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Field Marshal (and SCAF leader) Hussein Tantawy
retained
his post as Defense Minister, and General Ahmed Gamal al-Din was appointed to head the interior ministry, whose brutal behavior sparked the revolution.
While voters denied the UMP a landslide victory in the second round, its overall win meant that the governing party
retained
its legislative majority for the first time in 29 years.
The other key lesson from Singapore is that single-party rule has
retained
popular legitimacy by delivering inclusive growth and equality of opportunity in a multi-ethnic society, and by eliminating corruption of all kinds, including cronyism and excessive influence for vested interests.
Yet, despite these failings, such policies
retained
enough popularity to insure their continuity.
But these reforms have been rolled back recently, with independent regulatory authorities again coming under the control of government ministries (though it seems that the central bank has
retained
much of its autonomy).
Imagine that there was no euro and that the southern countries had
retained
their own currencies – Italy with the lira, Spain with the peseta, Greece with the drachma, and so on.
“This line shifts….And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is
retained.
In a recent study that I undertook with Ethan Ilzetzki and Kenneth Rogoff, we document that the US dollar has
retained
its dominant position as the world’s reserve currency – and by a significant margin.
But, as the LDP
retained
the most seats in the upper house, it soon forged a coalition with its long-time rivals, the Social Democrats, forcing Ozawa back into opposition.
In some countries, such as Israel (with its Yozma program) and Finland (with its Sitra fund), the government has
retained
a stake in state-funded innovation.
As a result, as much as four-fifths of large East Asian companies’ investment spending is funded from
retained
earnings, while publicly owned financial institutions have helped maintain the pace of investment-led growth.
This will require changes in corporate governance generally, and in non-financial corporations’ incentive structures, including preferential tax treatment for
retained
profits and equity finance, and special depreciation allowances for reinvested profits.
Thus far, such policies have failed to revive the global economy largely because commercial banks and other lenders
retained
the liquidity they received from their central banks, instead of channeling it to the real economy by providing credit to small and medium-size enterprises and investing in long-term infrastructure projects.
“The science of politics...like most other sciences,” claimed Alexander Hamilton, “has received great improvement....The regular distribution of power into distinct departments...legislative balances and checks...judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election...are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be
retained
and its imperfections lessened or avoided...”Perhaps Hamilton was too much the optimist.
Deng mistakenly believed that the state, which
retained
its central role in the economy, would be able to use new market-generated resources to correct the short-run inequalities created by his reforms.
As the Bank switches from loans to grants, it can use some of its massive
retained
earnings to endow its “knowledge bank” function and related technical advice.
If Greece had remained outside the eurozone and
retained
the drachma, the large increased supply of Greek bonds would cause the drachma to decline and the interest rate on the bonds to rise.
During the crisis and its immediate aftermath, when banks’ efforts to rebuild capital constrained new lending, ultra-low interest rates kept some firms’ heads above water, and their managers
retained
employees, despite making a relatively low return.
But, even as countries have recognized the need for a more comprehensive understanding of development, they have largely
retained
GDP growth as their central objective.
Refusing to believe anything unconditionally, he
retained
that most important characteristic of a truly great man: he never had unconditional faith in himself.
The violence ended only after former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan helped to broker a power-sharing agreement in which Kibaki
retained
the presidency and Odinga became Prime Minister.
Countries with more developed bond markets experienced less negative fallout from the crisis, since their large firms
retained
access to non-bank sources of finance.
But while China’s share of international trade and private investment grew and that of the state sector steadily shrank in relative terms, the authorities
retained
a firm hand in managing the economy.
Others, typically old-line communist parties, have
retained
much of their traditional rhetoric, but this is largely for electoral consumption.
Germany has
retained
its “good” surplus, whereas the Mediterranean countries slashed their deficits by cutting investment, consumption, and imports.
But it is PRONACO’s demand that at least 50% of the oil revenue derived from the Niger delta and other states in the south be
retained
in the area of production that most threatens the survival of the country’s survival as a united entity.
South Korea and Taiwan
retained
high levels of protection for a long time, and made active use of industrial policies.
His daughter Ivanka was awarded trademarks from China for her clothing line (now defunct, though she has
retained
the trademarks and sought new ones).
Instead, they
retained
a populist ethos – embodied in football, fraternities and flexible academic standards – that continues to serve them well politically.
By contrast, American universities have
retained
the spirit of independence, and faculty are often given latitude to channel entrepreneurial ideas into new programs, institutes, schools, and research.
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