the Spratly Islands and a large
portion
of the South China Sea is based on the so-called nine-dash line, a demarcation extending far south of its territory that has been repeatedly contested since it was first proposed after World War II.
Tocqueville noted that “Americans are fond of explaining…[how] regard for themselves constantly prompts them to assist each other, and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a
portion
of their time and property to the general welfare.”
This should be combined with the mutualization of some
portion
of the liabilities of highly indebted countries – defined as a debt-to-GDP ratio above, say, 60% or 70% – and modest write-downs in exchange for long-term zero-coupon bonds.
In India, a big
portion
of college dues is paid at the beginning of the year.
And authoritarian countries like Russia and China championed international treaties guaranteeing no interference with states’ strong sovereign control over their
portion
of the Internet.
In using Big Tech’s services, we manufacture a
portion
of its capital in real time.
Property rights over that
portion
– for all of us, rather than for any of us – must follow.
It has not, despite its still awesome foreign reserves, which give it the wherewithal to buy out a significant
portion
of the economy at fire-sale prices.
It would support countries, many of which already invest a significant
portion
of their national budgets in education, in their efforts to achieve the SDG on education.
Even so, Fola's ideal plan will reach only a small
portion
of those who need therapy.
Indeed, a substantial
portion
of the region’s population – in which ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples are often disproportionately represented – remains marginalized and excluded from the benefits of Asia’s rapid economic growth.
A recent study found that patient shareholders account for a larger
portion
of the shares of companies that espouse a long-term sustainability agenda relative to companies committed to share-price maximization.
“The
portion
of the world’s economy that doesn’t fit the old model just keeps getting larger,” he writes.
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