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All major government functions – national security, foreign aid, basic research, emergency relief, and education, to name a few salient examples – would experience an immediate and sizeable funding hit.
In cooperation with the World Bank and member governments, the IMF established the "Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries" (HIPC) to provide large-scale debt relief to the poorest nations.
New and True EuropeansThe fiasco of the European Union’s summit in Brussels has brought into sharp relief differences in attitudes between most new member countries from East Central Europe and the “old” members.
That agreement placed very strict limits on Iran’s nuclear program, in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions imposed by the US, the European Union, and the United Nations Security Council.
Indeed, with some of the old problems fast receding, other national shortcomings are coming into sharper relief than ever before.
Disbursal of relief funds to help Italy rebuild after severe floods in 2011 took almost a year, owing to politicization in the Council.
For some people, it was perhaps a relief that they could hate Jews again, this time under the guise of high-minded principles.
But the eurozone authorities’ refusal to accept the need for debt relief has been equally divorced from reality.
But the eurozone authorities refused to offer debt relief to the previous Greek government, and instead imposed more severe austerity than was necessary.
After all, if Greece receives debt relief Ireland or Spain might demand the same, and all eurozone governments would have a weaker incentive to adhere to fiscal discipline in the future.
Indeed, those who fear the job-destroying and job-shifting power of automation should look upon the sharing economy and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.
The results elicited a nearly audible sigh of relief from Arab capitals, as well as from leaders in Europe and North America.
The people of Palestine yearn for peace and relief from suffering.
It will be followed either by sighs of relief (as I hope) or a cataclysm that rocks the EU to its core and brings disaster to the UK.
Regrettably, it set standards and procedures such that few countries achieve the debt relief they need.
Even a compromise between the Awami League and the BNP would bring only temporary relief, unless it addressed the country's yawning governance problems.
It came a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece should not expect more debt relief and must maintain austerity.
If relief fails to materialize, political discontent will spread, extremist forces will gain strength, and the survival of the European Union itself could be endangered.
But with UN Security Council support, the world’s humanitarian efforts should be more extensive and focused, so that greater relief can be brought to the almost 11 million Syrian refugees who need it.
By providing temporary tax relief, the scheme would help companies offset the administrative costs of establishing a profit-sharing program.
To be sure, it is widely agreed that aid for disaster relief and assistance to conflict-affected countries are effective.
Moreover, almost 10% of total ODA is allotted for humanitarian relief, which should be similarly uncontroversial.
After all, without devaluation and the prospect of debt relief, reform merely spells more short-term pain, not less.
Markets, not surprisingly, have breathed a collective sigh of relief.
At the peak of the floods, the Indian government allocated money from the National Disaster Response Fund for immediate relief.
But it was the public that really stepped up, with an outpouring of contributions to the Kerala government’s disaster relief fund that amounted to more than twice the funds so far provided by the national authorities.
In fact, the total additional assistance the government has provided – $90 million (with promises of an unspecified additional amount) – amounts to less than half of what the state government was requesting for immediate relief.
On August 21, Thailand’s ambassador to India tweeted: “Informally informed with regret that [the] Government of India is not accepting overseas donations for Kerala flood relief.”
In return, Iran will get “limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible relief” from international sanctions.
Rouhani can undercut hardliners who would seek to block any ultimate deal only if the Iranian population both experiences economic relief and attributes it to his administration.
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