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The one positive feature of the reforms – a scheme aimed at ensuring equal radio and television airtime for parties during electoral campaigns – was tainted by serious legislative omissions.
The bottom came in June 2009, with output growth turning positive in the next quarter.
Still, there are both positive and negative aspects of the Asian approach to the challenges of global governance.
The positive aspects include respect for diversity and an emphasis on consensus-building over conflict, practical solutions over lofty principles, and gradualism over abrupt change.
Drawing on the positive aspects of the Asian way suggests the possibility of more inclusive decision-making in the institutions of global governance.
Health: Asia’s experience in dealing with SARS, bird flu, H1N1, and other diseases should be studied carefully – for both positive and negative lessons – with a view to developing a new global consensus on handling pandemics.
One positive sign is that the CFTA will include trade in services, which already contribute more than 50% of African countries’ GDPs, on average.
One positive development came earlier this year with the establishment of the AU’s Single African Air Transport Market, which covers 23 countries and 70% of air travel in Africa.
This might trigger a positive domino effect as well, as other states – on grounds of international financial integration – adopt similar procedures for controlled liquidation of their own insolvent banks.
But it is imperative that world leaders pursue such positive globalization strategies, rather than the negative, defensive, and protectionist policies that are so universally on offer today.
But what made him public enemy number one for Putin was his desire to move Russia in a political direction that he viewed as positive and desirable.
These changes are shaping our future in a positive way.
The real groundswell this time seems to have come from the close timing and positive outcomes of recent elections in Iraq, Palestine, and to a lesser degree in Saudi Arabia.
One possible explanation for the mysterious combination of stronger growth and low inflation is that, in addition to stronger aggregate demand, developed economies have been experiencing positive supply shocks.
Standard economic theory suggests that the correct monetary-policy response to such positive supply shocks depends on their persistence.
If policymakers are incorrect in assuming that the positive supply shocks holding down inflation are temporary, policy normalization may be the wrong approach, and unconventional policies should be sustained for longer.
Of course, a multitude of political reforms, each with potential positive implications for welfare, could reduce the extent of inequality further.
With the United States now in recession (and the possibility of a deep recession not that remote), it is striking how positive ECB officials sound about the European economy: Europe’s “economic fundamentals are sound,” the economy is “robust,” economic performance is “just below potential,” and so on.
The Brexit referendum and the US presidential election in 2016 also revealed that Facebook provides significant relative advantages to negative messages over positive ones.
But the atmosphere was light, positive even, as we discussed eradicating poverty in the developing world.
Anti-Americanism is not new in Europe, but views of America have generally been more positive in the past.
One positive development is that the feminist revolution has finally started to have an effect on the labor market.
The USTR’s 2016 report on the topic acknowledged the complexity of the picture presented by China’s WTO membership at the time, but took an overall positive tone, highlighting the expansion of mutually beneficial trade and investment.
Yet the USTR report for 2017 – Trump’s first year in office – mentioned no positive results.
She replied that government policies often had unexpected negative consequences in other areas – consequences that sometimes canceled out, or even exceeded, positive effects.
Bush waited weeks for a positive development that would allow him to suggest he can reduce troop levels in Iraq from 133,000 to 100,000 by the end of 2006.
As the war drags on, positive results are nowhere to be seen, while violence in the country is escalating.
While an approach based on such positive incentives would be costlier than tax hikes in the short run, the long-term benefits can hardly be overstated.
My view is that globalization is a powerful and generally positive force.
The growth of China’s consumer price index (CPI), though still positive, has also been falling steadily, from 6.5% in July 2011 to 1.2% in May.
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