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Aside from control of the region’s energy supplies, water has become a
potential
source of conflict, given China’s serious shortages.
These external effects are particularly consequential in the financial sector, owing to the
potential
for large and relatively abrupt changes in capital flows, asset prices, interest rates, credit availability, and exchange rates, all of which have powerful effects on output growth and employment.
The list of
potential
policy actions that could benefit the United States – trade liberalization, comprehensive regulatory reform, and immigration and education reform, among others – is long.
These changes must focus on those regions of the world which are most important and hold the greatest
potential
for change – Europe, Russia, China, Japan and the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
American-Chinese relationships, in addition to their impact on Russia, have a significance, for the stability of North-East Asia where there is a
potential
for conflict and they will help to define how Japan defines its own role in international affairs as a major power, not only economically, but also over time, politically and militarily.
The
potential
returns from targeted investments in forests are immense.
Ultimately, the new world of health care has unlimited potential, because its frontier is where we live, work, and play, making all of us health-care experts and innovators.
He is still a brutal dictator and a
potential
menace to regional peace.
The bill was rushed through Congress and signed into law without any meaningful debate about its
potential
effects on health care.
Europe’s Crisis Goes to CourtTILBURG – Throughout Europe and beyond, economists are debating
potential
solutions to the eurozone’s sovereign-debt crisis.
In fact, guidelines were established last September, when the court ruled on which aspects of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) – the precursor to the ESM and the eurozone’s current temporary emergency fund – were unacceptable, and laid out criteria that any
potential
solution must meet.
No political system capable of overcoming hardship and misery can be built without first realizing improvements in the economy's
potential.
The
potential
of these technologies is not lost on countries such as Germany, Japan, and South Korea, where the workforce is aging the fastest, and where automation is being adopted particularly quickly.
There is no guarantee that attempts to destroy Iran’s nuclear
potential
and thus of its capability for a nuclear breakout will succeed.
This provocative behavior lost Greece all
potential
allies in France and Italy.
Africa’s growth
potential
has caught the attention of foreign investors, who have contributed to a rapid increase in capital expenditure.
In 2011, 67% of
potential
investors interviewed said that they considered Africa attractive, while half of them planned to invest in sub-Saharan Africa before 2013.
And yet, despite their potential, African SMEs are subject to significant internal and external pressures, including poor infrastructure, high labor costs, deficient governance, and a dearth of skilled workers.
The war in Afghanistan in the 1980s finally exhausted the Soviet Union’s military and economic potential, impelling it to abandon its satellites in Europe and finally to collapse.
All three times, the country’s leaders displayed a willingness to blame others for its homegrown follies, alienate all of its
potential
allies and sympathizers, and waste its human and economic resources.
Last year, more than 500 adolescent girls living in poverty in 14 countries helped create the Girl Declaration, which presents principles and objectives that should guide investment in their lives and
potential.
At the moment, it makes more sense to invest the additional savings abroad, because population aging in Germany limits the
potential
for useful investment at home, and other markets are growing faster.
While Russia needs to integrate itself with Europe’s remaining islands of innovation (Germany, above all), it is the growth
potential
of the Asia-Pacific region that will determine the country’s future.
Rising food prices plague most of Asia, while Russia’s
potential
for expanding grain output is enormous.
But China’s GDP growth has already started to fall towards its
potential
level, which, according to the consensus view, is around 9%.
China’s current macroeconomic situation shares many similarities with the situation that it faced in 2007 and the best part of 2008, when, owing to strong investment and export demand, GDP growth surged significantly beyond its
potential.
Ever protective of his position as sole leader of the Palestinian people, Arafat sought to block any means by which a
potential
rival could challenge him.
Moreover, as climate change causes sea levels to rise, extreme storms’ destructive
potential
is being significantly enhanced.
This could include designing the ground levels of seaside buildings to permit storm-induced surges to pass through without flooding the lower floors, thus minimizing
potential
damage to offices and homes.
The risks here are significant, pointing to a wide range of
potential
problems.
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