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As a result, education is often treated as a lower priority, the last to be funded and the first to have its financing redirected.
Eradicating mosquito-transmitted diseases must therefore be a top priority, eliciting not just effective government stewardship, but also the involvement of civil society, private-sector engagement, and the participation of affected communities.
Much as I would like to see someone from the emerging markets and the developing world head the IMF, the first priority is to choose a leader with the requisite skills, commitments, and understandings in an open and transparent process, someone who will continue along the reform path on which the Fund has embarked.
But the first priority for Abe’s second government is to revive the Japanese economy.
Bachelet has vowed to end this paralysis and make educational reform her administration’s top priority.
So it would seem that the EU’s top priority should be to protect itself and help stabilize its environment.
Fiscal reform is another urgent priority highlighted by China 2030.
The EU, in declaring Ukraine a priority partner for deeper political and economic ties, has the leverage to hold the Ukrainian government to account.
May has stated unequivocally that immigration control is her over-riding priority and that Norway or Switzerland can no longer be models for Britain’s relationship with the EU.
Post-referendum polls show voters giving priority to single-market access over immigration restrictions by a two-to-one margin or more.
Peace with Israel is not Assad’s priority.
It further bolsters my belief that the United Kingdom should make state-of-the-art railways a priority, especially in the north, to connect Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, and their surrounding areas.
In any case, she will have her hands full pushing through the economic reforms for which she will be elected and which are her top priority.
For Israel, security is the top priority; for Palestinians, what matters most is an end to Israeli occupation.
Indeed, the ENP comes second to co-operation with NATO as a priority for Georgia, in part because Georgians, feeling threatened by Russia, crave security above all.
Research and investment in physical and social infrastructure must be a high priority as well.
It is central to our continent’s development, and should thus be a high priority for our policymakers.
Tony Blair, who in July was faced with the shortcomings of integration in the UK, should take advantage of the country’s current presidency of the European Union to make affirmative action programs the top priority at next month’s summit of European government leaders in Brussels.
For Kan, the real priority was his government’s effort to maintain its grip on power, not reassuring Japan’s neighbors of the actions it was taking to contain a potential threat to their citizens.
Given these political realities, keeping ordinary citizens content about civilian nuclear power has become a greater priority than usual in both countries.
Since the turn of the century, many of the advances against HIV were enabled by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a 15-year policy roadmap that made reducing the spread of the virus a top priority.
A leader is only as good as the people who work for him, so organizations must make it a high priority to attract and retain good staff and rid themselves of those who lack professional integrity or competence.
The problem is accentuated when stabilization is given priority, owing to the economic pain and social backlash that can result.
For we need no reminding of what must be Ukraine’s priority.
For three and a half years following the start of the Great Depression, US President Herbert Hoover’s top priority was to balance the budget, trying – but ultimately failing – to restore business confidence.
A number of fiscal, social-security, and tax reforms should be a priority for this purpose.
Across nine rural forums in far-flung parts of the country, the participants overwhelmingly spoke with one voice, calling for the same policy priority: increased agricultural productivity.
Encouraging the development of such sources should thus be a high priority.
First, China’s leaders note that the ESDP gives priority to the legitimacy of its missions.
Therefore, raising the level of skills conferred by secondary schools has become an urgent priority for developing and developed countries alike.
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