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In developing countries, shifting the focus of international investments from an exclusive focus on child survival to an integrated approach to early childhood health and development offers greater promise than addressing either domain alone.
What is certain is that the outcome of the European Parliament election is bad news for supporters of deeper EU integration, which would require shifting more power from the member states to the supranational level, and for supporters of further EU enlargement.
With digital finance, as many as 1.6 billion unbanked people – more than half of whom are women – could gain access to financial services, shifting about $4.2 trillion in cash and savings currently held in informal vehicles into the formal financial system.
The hard part of fully realizing potential growth is shifting the composition of domestic demand from consumption to investment without adding leverage.
There is little doubt that China’s economy is shifting gears very quickly.
Demographic trends, shifting patterns of disease, and strained public funding are placing new burdens on health-care systems.
So the focus in world politics is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
For example, Pepsi bolsters its bottom line by shifting to more nutritious, healthier food.
The prevailing economic ideology is also shifting, from a redistributive, regulatory corporatism to something like the old interventionist corporatism.
Consider, too, the challenges of the auto industry, which is shifting from conventional, steel-bodied cars with traditional drive trains to lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles in which electronics are as important as mechanical parts.
Though the continent is responsible for only 4% of greenhouse-gas emissions, it is suffering more than any other continent from climate change, as rising temperatures, shifting seasons, and proliferating droughts deplete biodiversity, destroy ecosystems, and undermine security and stability.
First, it means shifting demand back to the private sector when it is strong enough to carry the load.
Closing the gender gap in labor-force participation would deliver 54% of those gains; aligning rates of part-time work would provide another 23%; and shifting women into higher-productivity sectors to match the employment pattern of men would account for the rest.
Saudi Arabia, for example, is raising taxes, cutting domestic subsidies, and shifting its foreign-aid paradigm away from grants and toward investments.
Only by shifting to a broader understanding of growth and development can the world address the pressing problems of inequality and sustainability.
Shifting the Afghan “Great Game”Tel Aviv – So President Barack Obama has decided to “stay the course.”
Meanwhile, its British counterpart, Tesco, is shifting away from the large hypermarket format and investing heavily in online systems.
This shift could contribute to an increase in wage differentials, with around 13% of the total wage bill potentially shifting to non-repetitive jobs requiring high-level digital skills, as incomes in those fields rise.
Given this shifting business mix, German universal banks will increasingly find themselves focusing on their roles as creditors and corporate advisors, with their role as shareholders receding somewhat into the background.
China Won’t WaitBEIJING – The global balance of power is shifting.
Similarly, Ethiopia has made strides towards shifting agricultural policies and investing more in productivity improvements for small farmers, with increased spending helping to boost crop yields over the past several years.
Leaders in some countries, particularly Belarus, are shifting economic output from heavy manufacturing to technology startups.
Yellen, like Bernanke before her, used the Fed’s tools with a combination of clear communication and policy flexibility, shifting course as data revealed subtle changes in economic conditions.
Another casualty is the quality of public policy: evidence-based policies that change according to circumstances on the ground, or pragmatic approaches that retain policies that work and discard those that don’t, cannot sustain a group’s clear identity if the policies the group advocates are shifting all the time.
At the same time, it is shifting from a transaction- to a relationship-based business model – one that entails closer cooperation with customers and suppliers.
Ratings agencies wait too long to spot risks and downgrade countries, while investors behave like herds, often ignoring the build-up of risk for too long, before shifting gears abruptly and causing exaggerated market swings.
Shifting NATO's border east immediately puts on the agenda the issue of who comes next.
Apple is shifting some manufacturing from China to Silicon Valley;Airtex Design Group is moving part of its textile production from China back to the United States.
China’s senior leaders always closely monitor spontaneous public expressions of nationalist fervor, fearful that shifting winds might blow an unwelcome storm in their direction.
With the Brexit deadline of March 2019 approaching, May’s “transition” extending into the distant future, and all of the tangible promises of Brexit receding like a desert mirage, both parliamentary and public opinion are shifting.
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