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To maintain that independence, to fulfill our domestic and foreign policy priorities, the suppression of corruption must be my country's most urgent priority.
At the same time, burgeoning concerns about “currency wars” suggested that Sarkozy’s priorities were correct.
But the stability of a genuinely multi-polar system cannot be taken for granted, for it will require each of the monetary poles to agree to depart from purely domestic priorities and stand ready to fulfill its international duties, both in normal times and during crises.
In the short run, the necessary conditions will not be met, not least because no large country is ready to deviate from domestic priorities.
Different countries will have different priorities, but all will need to make larger investments in education and life-long training, while pressing ahead with labor- and product-market reforms.
In a difficult environment, where academic achievement is far from the top of the rebellious teens’ list of priorities, Pfeiffer’s character comes up with an unorthodox – and effective – new approach: each student will start the year with an “A” grade, which is theirs to lose.
But a series of missteps – misguided civilian policies and misplaced priorities on the part of the government and its donors – have boosted recruitment for the very groups the US is supposed to be quelling, including al-Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and, more recently, the Islamic State.
As the Trump administration alters US foreign-policy priorities, devising a more effective strategy for America’s Afghan operations must be a priority.
Rather than attending a Putin-led conference and providing the Kremlin with a propaganda coup ahead of parliamentary elections – Juncker should place EU priorities at the forefront.
Those priorities include the preservation of Europe’s post-Cold War political and security architecture, the protection of the territorial integrity of European countries, and respect for the shared norms embodied by institutions like the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe.
Once Putin has agreed to support these priorities, discussions on Russia-EU economic cooperation can begin.
Our priorities seem skewed when climate policies promising a miniscule temperature impact will cost $1 trillion a year, while the World Food Program’s budget is 169 times lower, at $5.9 billion.
Indeed, at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena in April 2012, Latin American leaders felt sufficiently confident and united to challenge US priorities in the region.
The alternative was to pursue a full policy agenda aligned with the priorities and commitments enunciated in Obama’s election campaign.
Regardless of which party – Labour or Conservative – wins the largest number of seats in Parliament, its constituents would of course include many English voters, who would never agree to the SNP’s policy priorities.
A key hurdle for the SDR has always been the geopolitical interests and priorities of the reserve-issuing central banks (not just the US, but also the eurozone, China, Japan, and the United Kingdom).
One of the highest priorities of the new Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which I direct on behalf of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will be to elaborate alternative pathways to a low-carbon economy, taking into account the specific conditions of countries around the world.
In practical terms, a varied, decentralized, and, most importantly, flexible workforce should be among the Bank’s top priorities.
The declaration commits governments to improving the health care of children with intellectual disabilities to enhance lifelong development, as well as inclusion and full participation in society, and sets out ten priorities for action, which include empowering children, protecting them against harm and abuse, and transferring care from institutions to the community.
One of the UNFCCC’s top priorities is to secure financing to scale up developing countries’ mitigation and adaptation efforts, thereby mobilizing the capacity and goodwill of historical emitters to catalyze further innovation.
A deal should be easily negotiable if both sides concentrate on their top priorities, while compromising on their secondary aims.
We intend to achieve results through clear priorities and strong cooperation with all of our partners.
Climate change is complex and closely entwined with a host of other challenges, but a similar breakthrough in our values and priorities is needed.
Much of Asia’s investment in Africa has focused on infrastructure that directly supports African priorities: telecoms, power plants and transmission lines, water and sanitation, roads and railways, ports, aviation, and airports.
Why is disaster vulnerability so low on the list of global development priorities?
The book also allows readers to set their own priorities: leading economists sketch out solutions and provide cost-benefit ratios so that different policy options can be compared side-by-side, and the best ones identified and prioritized.
Managing this trifecta successfully will require skillful juggling of priorities – and that will become much more difficult if Chinese policymakers lose international investors’ trust or, more important, that of China’s own citizens and businesses.
American politics would dramatically heat up, with a fierce debate over priorities.
When asked, people across the world indicate that education, health, and nutrition are among their top policy priorities.
In 2010, at the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul, donors agreed with the Afghan government to channel at least 50% of development aid (excluding military expenditures) through the government budget and to improve the alignment of their off-budget spending with national priorities.
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