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But the right-wing populist tide may now be on its way out, having proven less contagious and less easily internationalized than many expected.
But Europeans ought not to be too arrogant, because, in recent years, that common European culture has itself proven to be fragile, particularly in light of the Bush administration’s divide-and-rule strategy pitting “Old Europe” against “New Europe.”
Thus, the consensus view that the global economy will soon bottom out has proven – once again – to be overly optimistic.
Even so, the optimists who spoke last year of a soft landing or a mild “V-shaped” eight-month recession were proven wrong, while those who argued that this would be a longer and more severe “U-shaped” 24-month recession – the US downturn is already in its 18th month – were correct.
They are also home to many of the world’s critical natural resources, possessing around 60% of proven oil reserves.
But once the idea was proven successful, it was widely imitated by other organizations, depriving the AMEX of a big share of the returns on its innovation.
Reliance on natural resources and military capabilities has proven a failure.
Meanwhile, global climate negotiations – now the most important forum where development and environment experts and decision makers meet – have proven that the era of Western global hegemony has passed.
Moreover, it has proven unable to speed the pace of privatization (which would add to government revenue), partly due to barriers thrown up by India's bureaucracy.
Although the lax monetary policy environment of recent years has proven to be relatively efficient in supporting growth, greater fiscal discipline will be needed if increased private investment is to be attracted.
This approach is proven not least by Asian cities like Singapore and Hong Kong, which at one point were just as poor as many of the cities in developing Asia today, and certainly much less affluent than Havana in the past.
Of course, it is difficult to know which exploratory path will bear fruit, and there is no shortage of novel scientific ideas that were proven wrong.
This has been proven by Republicans in the United States, Conservatives and Labourites in the United Kingdom, and Les Républicains under the new leadership of Laurent Wauquiez in France.
Growth is picking up across many advanced and emerging market economies, and financial markets have, for the most part, proven to be resilient.
For starters, Weah should continue Sirleaf’s work of investing in women and girls; after all, improving gender equality is a proven catalyst for enhancing national prosperity.
Capturing the energy efficiency prize is critical both to climate and energy security – and it relies on a well-known set of policy signals and a proven set of technologies.
All of them are now on life support, replaced by traditional policy measures that have proven ineffective in the past.
The consequences of burst bubbles in Japan in the 1980’s and in the United States last year are powerful reasons why China’s government has acted with such determination, while the legacy of a functioning centralized system may explain why it has proven capable of doing so decisively.
No one has proven able to eliminate bubbles in economies where markets are allowed to function.
Traffic-clogged cities need better public transportation, and financing the expansion of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems is a proven way to reduce congestion, emissions, and commuting costs.
But brokering the ABS regime has proven elusive, and, in the absence of an international deal, there has been diminishing access and thus declining benefit-sharing over the past five or so years.
In Senegal’s capital, Dakar, those addicted to heroin can now access methadone, a harm-reduction strategy proven to help rebuild drug-shattered lives.
Second, and perhaps more importantly, we should embrace migration as a proven method of bringing immediate relief and stability to poor nations.
There is a well-established method for estimating reserves yet to be found, and whether one examines currently proven reserves or future projections, one fact stands out: conventional gas supplies are distributed unevenly around the world-and in places far from most consumers.
One can only hope that it will not indulge in more of the kind of spending that already has proven so ineffective – and that has left Japan with the highest debt burden (around 230% of GDP) in the OECD.
Such a country will not necessarily want to abandon a proven exchange-rate regime at the first sign of trouble.
Countless dire predictions, from that of Malthus to that of the Club of Rome, have been proven wrong.
Women for IntegrationCOPENHAGEN – The past decade has proven again and again that empowering women worldwide holds the key to solving many seemingly intractable issues that have otherwise stymied policymakers.
And, with more than 1.2 million people dying on the road each year, car travel remains a proven killer.
France’s bet on nuclear power is a more proven option.
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