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But its recent progress in reducing emissions shows that, with the right combination of government policies, corporate initiatives, and public pressure, even the largest and most polluted countries can clean up their economies and help fight global warming.
In this sense, these three cases – and Venezuela in particular – are a clear reflection of the Cuban model, which, despite substantially reducing poverty and providing basic health and education services, seems less sustainable than it did in the past.
Now that we know how inequality harms the health of societies, individuals, and economies, reducing it should be our top priority.
Far from pushing through structural reforms, they let domestic wages and costs rip, reducing their competitiveness relative to Europe’s better-run economies.
The situation is made more difficult by the fact that oil prices are already at a record high, while US ground forces are busy in Iraq, thus reducing the credibility of American military threats to Iran.
We are reducing fisheries to smaller and less attractive fish, and the situation could get much worse as those disappear.
Amazingly, many Latin America leaders fail to make the connection between reducing poverty and their own popularity.
The higher productivity that would result, say, from building a school rather than a jail, would improve citizens’ wellbeing, thereby reducing the need to invest in violence prevention.
Earmarking of taxes caused current expenditures (especially on social-security benefits) to increase along with revenues, reducing the scope for a higher public-sector contribution to domestic savings.
But a mission limited to reducing the Assad regime’s capacity to use chemical weapons in the future is far more justifiable under international law than a mission conceived as a punitive or law-enforcement action.
The fact that most new investments in gas production assume at least a 30-year operational timeline should be evidence enough that they are not geared toward reducing emissions anytime soon.
But, to borrow Thatcher’s old slogan, if we are serious about reducing poverty and inequality, “There is no alternative.”
The exporting countries’ central banks responded by reducing their emissions of fresh money to be lent to the domestic economy.
A World of VulnerabilityROME – In 2010, global leaders achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing the share of the world’s poor to half of its 1990 level – five years ahead of schedule.
To address global poverty effectively, global leaders must take a more comprehensive approach that focuses on reducing citizens’ vulnerability.
By reducing the stresses of driving in heavy traffic and unfamiliar locations, this technology promises greater protection for both drivers and pedestrians.
In April, the State Council, China’s highest administrative authority, unveiled targets aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the country’s cars.
The State Council estimates that achieving the targets for EVs will lower China’s greenhouse-gas emissions by 19% while reducing the country’s reliance on imported oil – both of which are key national policy goals.
The case for liberalization has always focused on reducing the transaction costs of global trade, investment, and information flows.
Such a plan must encourage China and Asia to do what is in their and the world’s interest: reducing poverty and expanding the middle class.
Stations share staff, facilities, and even stories, reducing not just the number of newsrooms, but also the competition that brings diversity and depth to reporting.
He has declared his intention to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and staving off catastrophic climate change.
Cutting the post-2013 EU budget, thus reducing the funds allocated for cohesion policy, is not the answer.
Reducing road fatalities is an important goal, and the growing engagement of tech companies (and competition with the established auto companies) should be welcomed, in the interest of improving road safety.
If France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, manages to obtain sufficient backing in the National Assembly in the June election, perhaps he could do something about reducing France’s structural government spending, while pursuing tax cuts and improved labor-market flexibility.
At the same time, the Fed is already reducing its holdings of US Treasury bills and mortgage bonds.
If markets expect a move, some of the needed adjustments will take place in advance, reducing the potential cost of change.
Given trade’s record of reducing poverty, this is a moral imperative; it is also indispensable for peace and stability.
Finally, policymakers must be aware that programs aimed at reducing poverty, if not properly implemented, can actually increase feelings of shame.
Programs aimed at reducing poverty are moving in the right direction, but much work remains to be done to integrate the psychosocial component of poverty into policy and planning.
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