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The Red Crescent, which operates in areas of instability and violence that are often off limits to government health services, has helped reduce the
severity
of malnutrition and cholera emergencies.
Normal limits on access to IMF resources are being doubled – a development consistent with the growing consensus that the Fund’s lending capacity needs to be at least doubled given the
severity
of this crisis.
But the average Indian household lacks access to 46% of basic services, with the
severity
of the gaps varying widely across districts.
The accident at Fukushima resulted from an earthquake and tsunami of unprecedented
severity.
To strengthen enforcement, penalties for misconduct must be proportionate not only to the crime’s severity, but also to the perpetrator’s profits.
Man-made global warming, caused mainly by fossil-fuel burning in rich countries, may well be a factor in the frequency and
severity
of major droughts, floods, and tropical storms.
A warning system based solely on how widely a virus has spread, but that does not consider the nature and
severity
of the illness it causes, would classify as “pandemics” not only seasonal flu, but also the frequent but largely inconsequential outbreaks of virus-caused colds and gastroenteritis, for example.
But the starting point for debate must be realism about the nature and
severity
of the problems facing the eurozone.
As Alexander Hamilton put it in Federalist 74, “The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.”
In Trump’s hands, a constitutional power intended to mitigate the “necessary severity” of criminal justice was deployed to sanction cruelty by a sworn officer of the law.
Konzo’s
severity
varies.
The US never had to grapple with any one of these problems in the
severity
that they grip Africa.
Insulating executives from losses to stakeholders other than shareholders can be expected to encourage them to make investments and take on obligations that increase the likelihood and
severity
of losses that exceed the shareholders’ capital.
The fact that Saudi Arabia intervened thus highlights the
severity
of the threat it faced once the Houthis had overthrown Yemen’s legitimate government and seized control of Sana’a.
Thus, the rise of the social-welfare state was a response (often of market-oriented liberal democracies) to the threat of popular revolutions, socialism, and communism as the frequency and
severity
of economic and financial crises increased.
But the planet’s rising surface temperature will increase the probability and
severity
of such weather patterns, and 2015 – the warmest year on record – confirmed that human greenhouse-gas emissions are driving significant climate change.
Engineering Financial StabilityNEW HAVEN – The
severity
of the global financial crisis that we have seen over the last two years has to do with a fundamental source of instability in the banking system, one that we can and must design out of existence.
Climate changes resulting from greenhouse-gas emissions exacerbate water-supply problems, accelerate desertification and water stress, and worsen the unpredictability and
severity
of weather events, all of which adversely affect agriculture in much of the world.
Both mechanisms – lower incidence and lesser
severity
– will contribute to a smaller disease “footprint,” even as NCD prevalence continues to rise.
We estimate that, unless workers’ skill sets are upgraded, today’s mismatch could double in
severity
within ten years, resulting in major productivity losses and higher levels of inequality.
First, one should consider the
severity
of the crimes committed by those who would escape punishment.
As for the
severity
of Saddam Hussein's criminal behavior, there is probably no official now in power anywhere in the world with as much blood on his hands.
A major novelty of the study is to analyze the impacts of climate change on several different regions of the US, and on several different sectors such as agriculture, health, water management, forestry, and coastal resources (many of which will be submerged or damaged by rising ocean levels and the increased
severity
of storms).
Evidence from Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and elsewhere shows that remittances reduce the depth and
severity
of poverty, and that the additional income is disproportionately spent on education and health.
But others are startling, which partly reflects skewed public perceptions of poverty’s prevalence and severity, as well as the challenge of acquiring accurate data.
Yields, on average, barely support survival, and crop failures are common and deadly, while long-term global climate change, caused mainly by high energy consumption in the rich countries, may be exacerbating the frequency and
severity
of droughts.
Even if it is not, how can an internally roiled India respond adequately to its many external tests, the
severity
of which was underscored recently by Pakistani troops’ killing of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Kashmir.
Thus, it would be possible to assess the
severity
of the brain drain, build a bridge with potential employers at home, and involve the most successful émigrés in philanthropic and mentorship projects.
Obama’s Middle East MaladyPARIS – No sooner did US President Barack Obama welcome home American troops from Iraq and laud that country’s stability and democracy than an unprecedented wave of violence – across Baghdad and elsewhere – revealed the
severity
of Iraq’s political crisis.
It has proved to be impossible to distinguish, either biologically or symptomatically, between different varieties of these conditions, which thus constitute a continuum – most likely of complexity, rather than
severity.
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