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Although the single currency was supposed to bring unprecedented prosperity, it is difficult to detect a significant positive effect for the eurozone as a whole in the period before the crisis.
If a policy has positive effects on both home and foreign countries, it would definitely be green.
A policy that has large positive effects for a big economy might have small negative effects for the rest of the world and yet still be positive overall for global welfare.
And even though critics often caricature the EU’s internal negotiating process as overly lengthy and tedious, it has undoubtedly produced positive results.
Hints that more robust and balanced policy responses are coming have had a noticeably positive effect, though it may be transitory, depending on implementation.
Voluntary codes to limit sugar in soft drinks and reduce salt levels in processed foods are a positive step; but they are far from adequate.
Taming BigotryMELBOURNE –At a time when the horrific events in Norway remind us how much murderous bigotry there still is in the world, perhaps a story from the other side of it can restore a little optimism that some positive, historically significant, changes in attitude really are occurring.
His efforts to establish a personal connection with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – the first foreign leader he hosted at Mar-a-Lago, his “Winter White House” – and the high priority his administration is assigning to relations with India and South Korea are positive signs.
Sustained diplomatic efforts brought about two breakthroughs with potentially far-reaching positive implications: the deal on Iran’s nuclear program and the Paris climate agreement.
The positive impact of this approach would be far-reaching – beginning with a reduction in migration pressure.
Brazil's economic turnaround may have powerfully positive effects on its neighbors, especially the struggling countries of the Andean region.
So long as external demand holds up – and recent growth numbers from China and the US are positive in this regard – Europe’s exports should continue to perform well.
If the new strategy fails to produce positive and tangible results within a few months, the steady domestic drumbeat for troop withdrawals will become deafening.
This could have a positive outcome, highlighting powers that other member states agree should be returned to national governments.
When one is looking for something relatively rare (whether cancer or terrorists), it is wise to remember that a positive result is often false.
Assume that the screening test for a certain cancer is 95% accurate, meaning that if someone has the cancer, the test will be positive 95% of the time.
Next, assume that if someone does not have the cancer, the test will be positive only 1% of the time.
If your doctor tells you that you have tested positive, does this mean that you are likely to have the cancer?
Since 95% of them will test positive, there will be, on average, 475 positive tests.
Of the 99,500 people without cancer, 1% will test positive, yielding 995 false positives out of 1,470 positive tests.
In other words, even if you tested positive for the cancer, the probability that you actually have it is only about 32%.
The crippling sense of dishonor that accompanies poverty, and impedes people from taking positive action to improve their situation, has been seen around the world.
Study participants would be followed over decades to see who developed the disease, and which tests proved positive before Alzheimer’s was diagnosed.
If he does that, he could turn his presidency around, confound his critics, and leave a positive legacy.
The recent agreement by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on a new capital-adequacy framework is another positive step.
The risk of a global crash has been low, because deleveraging has proceeded apace in most advanced economies; the effects of fiscal drag are smaller; monetary policies remain accommodative; and asset reflation has had positive wealth effects.
In fact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economy strategy – so-called “Abenomics” – has enabled Japan to stay on a reasonably positive path in highly uncertain times, with the economy showing signs of steady recovery from its decades of stagnation.
This holds promise of progress, but despite the brief fanfare and positive statements at the peace conference last November in Annapolis, Maryland, a retrogression has occurred in the process.
Upon assuming office in 2004, the UPA frittered away the positive national-security and foreign-policy position that the previous BJP government had achieved, neglecting key partnerships as it struggled to work effectively in the face of chronic infighting.
And Modi’s relationship with the US has not been entirely positive, either, owing to American officials’ decision to deny him a visa following the deaths of many Muslims during riots a decade ago in Gujarat, where he was Chief Minister.
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