Potential
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Government officials also need the skill and flexibility to work with local communities, private businesses, international organizations, and
potential
donors.
Only 10% of Africa’s hydropower
potential
is exploited, compared to 70-80% in OECD countries.
But the
potential
for explosive growth has usually been seen only in the manufacturing sector.
Fifth, structural reforms are still occurring at a snail’s pace, holding back
potential
growth.
China has intervened whenever it has viewed the Korean Peninsula as a
potential
beachhead for an invading maritime power.
The relationship’s transformation into an adversarial one will “contaminate” the international system, undermining
potential
solutionsto many problems, from nuclear-arms reduction and climate change to stabilizing regional hot spots like Syria.
Given all of these
potential
dire consequences, it is vital to prevent Cold War II.
And there are signs that, regardless of who wins November’s presidential election, the US might well undertake an armed strike, with
potential
destruction much greater than if Israel were to act alone.
Unfortunately, little is known about the
potential
environmental impacts of nanomaterials.
Aside from having his
potential
prison sentence reduced (to an unknown amount), Manafort also wanted an arrangement that would keep his family safe.
A new era of active and varied monetary policy may have begun, with
potential
benefits for all.
But I also understand the
potential
usefulness of regulatory measures like targets for renewable energy, bans on incandescent light bulbs, and mandates for the use of biofuels.
Instead, the Mandela-led government recognized the country’s diversity as a
potential
source of long-term unity and wellbeing, and decided to pursue a remarkably inclusive approach.
With the country performing well below its considerable potential, “black economic empowerment” efforts that are meant to reduce historical inequalities have suffered.
As I argued in my recent book The Only Game in Town, “No company and certainly no country will be able to harvest its realizable
potential
if it fails to embrace and empower human talent regardless of gender, race, culture, sexual orientation, and perspectives.”
South Africa will need much more than improved economic governance if it is to overcome its challenges and unleash its full
potential
in an increasingly uncertain global economy.
In order to realize the full
potential
of the common market, the EU must adapt its economic governance to the challenges of globalization – research, technological development, and knowledge must be at the heart of the European economy, particularly given Europe’s efforts to be at the forefront of combating climate change.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has stressed that China does not want more rapid appreciation of the renminbi, because of the
potential
adverse impact on Chinese exporters.
Natural resources are a major
potential
source of wealth for developing countries; in 2010, the total value of mineral and fuel exports from Asia, Africa, and South and Central America was roughly 15 times higher than the aid that they received.
In an age of strained public budgets and widespread austerity, it is not surprising that politicians finally recognize the
potential
benefits of tackling financial corruption, and British Prime Minister David Cameron should be congratulated for taking a leadership role.
A genuine commitment to increasing financial transparency would carry huge
potential
benefits for the world’s poorest people, while fostering more equitable economic growth worldwide.
But the Iranian revolution holds another lesson for Pakistani liberals: obsessed with evicting the Shah, Iran’s intelligentsia was delusional about their own society and their
potential
to emerge victorious via an abrupt political upheaval.
Similarly in Pakistan, it is dangerous to bet that the country’s pro-democracy lawyers, intellectuals, and students will emerge victorious in the tumult and
potential
carnage of street politics.
For Americans the reserve role of the dollar is a
potential
threat, while for non-Americans it is yet another instance of an American neo-imperial quest for hegemony.
Meeting the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the WBG’s own goal of taking development finance from “from billions to trillions,” requires maximizing the
potential
of the latest capital increase.
The more thinly capitalized banks are, the more severe these distortions – and the larger the expected costs rising from insulating executives from
potential
losses to non-shareholder stakeholders.
There are many other
potential
mid-level democratic countries that should take part.
Targeting the level of nominal GDP (or the unemployment rate, as in the United States) is a way of convincing financial markets and
potential
spenders that policy rates will remain very low for a very long time.
A back-of-the-envelope estimate suggests that a five-year lesser depression every 50 years that pushes the economy an extra 10% below its
potential
would reduce average investment returns and retard private investment by enough to shave two-tenths of a percentage point from economic growth every year.
I see two
potential
grounds for concern.
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