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Shortages
of electricity also cost lives.
Although labor
shortages
have helped push up ordinary workers’ wages, the existing, highly unequal income distribution cannot be altered spontaneously.
Iran also must be factored into this equation, as it is becoming a strategic investor by building an oil refinery just across its border in Armenia, partly as a security measure in case of a US attack and partly to relieve its petrol
shortages.
(Shortages
and long lines can fuel political rage just as surely as higher prices can.)
As has happened throughout history, rocketing prices and
shortages
have caused riots from Bangladesh to Bolivia.
Bush referred to the reasons for
shortages
and price hikes.
Individual firms might have splendid investment opportunities – to enlarge plant and equipment, capitalize on new software, or exploit new research and new training of key personnel – but might be deterred by cash
shortages
or perceived macroeconomic risks.
Companies can also head off looming labor
shortages
with intelligent software systems and robotics.
As global warming brings about a rise in average temperatures and ocean levels, inland reactors will increasingly contribute to, and be affected by, water
shortages.
If you believe that the crisis was caused by a shortage of liquidity, we had plenty of models analyzing liquidity
shortages
and their effects on financial institutions.
The book, written by a team of scientists, predicted disastrous
shortages
and mass starvation due to population pressure.
On the downside, confidence among consumers and investors alike has taken a hit, mainly owing to fears about radiation leakages and power
shortages.
Let’s say that the country incurs a cost of 100 of some unit because of its water
shortages.
The innovations that the government encourages, such as drip irrigation or desalination, not only reduce the domestic cost of such
shortages
to, say, 70, but also underpin an industry that, by selling its wares in the most demanding markets, accrues a global value of more than 1,000.
In particular, the UN's involvement in the excessive, unscientific regulation of biotechnology, or genetic modification (GM), will slow agricultural research and development, promote environmental damage, and help to bring famine and water
shortages
to millions in developing countries.
The InterAction Council, comprising more than 30 former heads of state or government, has called for urgent action to prevent some countries battling severe water
shortages
from becoming failed states.
Not only are water
shortages
likely to intensify and spread, but consumers also will increasingly have to pay more for their water supply.
In response to social-housing
shortages
– and rising tensions over increasingly conspicuous social inequality – Oman’s leaders pledged to build 2,500 housing units for low-income families, and to support technical training tailored to job creation.
A higher rate of global migration is desirable for four reasons: it is a source of innovation and dynamism; it responds to labor shortages; it meets the challenges posed by rapidly aging populations; and it provides an escape from poverty and persecution.
The first challenge is the existential threat of climate change, which will have far-reaching geopolitical consequences, particularly for areas already facing water shortages, and for tropical countries and coastal cities already experiencing the effects of rising sea levels.
And, indeed, Pakistan’s ongoing energy crisis is undermining its economic development: the Ministry of Finance estimates that energy
shortages
have reduced annual economic growth by two percentage points, on average, over the last nine years.
In three years, we may well see labor shortages, rising wages, and increasing prices in expanding sectors, accompanied by high unemployment elsewhere in the economy.
If you examine actual household consumption rather than changes in crude indexes of real wages, which do not give a picture of
shortages
in the old regimes, living standards have held their own.
Her decision has raised the profile of Malawi, home to recurrent food
shortages
and seasonal famines.
The effects of such
shortages
were made clear during the recent Ebola crisis in West Africa.
A Mukimabad villager had the same vision for Bangladesh: “We need crops and seeds which are not vulnerable to salinity and flood so that we do not have to die from food shortages.”
Two-thirds of the world’s people – especially in Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa – confront serious water
shortages.
In these water-stressed regions,
shortages
have already begun to constrain the expansion of energy infrastructure.
With energy
shortages
usually most severe in water-stressed areas, what are affected countries to do?
– to alleviate water
shortages.
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